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  1. A review of bast fibres and their composites. Part 5 – sustainability

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, July 2026, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  2. Responsibility for Carbon Emissions in Supply Chains: Actions to Avoid Double-Counting and Under-Reporting

    Article • Environmental Management, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  3. Scope 3 Carbon Emissions Assessment for Manufacturing SMEs

    Article • Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, February 2026, Wiley

    Professor John Summerscales

  4. Sustainability considerations for end-of-life fibre-reinforced plastic boats

    Article • Regional Studies in Marine Science, April 2025, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  5. Harvesting tacit knowledge for composites workforce development

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, October 2024, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  6. Quality assessment of life cycle inventory data for fibre-reinforced polymer composite materials

    Article • Sustainable Production and Consumption, September 2024, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  7. Woven Fabrics for Composite Reinforcement: A Review

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  8. Life Cycle Assessment Research Trends and Implications: A Bibliometric Analysis

    Article • Sustainability, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  9. Cool-Clave—An Energy Efficient Autoclave

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  10. Developments and Industrial Applications of Basalt Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  11. FEA modelling and environmental assessment of a thin-walled composite drive shaft

    Article • Thin-Walled Structures, November 2022, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  12. Sustainable Manufacture of Natural Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Resin Composites with Coupling Agent in the Hardener

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  13. The 100 m Composite Ship?

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  14. Resin-Rich Volumes (RRV) and the Performance of Fibre-Reinforced Composites: A Review

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  15. A Cost Model for 3D Woven Preforms

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  16. Fatigue Crack Growth of Natural Rubber/Butadiene Rubber Blend Containing Waste Tyre Rubber Powders

    Article • Solid State Phenomena, May 2021, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  17. Correction to: The bulk modulus of carbon fibers

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  18. A review of bast fibres and their composites: Part 4 ~ organisms and enzyme processes

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  19. Recovery of electronic wastes as fillers for electromagnetic shielding in building components: An LCA study

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  20. Monomer Selection for In Situ Polymerization Infusion Manufacture of Natural-Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic-Matrix Marine Composites

    Article • Polymers, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor John Summerscales

  21. Finite element analysis of natural fiber composites using a self-updating model

    Article • Journal of Composite Materials, March 2020, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  22. FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH AND FATIGUE FRACTURE MORPHOLOGY OF RECYCLED RUBBER POWDER–FILLED NR/BR BLEND COMPOUND

    Article • Rubber Chemistry and Technology, January 2020, Rubber Division, ACS

    Professor John Summerscales

  23. Fibre area correction factors (FACF) for the extended rules-of-mixtures for natural fibre reinforced composites

    Article • Materials Today Proceedings, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  24. Liquid composite molding reproducibility in real-world production of fiber reinforced polymeric composites: a review of challenges and solutions

    Article • Advanced Manufacturing Polymer & Composites Science, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  25. Evaluation of Tensile Strength of Fibers Extracted from Banana Peels

    Article • Journal of Natural Fibers, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  26. Preface

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  27. The effect of interface morphology in waste tyre rubber powder filled elastomeric matrices on the tear and abrasion resistance

    Article • eXPRESS Polymer Letters, January 2019, Department of Polymer Engineering, Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering

    Professor John Summerscales

  28. Materials selection for marine composites

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  29. Relationships among the chemical, mechanical and geometrical properties of basalt fibers

    Article • Textile Research Journal, October 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  30. Enhanced rules-of-mixture for natural fibre reinforced polymer matrix(NFRP) composites (comment on Lau et al. in volume 136)

    Article • Composites Part B Engineering, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  31. Fatigue Properties and Fracture Morphology of Micronised Rubber Powder (MRP) from Waste Tyres in Unfilled Elastomers

    Article • International Journal of Materials Mechanics and Manufacturing, August 2018, EJournal Publishing

    Professor John Summerscales

  32. Process-property-performance relationships in CFRP composites using fractal dimension

    Article • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, July 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor John Summerscales

  33. Estimation of mechanical property degradation of poly(lactic acid) and flax fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) bio-composites during thermal processing

    Article • Measurement, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  34. Targeted pre-treatment of hemp bast fibres for optimal performance in biocomposite materials: A review

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  35. Effect of Time-Dependent Process Temperature Variation During Manufacture of Natural-Fibre Composites

    Article • October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  36. Allocation in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Flax Fibres for the Reinforcement of Composites

    Article • October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  37. The mechanical properties of flax fibre reinforced poly(lactic acid) bio-composites exposed to wet, freezing and humid environments

    Article • Journal of Composite Materials, June 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  38. Consolidation process boundaries of the degradation of mechanical properties in compression moulding of natural-fibre bio-polymer composites

    Article • Polymer Degradation and Stability, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  39. Effect of time at temperature for natural fibres

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  40. Silane Modification of the Flax/Epoxy System Interface

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  41. Forensic identification of bast fibres

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  42. Technical Note: On modelling thermo-chemical degradation of poly(lactic acid)

