Professor John Summerscales
University of Plymouth
Professor, Materials Science
United Kingdom
My co-authors include
Prof Gianluca Cicala
PhD Antonio Gagliano
Dr jasper Graham-Jones
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My Publications
Consolidation process boundaries of the degradation of mechanical properties in compres...
Polymer Degradation and Stability
April 2017
Disposal of composite boats and other marine composites
January 2016
Styrene emissions during gel-coating of composites
Journal of Cleaner Production
November 2014
Embedded ferromagnetic microwires for monitoring tensile stress in polymeric materials
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
June 2014
Manufacturing methods for natural fibre composites
January 2014
Liquid composite molding reproducibility in real-world production of fiber reinforced p...
Advanced Manufacturing Polymer & Composites Science
July 2019
Evaluation of Tensile Strength of Fibers Extracted from Banana Peels
Journal of Natural Fibers
March 2019
Relationships among the chemical, mechanical and geometrical properties of basalt fibers
Textile Research Journal
October 2018
Enhanced rules-of-mixture for natural fibre reinforced polymer matrix(NFRP) composites ...
Composites Part B Engineering
October 2018
Technical Note: On modelling thermo-chemical degradation of poly(lactic acid)
Polymer Degradation and Stability
December 2016
In-mould gel-coating for polymer composites
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
December 2016
Ranking of fibre-reinforced composite plate surface finish quality by wavelet texture a...
Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring
June 2016
A Finite Element Analysis to Validate the Rule-of-Mixtures for the Prediction of the Yo...
January 2016
Eco-friendly Flax Fibre/Epoxy Resin/Composite System for Surfboard Production
January 2016
Composites manufacturing for marine structures
January 2016
Introduction
January 2016
Bio-based versus traditional polymer composites. A life cycle assessment perspective
Journal of Cleaner Production
July 2014
In-mould gel-coating of polymer composites: a review
Journal of Cleaner Production
May 2014
Environmental impacts and thermal insulation performance of innovative composite soluti...
Construction and Building Materials
March 2014
Microstructural Characterisation of Jute/Epoxy Quasi-Unidirectional Composites
Applied Composite Materials
February 2014
Durability of Composites in the Marine Environment
November 2013
Life Cycle Assessment for Natural Fiber Composites
October 2013
Characterisation of Natural Fibre Reinforcements and Composites
Journal of Composites
January 2013
A review of bast fibres and their composites: Part 3 – Modelling
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
January 2013
Processes for the production of high-quality composites
July 2012
Modulus and strength prediction for natural fibre composites
Materials Science and Technology
July 2012
Resin Infusion Under Flexible Moulding Technique By In-Mould Gel Coating Using A Flow M...
Indian Journal Of Applied Research
October 2011
A fibre diameter distribution factor (FDDF) for natural fibre composites
Journal of Materials Science
September 2011
Modelling tensile properties of jute fibres
Materials Science and Technology
January 2011
Objective assessment of the surface quality of coated surfaces
Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring
January 2011
A review of bast fibres and their composites. Part 2 – Composites
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
October 2010
A review of bast fibres and their composites. Part 1 – Fibres as reinforcements
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
October 2010
Physical Characterization of Jute Technical Fibers: Fiber Dimensions
Journal of Natural Fibers
August 2010
Failure strain as the key design criterion for fracture of natural fibre composites
Composites Science and Technology
June 2010
Disposal of composite boats and other marine composites
January 2010
Energy Use in the Production of Flax Fiber for the Reinforcement of Composites
Journal of Natural Fibers
November 2009
Multiple Data Set (MDS) weak-link scaling analysis of jute fibres
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
November 2009
Tensile properties of jute fibres
Materials Science and Technology
October 2009
Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Flax Fibre for the Reinforcement of Composites
Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy
September 2009
Design, manufacture, mechanical testing and numerical modelling of an asymmetric compos...
