Portfolio

From 2016 - 2019, my research primarly focused on lightning damage of CFRP materials. The primary aim was to determine the structural response of a CFRP material after damage. This was acheived through a modelling concise modelling and experimental framework which allows users to understand the structural response of a CFRP which has been damaged by lightning. The following articles were published which has highlighted my work:

• T M Harrell, O T Thomsen, J M Dulieu-Barton, and S F Madsen, “Damage in CFRP composites subjected to simulated lightning strikes - Assessment of thermal and mechanical responses,” Compos. Part B Eng., vol. 176, no. July, p. 107298, Nov. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107298
• T M Harrell, O T Thomsen, J M Dulieu-Barton, S F Madsen, and L Carloni. 2017. “Lightning Protection of CFRP Wind Turbine Blades - What Is the Dominant Cause of Failure: Specific Energy or Charge?” In International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity, Nagoya, Japan, 1–5. Awarded: “Best paper by young researcher award.” Selected by International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity board.
• T M Harrell, O T Thomsen, J M Dulieu-Barton, S F Madsen, and L Carloni. 2017. “Damage Prediction of CFRP Materials Subjected to Lightning Strike.” In 21st International Conference on Composite Materials, Xi’an, China, 1–9.
• T M Harrell, O T Thomsen, J M Dulieu-Barton, and L Carloni. 2018. “Delamination Prediction on CFRP Materials Subjected to a Lightning Strike,” in 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, Athens, Greece, 1-9.
• T M Harrell, J M Dulieu-Barton, and O T Thomsen. 2018. “Identification of lightning strike damage using Pulse Thermography through integration of thermal data,” in Society of Experimental Mechanics, Greenville, SC, USA, 1-4.
• T M Harrell, O T Thomsen, and J M Dulieu-Barton. 2019. “Buckling Behaviour of UD Carbon/Epoxy Panels Subjected to Direct Lightning Strike,” in 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials, Melbourne, AU, 1-6.
• T M Harrell, O T Thomsen, and J M Dulieu-Barton. 2019. “Structural Response of CFRP Materials Subjected to Simulated Lightning Strikes,” in 14th International Conference on Advances on Experimental Mechanics, Belfast, UK, 1-5. Awarded: “Young Stress Analyst Award” Selected runner up by British Society for Strain Measurement selection committee.