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Brian Falzon

Brian Falzon

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
46
Citations
7630
World Ranking
5192
National Ranking
272

Overview

Brian Falzon is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, and building and construction. Their research encompasses a wide range of studies within these domains.

The primary topics of Brian Falzon's research include:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Advanced machining processes and optimization
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Epoxy Resin Curing Processes
  • Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

Brian Falzon has published numerous papers in several key journals. Their frequent publication venues are:

  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Composites Part B Engineering
  • Composite Structures
  • Composites Science and Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some recent papers authored by Brian Falzon are:

  • Process characteristics, damage mechanisms and challenges in machining of fibre reinforced thermoplastic polymer (FRTP) composites: A review, 2024, Composites Part B Engineering
  • Towards understanding the hole making performance and chip formation mechanism of thermoplastic carbon fibre/polyetherketoneketone composite, 2022, Composites Part B Engineering
  • Synergistic enhancement of fracture toughness in multiphase epoxy matrices modified by thermoplastic and carbon nanotubes, 2020, Composites Science and Technology
  • Temperature field evolution and thermal-mechanical interaction induced damage in drilling of thermoplastic CF/PEKK - A comparative study with thermoset CF/epoxy, 2023, Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • Comparison of different quasi-static loading conditions of additively manufactured composite hexagonal and auxetic cellular structures, 2022, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • G. Catalanotti
  • Dan Sun
  • Jia Ge
  • Colm Higgins
  • Yan Jin

Best Publications

  • A progressive failure model for composite laminates subjected to low velocity impact damage

    M. V. Donadon;L. Iannucci;B. G. Falzon;J. M. Hodgkinson

  • Predicting low velocity impact damage and Compression-After-Impact (CAI) behaviour of composite laminates

    Wei Tan;Brian Falzon;Louis Ngai-Sum Chiu;Mark Price

  • Predicting low-velocity impact damage on a stiffened composite panel

    Andrea Faggiani;Brian Falzon

  • Structural testing and numerical simulation of a 34 m composite wind turbine blade

    F. M. Jensen;Brian Falzon;J. Ankersen;H. Stang

  • Delamination threshold load for dynamic impact on plates

    Robin Olsson;Mauricio V. Donadon;Brian G. Falzon

  • Experimental and numerical studies on the impact response of damage-tolerant hybrid unidirectional/woven carbon-fibre reinforced composite laminates

    Haibao Liu;Brian G. Falzon;Wei Tan

  • Numerical analysis of intralaminar failure mechanisms in composite structures, Part I: FE implementation

    Brian Falzon;Paola Apruzzese

  • An advanced anti-icing/de-icing system utilizing highly aligned carbon nanotube webs

    Xudan Yao;Stephen C. Hawkins;Stephen C. Hawkins;Brian G. Falzon

  • The role of interfacial properties on the intralaminar and interlaminar damage behaviour of unidirectional composite laminates: Experimental characterization and multiscale modelling

    W. Tan;F. Naya;L. Yang;L. Yang;T. Chang

  • Postbuckling behaviour of a blade-stiffened composite panel loaded in uniaxial compression

    B.G Falzon;K.A Stevens;G.O Davies

  • Process characteristics, damage mechanisms and challenges in machining of fibre reinforced thermoplastic polymer (FRTP) composites: A review

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  • Predicting the Compression-After-Impact (CAI) strength of damage-tolerant hybrid unidirectional/woven carbon-fibre reinforced composite laminates

    Haibao Liu;Brian G. Falzon;Wei Tan

  • Stiffener debonding mechanisms in post-buckled CFRP aerospace panels

    Charlotte Meeks;Emile Greenhalgh;Brian G. Falzon

  • Crush responses of composite cylinder under quasi-static and dynamic loading

    Louis Ngai Sum Chiu;Brian Falzon;Dong Ruan;Shanqing Xu

  • Modelling the crush behaviour of thermoplastic composites

    Wei Tan;Brian G. Falzon

  • An investigation of Mode I and Mode II fracture toughness enhancement using aligned carbon nanotubes forests at the crack interface

    Brian Falzon;Stephen Charles Hawkins;Chi Huynh;Racim Radjef

  • Towards understanding the hole making performance and chip formation mechanism of thermoplastic carbon fibre/polyetherketoneketone (CF/PEKK) composite

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  • Numerical analysis of intralaminar failure mechanisms in composite structures, Part II: Applications

    Brian Falzon;Paola Apruzzese

  • Finite element modelling of composite structures under crushing load

    Louis Ngai Sum Chiu;Brian Falzon;Romain Boman;Bernard Chen

  • A 3-D micromechanical model for predicting the elastic behaviour of woven laminates

    Mauricio V. Donadon;Brian G. Falzon;Lorenzo Iannucci;John M. Hodgkinson

  • Modelling the nonlinear behaviour and fracture process of AS4/PEKK thermoplastic composite under shear loading

    Wei Tan;Brian G. Falzon

  • Modelling matrix damage and fibre-matrix interfacial decohesion in composite laminates via a multi-fibre multi-layer representative volume element (M2RVE)

    Ganesh G Soni;Ramesh Kumar Singh;Mira Mitra;Brian Falzon

  • Development and evaluation of a novel integrated anti-icing/de-icing technology for carbon fibre composite aerostructures using an electro-conductive textile

    Brian G. Falzon;Paul Robinson;Sabine Frenz;Brian Gilbert

  • Intralaminar toughness characterisation of unbalanced hybrid plain weave laminates

    Mauricio V. Donadon;Brian G. Falzon;Lorenzo Iannucci;John M. Hodgkinson

  • Synergistic enhancement of fracture toughness in multiphase epoxy matrices modified by thermoplastic and carbon nanotubes

    Hong Ma;M. Ali Aravand;Brian G. Falzon

  • Predicting the crushing behaviour of composite material using high-fidelity finite element modelling

    Wei Tan;Brian G. Falzon;Mark Price

Frequent Co-Authors

Davide Mariotti
Davide Mariotti University of Ulster
Dan Sun
Dan Sun Queen's University Belfast
Wenyi Yan
Wenyi Yan Monash University
Lorenzo Iannucci
Lorenzo Iannucci Imperial College London
Grant P. Steven
Grant P. Steven University of Sydney
Silvestre T. Pinho
Silvestre T. Pinho Imperial College London
Mark Christopher Thompson
Mark Christopher Thompson Monash University
John P. Dear
John P. Dear Imperial College London
Bamber R.K. Blackman
Bamber R.K. Blackman Imperial College London
Xinhua Wu
Xinhua Wu Monash University

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