    Article • Polymer Degradation and Stability, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  43. In-mould gel-coating for polymer composites

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  44. Fibre Distribution and the Process-Property Dilemma

    Article • November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  45. Ranking of fibre-reinforced composite plate surface finish quality by wavelet texture analysis

    Article • Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, June 2016, British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT)

    Professor John Summerscales

  46. A Finite Element Analysis to Validate the Rule-of-Mixtures for the Prediction of the Young’s Modulus of Composites with Non-circular Anisotropic Fibres

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  47. Eco-friendly Flax Fibre/Epoxy Resin/Composite System for Surfboard Production

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales, Dr jasper Graham-Jones

  48. Composites manufacturing for marine structures

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  49. Disposal of composite boats and other marine composites

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  50. Introduction

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales, Dr jasper Graham-Jones

  51. Natural Fibres: Advances in Science and Technology Towards Industrial Applications

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  52. Styrene emissions during gel-coating of composites

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  53. Bio-based versus traditional polymer composites. A life cycle assessment perspective

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales, Prof Gianluca Cicala

  54. Embedded ferromagnetic microwires for monitoring tensile stress in polymeric materials

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  55. In-mould gel-coating of polymer composites: a review

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  56. Environmental impacts and thermal insulation performance of innovative composite solutions for building applications

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales, Prof Gianluca Cicala, PhD Antonio Gagliano

  57. Microstructural Characterisation of Jute/Epoxy Quasi-Unidirectional Composites

    Article • Applied Composite Materials, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  58. Manufacturing methods for natural fibre composites

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  59. Contributor contact details

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Alma Hodzic, Professor John Summerscales

  60. Characterisation of Natural Fibre Reinforcements and Composites

    Article • Journal of Composites, December 2013, Wiley

    Professor John Summerscales

  61. Durability of Composites in the Marine Environment

    Article • November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  62. Life Cycle Assessment for Natural Fiber Composites

    Article • October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  63. A review of bast fibres and their composites: Part 3 – Modelling

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  64. Processes for the production of high-quality composites

    Article • July 2012, Wiley

    Professor John Summerscales

  65. Modulus and strength prediction for natural fibre composites

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  66. Resin Infusion Under Flexible Moulding Technique By In-Mould Gel Coating Using A Flow Medium

    Article • Indian Journal of Applied Research, October 2011, The Global Journals

    Professor John Summerscales

  67. A fibre diameter distribution factor (FDDF) for natural fibre composites

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  68. Modelling tensile properties of jute fibres

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  69. Objective assessment of the surface quality of coated surfaces

    Article • Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, January 2011, British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT)

    Professor John Summerscales

  70. A review of bast fibres and their composites. Part 2 – Composites

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  71. A review of bast fibres and their composites. Part 1 – Fibres as reinforcements

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  72. Physical Characterization of Jute Technical Fibers: Fiber Dimensions

    Article • Journal of Natural Fibers, August 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  73. Failure strain as the key design criterion for fracture of natural fibre composites

    Article • Composites Science and Technology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  74. In-Mould Gel Coating for Resin Transfer Moulding

    Article • February 2010, Royal Institution of Naval Architects

    Professor John Summerscales

  75. Disposal of composite boats and other marine composites

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  76. Contributor contact details

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  77. Energy Use in the Production of Flax Fiber for the Reinforcement of Composites

    Article • Journal of Natural Fibers, November 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  78. Multiple Data Set (MDS) weak-link scaling analysis of jute fibres

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  79. Tensile properties of jute fibres

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  80. Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Flax Fibre for the Reinforcement of Composites

    Article • Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, September 2009, American Scientific Publishers

    Professor John Summerscales

  81. Design, manufacture, mechanical testing and numerical modelling of an asymmetric composite crossbow limb

    Article • Composites Part B Engineering, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  82. Bjorn Backman, Composite structures, design, safety and innovation, Elsevier, Amsterdam (2005) ISBN 0-08-044545-4 241 pp., 9 references, £99, €135, US$150.

    Article • International Journal of Fatigue, August 2007, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  83. Measurement of permeability of continuous filament mat glass–fibre reinforcements by saturated radial airflow

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  84. ACMC/SAMPE Conference on Marine Composites (MarComp) 2003

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, August 2005, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  85. Low-pressure (vacuum infusion) techniques for moulding large composite structures

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L Journal of Materials Design and Applications, January 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  86. Observations on the Fibre Distribution and Fibre Strain in a Woven Fabric Reinforcement

    Article • Advanced Composites Letters, May 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  87. The Fractal Dimension of X-Ray Tomographic Sections of a Woven Composite

    Article • Advanced Composites Letters, March 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  88. Damage Detection in CFRP Using Wavelet Scale Correlation

    Article • Materials Science Forum, November 2003, Trans Tech Publications

    Professor John Summerscales

  89. An introduction to wavelet transforms: a tutorial approach

    Article • Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, May 2003, British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT)

