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Professor Trask is a member of the Bristol Composites Institutes (formly ACCIS), working in the field of Multifunctional Composites and Additive Manufacturing.
The focus of his research is directed towards the development of biologically inspired composite materials and structures, at the interface of engineering-chemistry-biological sciences, specifically targeted towards synthetic fibrous polymer composite materials in high performance applications. Nature has developed materials, objects and processes that function from the nanoscale to the macroscale. The aim of Professor Trask’s work is to mimic these systems to develop innovative and ingenious methods of adding functionality to advanced fibre reinforced polymer composite materials.
Current Research:
- Additive Layer Manufacture of 4D materials and functionally graded multi-material composite systems
- Biologically inspired design features and philosophies found in nacre for advanced body armour
- Biomimicry of plantae vascules in the development of stimuli responsive self-healing composite structures.
- Development of adaptive colour change camouflage (linked to Biological Sciences)
- Hierarchical form and design strategies of Euplectella aspergillum (sea sponge) for structural efficiency and damage tolerance of airframe structures
- Morphing structures using soft polymers for active camouflage based on the anatomical structure of cuttlefish papillae.
Postgraduate research student supervisor in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science (ACCIS CDT)
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Projects
Next generation fibre-reinforced composites: a full scale redesign for compression (NextCOMP)
1/07/20 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
Research Output
Grand challenges in the design and manufacture of vascular self-healing
Qamar, I. P. S., Sottos, N. R. & Trask, R. S., 27 Feb 2020, In : Multifunctional Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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4D printing with robust thermoplastic polyurethane hydrogel-elastomer trilayers
Baker, A. B., Bates, S. R. G., Llewellyn-Jones, T. M., Valori, L. P. B., Dicker, M. P. M. & Trask, R. S., 5 Feb 2019, In : Materials and Design. 163, 8 p., 107544.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Compressive behaviour of 3D printed thermoplastic polyurethane honeycombs with graded densities
Bates, S. R. G., Farrow, I. R. & Trask, R. S., 15 Jan 2019, In : Materials and Design. 162, p. 130-142 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Activities
- 1 Fellowship awarded competitively
EPSRC Fellowship - Engineering Fellowships for Growth - Morphogenesis Manufacturing: Smart Materials With Programmed Transformations.
Richard S Trask (Recipient)
1 Jun 2014 → 1 Jun 2019
Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively