Professor Joseph Loughlan

BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, FRAeS

  • Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Structures
Publications

Background

  • BSc, MSc, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 1971-1979.
  • Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Structural Mechanics and Aerospace Vehicle Design, Cranfield University, 1979-2002.
  • Professor of Aerospace Structures, Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, 2002 - present

Professional affiliations

  • Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, FRAeS.
  • Chartered Engineer.

Outline of current main research interests:

  • Thin-Walled metal and composite structural systems.
  • Lightweight aerospace and automotive structural components.
  • Buckling and post-buckling behaviour of structures.
  • Elasto-plastic collapse of metallic construction.
  • Impact mechanics of metal and composite structures.
  • Damage tolerance in composite structures.
  • Composite material failure mechanics.
  • Delamination and failure propagation.
  • Smart sensing-adaptive structures technology.
  • Finite element numerical modelling.
  • Finite strip numerical modelling.
  • The manufacturing and testing of composite structures.

Research group

  • Lightweight Structures

Current teaching responsibilities:

  • Part B – Aircraft Loading and Structural Airworthiness.
  • Part D – Aerospace Structures.

Recent publications

    Loughlan, J, Yidris, N, Cunningham, PR (2011) The effects of local buckling and materials yielding on the axial stiffness and failure of uniformly compressed I-section and box-section struts, Journal of Thin-Walled Structures, 49(2), pp.264-279.

    Loughlan, J, Yidris, N, Cunningham, PR (2011) The effects of local buckling and materials yielding on the axial stiffness and failure of uniformly compressed l-section and box-section struts, Journal of Thin-Walled Structures, 49(2), pp.264-279.

    Loughlan, J and Ahmed, MN (2008) Multi-cell Carbon Fibre Composite Box Beams Subjected to Torsion with Variable Twist, Thin-Walled Structures, 46(7-9), pp.914-924, ISSN: 0263-8231.

    Zhang, Y, Wang, S, Loughlan, J (2006) Free Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Composite Laminates using a Layerwise Cubic B-spline Finite Strip Method, Thin-Walled Structures, 44(6), pp.601-622, ISSN: 0263-8231. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.05.008.

    Ovesy, HR, Loughlan, J, GhannadPour, SAM (2006) Geometric Non-Linear Analysis of Channel Sections Under End Shortening, using Different Versions of the Finite Strip Method, Computers and Structures, 84(13-14), pp.855-872, ISSN: 0045-7949. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.02.010.

    Ovesy, HR, Loughlan, J, GhannadPour, SAM, Morada, G (2006) Geometric Non-Linear Analysis of Box Sections under End Shortening, using Three Different Versions of the Finite Strip Method, Thin-Walled Structures, 44(6), pp.623-637, ISSN: 0263-8231.

    Zhou, G, Hill, M, Loughlan, J, Hookham, N (2006) Damage Characteristics of Composite Honeycomb Sandwich Panels in Bending under Quasi-Static Loading, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 8(1), pp.55-90, ISSN: 1099-6362. DOI: 10.1177/1099636206056888.

    Ovesy, HR, Loughlan, J, GhannadPour, SAM (2005) Geometric Non-Linear Analysis of Thin Flat Plates Under End Shortening, using Different Versions of the Finite Strip Method, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 47(12), pp.1923-1948, ISSN: 0020-7403. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2005.07.008.

    Hosseini Toudeshky, H, Loughlan, J, Kharazi, M (2005) The Buckling Characteristics of some Integrally Formed Bead Stiffened Composite Panels, Thin-Walled Structures, 43(4), pp.629-645.

    Ovesy, HR, Loughlan, J, Assaee, H (2004) The Compressive Post-local Buckling Behaviour of Thin Plates using a Semi-energy Finite Strip Approach, Journal of Thin-walled Structures, 42(3), pp.449-474.

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    Organised conferences and workshops:

    • Organiser and Chairman of the ‘Fourth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures’, Advances in Research, Design and Manufacturing Technology, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, 22-24 June 2004.
    • Organiser and Chairman of the International Workshop on ‘Recent Advances and Future Trends in Thin-Walled Structures Technology’, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, 25 June 2004.
    • Organiser and Chairman of the IMechE Symposium on ‘Smart Structures Technology’, BAWA, Bristol, 22 September 2005.
    • Organiser and Chairman of the IMechE Symposium on ‘Design for Impact and Crashworthiness in Aerospace and Automotive Vehicle Structures’, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, 14 September 2006.

    Conference administrative activity:

    • Member of the International Scientific Committee of the ‘International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures’, Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 September 2006.
    • Member of the International Scientific Committee of the ‘Third International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures’, University of Manchester, 22-24 August 2007.
    • Member of the International Scientific/Technical Advisory Board of the ‘Third International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation’, Cape Town, South Africa, 10-12 September 2007.
    • Member of the International Technical Scientific Committee of the Fifth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Brisbane, Australia, 18-20 June 2008.
    • Member of the conference planning panel of the Retiral Conference of Professor James Rhodes on The Behaviour of Thin-Walled Structures, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 26-27 June 2007.
    • Session Chairman at the 6th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures, ICAS 07, 24-27 July 2007, Oxford, England.
    • Chairman of the Editorial Board Meetings of the International Journal of Thin-Walled Structures held in conjunction with the International Conference Series on Thin-Walled Structures.
    • Member of the Scientific Committee of the X11-th Symposium on Stability of Structures, Zakopane, Poland, 7-11 September 2009.
    • Member of the International Scientific/Technical Advisory Board of the ‘Fourth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation’, Cape Town, South Africa, 6-8 September 2010.
    • Member of the International Scientific Committee of The Sixth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Timisoara, Romania, 5-7 September 2011.

    Invited and keynote papers:

    • Keynote presentation at The Fourth Conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 25-27 January 2003.
    • Invited paper at The Third International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 10-12 September 2007.
    • Keynote presentation at the X11-th Symposium on Stability of Structures, Zakopane, Poland, 7-11 September 2009.
    • Invited paper at The Fourth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 6-8 September 2010.
    • Keynote presentation at The Sixth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Timisoara, Romania, 5-7 September 2011.

    Journal referee:

    • Composite Structures.
    • Thin-Walled Structures.
    • The Aeronautical Journal.
    • The International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.
    • International Journal of Science and Technology, Scientia Iranica.
    • Computers and Structures.

    Journal editing:

    • Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier Science Ltd, ISSN 0263-8231.
    • Regional Editor, International Journal of Science and Technology, Scientia Iranica.

    Learned society engagement:

    • Member of the Aerospace Materials and Structures Technical Activity Committee, AMSTAC, of the Aerospace Industries Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 2004-2008.

    External examiner:

    • BEng programme in aeronautical engineering, Department of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, University of Limerick, 1998-2002.
    • Masters programme in aerospace vehicle design, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, 2007-2010.
    • BEng and MEng programmes in aerospace engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, 2006-2009.