Composites Part B Engineering
April 2009
Measurement of permeability of continuous filament mat glass–fibre reinforcements by sa...
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
May 2007
ACMC/SAMPE Conference on Marine Composites (MarComp) 2003
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
August 2005
Low-pressure (vacuum infusion) techniques for moulding large composite structures
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L Journal of Materials Desi...
January 2005
Damage Detection in CFRP Using Wavelet Scale Correlation
Materials Science Forum
November 2003
An introduction to wavelet transforms: a tutorial approach
Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring
May 2003
In-Process Monitoring for Control of ClosedMold Techniques for the Manufacture of Therm...
April 2003
Effect of elevated temperature on ultimate tensile strength and failure modes of short ...
Materials Science and Technology
May 2002
Voronoi cells, fractal dimensions and fibre composites
Journal of Microscopy
February 2001
Improving the resin transfer moulding process for fabric-reinforced composites by modif...
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
December 2000
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
December 2000
Process-Property-Structure Relationships for Woven Fibre Composites
January 2000
Open Mold Techniques for Thermoset Composites
January 2000
Journal of Materials Science Letters
January 2000
Review of the durability of marine laminates
January 1999
Review of the durability of marine laminates
January 1999
Microstructural Characterisation of Fibre-Reinforced Composites
August 1998
The use of automated image analysis for the investigation of fabric architecture on the...
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
July 1998
Microstructural characterisation of fibre-reinforced composites
January 1998
Quantitive microstructural analysis for continuous fibre composites
January 1998
A study of the effects of convergent flow fronts on the properties of fibre reinforced ...
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
January 1998
An investigation into the effects of fabric architecture on the processing and properti...
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
January 1998
The compression response of fibre-reinforced plastic plates during manufacture by the r...
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
January 1998
Resin Infusion under Flexible Tooling (RIFT): a review
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
January 1996
Data validation procedures for the automated determination of the two-dimensional perme...
Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
January 1996
Relationship between mechanical performance and microstructure in composites fabricated...
Composites
September 1995
The effect of microstructure on flow promotion in resin transfer moulding reinforcement...
Journal of Microscopy
March 1995
The compressibility of a reinforcement fabric
Composites Manufacturing
January 1995
Quantitative microstructural examination of RTM fabrics designed for enhanced flow
Composite Structures
January 1995
The effect of reinforcement architecture on the long-range flow in fibrous reinforcements
Composites Manufacturing
January 1995
Poisson's ratio in fibre-reinforced polymer composites with a high void content
Journal of Materials Science Letters
January 1994
Microstructural image analysis applied to fibre composite materials: a review
Composites
July 1993
Comment on “quantitative evaluation of fiber distributions in a continuously reinforced...
Materials Characterization
June 1993
Effect of processing dwell-time on the microstructure of a fibre-reinforced composite
Journal of Microscopy
February 1993
A model for the effect of fibre clustering on the flow rate in resin transfer moulding
Composites Manufacturing
January 1993
Acoustic emission testing of the structural integrity of multicore cable
NDT & E International
December 1991
Acoustic Emission Source Location in Bidirectionally Reinforced Composites Part 1: Sour...
January 1988
Poisson's ratios in glass fibre reinforced plastics
Composite Structures
January 1988
Shear Modulus Testing of Composites
January 1987
ACOUSTIC EMISSION SOURCE LOCATION IN BIDIRECTIONALLY REINFORCED COMPOSITES, PART 2: WAV...
January 1987
Strain Gauges on Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyester Laminates
January 1985
Amplitude distribution acoustic emission signatures of unidirectional fibre composite h...
Composites
July 1984
WOVEN GLASS-FIBRE REINFORCED POLYESTER-RESIN COMPOSITES EXPOSED TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
January 1983
Hybrids — a review
Composites
January 1980
Hybrids-a review
Composites
October 1979
Carbon fibre and glass fibre hybrid reinforced plastics
Composites
July 1978