    Professor John Summerscales

  90. In-Process Monitoring for Control of ClosedMold Techniques for the Manufacture of Thermosetting Matrix Composites

    Article • April 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  91. Effect of elevated temperature on ultimate tensile strength and failure modes of short carbon fibre reinforced magnesium composite

    Article • Materials Science and Technology, May 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  92. Voronoi cells, fractal dimensions and fibre composites

    Article • Journal of Microscopy, February 2001, Wiley

    Professor John Summerscales

  93. Improving the resin transfer moulding process for fabric-reinforced composites by modification of the fabric architecture

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, December 2000, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  94. Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, December 2000, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  95. Process-Property-Structure Relationships for Woven Fibre Composites

    Article • January 2000, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  96. Open Mold Techniques for Thermoset Composites

    Article • January 2000, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  97. Article • Journal of Materials Science Letters, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  98. Review of the durability of marine laminates

    Article • January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  99. Review of the durability of marine laminates

    Article • January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  100. Microstructural Characterisation of Fibre-Reinforced Composites

    Article • August 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor John Summerscales

  101. The use of automated image analysis for the investigation of fabric architecture on the processing and properties of fibre-reinforced composites produced by RTM

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, July 1998, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  102. Microstructural characterisation of fibre-reinforced composites

    Article • January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  103. Quantitive microstructural analysis for continuous fibre composites

    Article • January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  104. A study of the effects of convergent flow fronts on the properties of fibre reinforced composites produced by RTM

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  105. An investigation into the effects of fabric architecture on the processing and properties of fibre reinforced composites produced by resin transfer moulding

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  106. The compression response of fibre-reinforced plastic plates during manufacture by the resin infusion under flexible tooling method

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  107. Resin Infusion under Flexible Tooling (RIFT): a review

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  108. Data validation procedures for the automated determination of the two-dimensional permeability tensor of a fabric reinforcement

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  109. Composite manufacturing technology (soviet advanced composites technology series 1)

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  110. Relationship between mechanical performance and microstructure in composites fabricated with flow-enhancing fabrics

    Article • Composites, September 1995, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  111. The effect of microstructure on flow promotion in resin transfer moulding reinforcement fabrics

    Article • Journal of Microscopy, March 1995, Wiley

    Professor John Summerscales

  112. The compressibility of a reinforcement fabric

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, January 1995, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  113. Quantitative microstructural examination of RTM fabrics designed for enhanced flow

    Article • Composite Structures, January 1995, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  114. The effect of reinforcement architecture on the long-range flow in fibrous reinforcements

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, January 1995, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  115. Composites and Composites Manufacturing to be incorporated into a new title

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, January 1995, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  116. Flow and rheology in polymer composites manufacturing

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, September 1994, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  117. Handbook of polymer composites for engineers

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, September 1994, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  118. Smart materials and structures

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, March 1994, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  119. Poisson's ratio in fibre-reinforced polymer composites with a high void content

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Letters, January 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  120. Materials selection in mechanical design

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, September 1993, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  121. Microstructural image analysis applied to fibre composite materials: a review

    Article • Composites, July 1993, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  122. Comment on “quantitative evaluation of fiber distributions in a continuously reinforced aluminium alloy using automatic image analysis”

    Article • Materials Characterization, June 1993, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  123. Effect of processing dwell‐time on the microstructure of a fibre‐reinforced composite

    Article • Journal of Microscopy, February 1993, Wiley

    Professor John Summerscales

  124. A model for the effect of fibre clustering on the flow rate in resin transfer moulding

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, January 1993, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  125. School of manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering, The University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, January 1992, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  126. Acoustic emission testing of the structural integrity of multicore cable

    Article • NDT & E International, December 1991, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  127. Mass production composites London, UK, 19–20 September 1989

    Article • Composites Manufacturing, March 1990, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  128. Acoustic Emission Source Location in Bidirectionally Reinforced Composites Part 1: Source Location Algorithm

    Article • January 1988, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  129. Poisson's ratios in glass fibre reinforced plastics

    Article • Composite Structures, January 1988, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  130. Shear Modulus Testing of Composites

    Article • January 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  131. ACOUSTIC EMISSION SOURCE LOCATION IN BIDIRECTIONALLY REINFORCED COMPOSITES, PART 2: WAVEFRONT PROFILE AND ELASTIC MODULUS CORRELATION

    Article • January 1987, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  132. Strain Gauges on Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyester Laminates

    Article • January 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Summerscales

  133. Amplitude distribution acoustic emission signatures of unidirectional fibre composite hybrid materials

    Article • Composites, July 1984, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  134. WOVEN GLASS-FIBRE REINFORCED POLYESTER-RESIN COMPOSITES EXPOSED TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

    Article • January 1983, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  135. Hybrids — a review

    Article • Composites, January 1980, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  136. Hybrids-a review

    Article • Composites, October 1979, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales

  137. Carbon fibre and glass fibre hybrid reinforced plastics

    Article • Composites, July 1978, Elsevier

    Professor John Summerscales