معرفی
Dr Alexander Shaw is a Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at Swansea University, affiliated with the Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering. His research focuses on structural vibration (nonlinearity, chaotic responses) and morphing aircraft structures, with applications in rotorcraft efficiency through the EU-funded SABRE project. He teaches structural analysis and aircraft design, and his work bridges experimental and analytical methods to model nonlinear dynamics in static structures and rotating machinery. Key areas include adaptive aircraft design, composite materials, and rotordynamics.
- Affiliations: School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
- Research Group: Aerospace and Structural Engineering
Research Interests:
Dr Shaw's expertise spans structural dynamics, nonlinear vibration, morphing aircraft concepts, and composite structures. His recent projects emphasize improving rotor blade efficiency via bend-twist coupling and metamaterials, alongside passive energy balancing systems for morphing wings. Experimental validations of concepts like lag-twist coupling and quasi-zero stiffness devices are central to his contributions.
Publications: Recent work includes studies on frictional vibration devices (2024), helicopter blade dynamics (2022-2023), and metamaterial-based morphing systems (2022). His research addresses gaps in nonlinear modeling for industrial applications.
