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  1. Vulnerability of aerostructures to drone impact – collision with rotorcraft engine cowling

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Michael May

  2. High-rate in-plane shear testing of CFRP using the Split Hopkinson Tension Bar

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Michael May, Noah Ledford

  3. The effect of local copper mesh geometry on the damage induced in composite structures subjected to artificial lightning strike

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Michael May

  4. Mechanical Properties of a Unidirectional Basalt-Fiber/Epoxy Composite

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Michael May

  5. High-rate mode II fracture toughness testing of polymer matrix composites – A review

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, June 2020, Elsevier

    Michael May

  6. Modeling of multimaterial hybrid joints under high-rate loading

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, April 2020, SAGE Publications

    Michael May

  7. Reinforced biobased adhesive for eco-friendly sandwich panels

    Article • International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, April 2020, Elsevier

    Michael May

  8. In-Situ Damage Evaluation of Pure Ice under High Rate Compressive Loading

    Article • Materials, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Michael May

  9. In-situ X-ray computed tomography of composites subjected to fatigue loading

    Article • Materials Letters, February 2019, Elsevier

    Michael May

  10. Bird strike analyses on RACER fast rotocraft

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Michael May, Michael Wegmann

  11. Fracture toughness measurement without force data – Application to high rate DCB on CFRP

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, January 2019, Elsevier

    Michael May

  12. Effect of consolidation pressure on the impact behavior of UHMWPE composites

    Article • Composites Part B Engineering, August 2018, Elsevier

    Michael May

  13. Assessment of test methods for thick and thin layer adhesive joints under high rates of loading

    Article • International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, June 2018, Elsevier

    Michael May

  14. A study on the influence of fatigue damage initiation laws for cohesive zone models in propagation-driven load cases

    Article • January 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Michael May

  15. Investigations on the spall and delamination behavior of UHMWPE composites

    Article • Composite Structures, December 2017, Elsevier

    Michael May

  16. Rate-dependent mode I delamination in ballistic composites – Experiment and simulation

    Article • Composite Structures, November 2017, Elsevier

    Michael May

  17. Systematic analysis of coating-substrate interactions in the presence of flow localization

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, September 2017, Elsevier

    Michael May

  18. A model for the strain rate dependent plasticity of a metastable austenitic stainless steel

    Article • Materials & Design, September 2016, Elsevier

    Michael May

  19. Damage initiation in polymer matrix composites under high-cycle fatigue loading – A question of definition or a material property?

    Article • International Journal of Fatigue, June 2016, Elsevier

    Michael May

  20. Hourglass control for Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics removes tensile and rank-deficiency instabilities

    Article • The European Physical Journal Special Topics, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael May

  21. To replace or not to replace? — An investigation into the residual strength of damaged rock climbing safety equipment

    Article • Engineering Failure Analysis, February 2016, Elsevier

    Michael May

  22. Measuring the rate-dependent mode I fracture toughness of composites – A review

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

    Michael May

  23. Numerical evaluation of cohesive zone models for modeling impact induced delamination in composite materials

    Article • Composite Structures, December 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  24. Analysis of the shock response of UHMWPE composites using the inverse planar plate impact test and the shock reverberation technique

    Article • International Journal of Impact Engineering, December 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  25. Failure of adhesively bonded metallic T-joints subjected to quasi-static and crash loading

    Article • Engineering Failure Analysis, October 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  26. Assessment of experimental methods for calibrating rate-dependent cohesive zone models for predicting failure in adhesively bonded metallic structures

    Article • Engineering Failure Analysis, October 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  27. Analysis of composite T-joint designs for enhanced resistance to hydrodynamic ram

    Article • Composite Structures, July 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  28. On the similarity of meshless discretizations of Peridynamics and Smooth-Particle Hydrodynamics

    Article • Computers & Structures, April 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  29. Energy based method for numerical fatigue analysis of multidirectional carbon fibre reinforced plastics

    Article • Plastics Rubber and Composites Macromolecular Engineering, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Michael May

  30. Investigations on specimen design and mounting for Split Hopkinson Tension Bar (SHTB) experiments

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2015, EDP Sciences

    Michael May, Noah Ledford

  31. Rate dependent behavior of crash-optimized adhesives – Experimental characterization, model development, and simulation

    Article • Engineering Fracture Mechanics, January 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  32. A non-linear orthotropic hydrocode model for ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene in impact simulations

    Article • International Journal of Impact Engineering, January 2015, Elsevier

    Michael May

  33. Improvements to the Prototype Micro-brittle Model of Peridynamics

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael May

  34. Numerical sensitivity studies of a UHMWPE composite for ballistic protection

    Article • June 2014, WITPRESS LTD.

    Michael May

  35. Failure behaviour of composite T-joints with novel metallic arrow-pin reinforcement

    Article • Composite Structures, April 2014, Elsevier

    Michael May

  36. Predictive modeling of damage and failure in adhesively bonded metallic joints using cohesive interface elements

    Article • International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, March 2014, Elsevier

    Michael May

  37. Adaptive multi-scale modeling of high velocity impact on composite panels

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

    Michael May

  38. Influence of loading rate on the delamination response of untufted and tufted carbon epoxy non-crimp fabric composites/Mode II

    Article • Engineering Fracture Mechanics, December 2012, Elsevier

    Michael May

  39. Influence of loading rate on the delamination response of untufted and tufted carbon epoxy non crimp fabric composites: Mode I

    Article • Engineering Fracture Mechanics, December 2012, Elsevier

    Michael May

  40. 3D modeling of fracture in brittle isotropic materials using a novel algorithm for the determination of the fracture plane orientation and crack surface area

    Article • Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, September 2012, Elsevier

    Michael May

  41. Experimental and numerical analyses of adhesively bonded T-joints under crash loading

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2012, EDP Sciences

    Michael May

  42. An advanced model for initiation and propagation of damage under fatigue loading – part II: Matrix cracking validation cases

    Article • Composite Structures, August 2011, Elsevier

    Michael May

  43. An advanced model for initiation and propagation of damage under fatigue loading – part I: Model formulation

    Article • Composite Structures, August 2011, Elsevier

    Michael May

  44. Characterisation of Damage in Composite Structures using Acoustic Emission

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, July 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Michael May

  45. A combined model for initiation and propagation of damage under fatigue loading for cohesive interface elements

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

    Michael May

  46. An assessment of through-thickness shear tests for initiation of fatigue failure

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

    Michael May