Leigh Sutherland

Publications

International Journals

29. Liu B, Wang W, Sutherland LS, 2023. Experimental and numerical response and failure of laterally impacted carbon/glass fibre-reinforced hybrid composite laminates. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 179, 104654 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2023.104654).

28. Brito M, Sutherland LS, Pereira JMC, Arruda MR, 2022. Fluid-structure interaction analyses for hydro-elastic tailoring of a windsurfer fin. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 1371 (https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10101371).

27. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2022. Impact resistance of cork-skinned marine PVC / GRP sandwich laminates. Thin-Walled Structures, 180, 109830. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2022.109830).

26. Palomba G, Epasto G, Sutherland LS, Crupi V, 2022. Aluminium Sandwich as a greener design alternative for lightweight marine structures. Ships and Offshore Structures, 17(10), pp 2355-2366. (https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2021.1996109)

25. Santos FA, Rebelo H, Coutinho C, Sutherland LS, Cismasiu C, Farina I, Fraternali F, 2021. Low velocity impact response of 3D printed structures formed by cellular metamaterials and stiffening plates: PLA vs. PETg. Composite Structures, 256, 113128. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113128)

24. Garrido M, Teixeira R, Correia JR, Sutherland LS, 2021. Quasi-static indentation and impact in glass-fibre reinforced polymer sandwich panels for civil and ocean engineering applications. Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials, 23(1) pp 194-221 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1099636219830134)

23. Sutherland LS, Amado C, Guedes Soares C, 2019.  Statistical analyses of the effects of bonding parameters and fabrication robustness on the strength of adhesive T-joints. Composites: Part B, 175, 107063 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107063)

22. Sutherland LS, 2018. A review of impact testing on marine composite materials, Part IV: Scaling, strain rate and marine-type laminates. Composite Structures 200, pp 929-938 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.06.052)

21. Sutherland LS, 2018. A review of impact testing on marine composite materials, Part III: Damage tolerance and durability. Composite Structures 118C, pp 512-518 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.01.042)

20. Sutherland LS, 2018. A review of impact testing on marine composite materials: Part II – Impact event and material parameters. Composite Structures 118C, pp 503-511 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.01.041)

19. Sutherland LS, 2018. A review of impact testing on marine composite materials: Part I – Marine impacts on marine composites. Composite Structures 118C, pp 197-208 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.12.073)

18. Sutherland LS, Sá MF, Correia JR, Guedes Soares C, Gomes A, Silvestre N, 2017. Impact response of pedestrian bridge multicellular GFRP deck panels. Composite Structures, 171, pp 473–485 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.03.052)

17. Sutherland LS, Amado C, Guedes Soares C, 2017. Statistical experimental design techniques to investigate the strength of adhesively bonded T-joints. Composite Structures, 159, pp 445–454 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.09.076)

16. Sutherland LS, Sá MF, Correia JR, Guedes Soares C, Gomes A, Silvestre N, 2016. Quasi-static indentation response of pedestrian bridge multicellular pultruded GFRP deck panels.Construction and Building Materials, 118, pp 307–318 (dhttp://dx.doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.05.070)

15. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2012. The use of quasi-static testing to obtain the low-velocity impact damage resistance of marine GRP laminates. Composites: Part B, 43(3), pp 1459–1467. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.01.002)

14. Villavicencio R, Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2012. Numerical simulation of transversely impacted, clamped circular aluminium plates, Ships and Offshore Structures, 7(1), pp 31-45. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2010.548122)

13. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2007. Scaling of Impact on Low Fibre-Volume Glass-Polyester Laminates. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 38(2), pp 307-317. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.04.003)

12. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2006. Impact Behaviour of Typical Marine Composite Laminates. Composites Part B: Engineering, 37(2-3), pp 89-100. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2005.09.001)

11. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2005. Contact Indentation of Marine Composites. Composites Structures, 70(3), pp 287-294. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.08.035)

10. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2005. Impact on Low Fibre-Volume, Glass / Polyester Rectangular Plates. Composites Structures, 68, pp 13–22. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.02.010)

9. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2005. Impact Characterisation of Low Fibre-Volume Glass Reinforced Polyester Circular Laminated Plates. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 31, pp 1-23. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2003.11.006)

8. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2004. Effect of Laminate Thickness and of Matrix Resin on the Impact of Low Fibre-Volume, Woven Roving E-Glass Composites. Composites Science and Technology, 64, pp 1691-1700. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.01.001)

7. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2003. The Effects of Test Parameters on the Impact Response of Glass Reinforced Plastic using an Experimental Design Approach. Composites Science & Technology 63, pp 1-18. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0266-3538(02)00090-8)

6. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 1999. Effects of laminate thickness and reinforcement type on the impact behaviour of E-glass/polyester laminates. Composites Science and Technology, 59, pp 2243-2260. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00080-9)

5. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 1999.Impact tests on woven roving E-glass/polyester laminates. Composites Science and Technology, 59, pp 1553-1567. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00023-8)

4. Sutherland LS Shenoi RA, Lewis SM, 1998. Size and Scale Effects in Composites: III. Woven-Roving Laminates. Composites Science and Technology, 59, pp 235-251. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00106-7)

3. Sutherland LS Shenoi RA, Lewis SM, 1998. Size and Scale Effects in Composites: II. Unidirectional Laminates. Composites Science and Technology, 59, pp 221-233. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00083-9)

2. Sutherland LS Shenoi RA, Lewis SM, 1998. Size and Scale Effects in Composites: I. Literature Review. Composites Science and Technology, 59, pp 209-220. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00065-7)

1. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 1997. Review of Probabilistic Models of the Strength of Composite Materials. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 56, pp. 183-196. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00027-6)

Theses

Sutherland LS, 1997. An Investigation into Composites Size Effects using Statistically Designed Experiments. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southampton Departments of Ship Science and Mathematics, Supported by Vosper Thorneycroft.

Sutherland LS, 1993. Windsurfer Fin Hydrodynamics. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Southampton Department of Ship Science.

Patent

Fonseca N, Sutherland LS, Figueiredo M, 2008. Novo Método de projecto e construção de vergas em fibra de carbon para embarcações tradicionais e replicas de navios antigos de aparelho latino (A new design and construction method for carbon fibre yard arms of lateen-rigged traditional and historical replica vessels). Portuguese national invention patent No. 104036, International Patent Classification B63B 9/00 (2006.01).

Book Chapters

20. Sutherland LS, Brito M, Pereira JC, Arruda MR, Benson S, 2022. Fluid-structure interaction analyses of a composite windsurf fin. Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering Volume 1, Guedes Soares C and Santos T (Eds.), CRC Press London (http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003320272-25)

19. Ponte R, Sutherland LS, Garbatov Y, 2022. Structural analysis of a ‘Foiling Moth’ sailing dinghy hydrofoil. Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering Volume 1, Guedes Soares C and Santos T (Eds.), CRC Press London (http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003320272-21)

18. Palomba G, Epasto G, Sutherland LS, Crupi V, 2020. Lightweight Aluminium Sandwich Structures for Marine Vehicles. HSMV 2020, Progress in Marine Science and Technology, Begovic, E. (Ed.), IOS Press. (https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2021.1996109)

17. Nascimento F, Sutherland LS, Garbatov Y, 2018. Experimental and numerical structural analysis of a windsurf fin. Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares C & Santos TA (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, 2018: pp 387–394.

16. Calvário M, Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2017. A review of the applications of composite materials in wave and tidal energy devices. Developments in Maritime Transportation and Harvesting of Sea Resources, Guedes Soares C & Teixeira AP (Eds.), pp 1111–1117.

15. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2016. Investigating T-joint strength parameters using statistical experimental design and analysis techniques. Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares C & Santos TA (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp 569-574

14. Alizadeh F, Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2016. Effect of vacuum bag pressure on the flexural properties of GFRP composite laminates. Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares C & Santos T.A (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp 429-434

13. Castilho T, Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2015. Impact resistance of marine sandwich composites. Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares C & Santos TA (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp 607-618. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4837.7044)

12. Sutherland LS, Alizadeh F, Guedes Soares C, 2015. Flexural testing of sandwich laminates for steel-composite joints. Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares C & Santos TA (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp 637-646. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4051.2726)

11. Boote D, Beck R, Blake J, Flay RJ, Hage A, Jeong HK, Keuning JA, Miller  P, Sutherland LS, Yan RJ, 2012. Committee V.8 – Yacht Design. Proceedings of the 18th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2012), Fricke W & Bronsart R (Eds.),10-13 September, Rostock, Germany, pp 331-396. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3985.7366)

10. Cerveira F, Fonseca N, Sutherland LS, 2012. Considering Disabled People in Sailing Yacht Design. Maritime Engineering and Technology, Guedes Soares C, Garbatov Y, Sutulo S & Santos TA (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3854.6641)

9. Villavicencio, R, Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2011. Numerical simulation of laterally impacted clamped circular steel plates. Advances in Marine Structures, Guedes Soares C & Fricke W, (Eds.), London, UK: Taylor & Francis Group, pp 419-427. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2806.0885)

8. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2011. Impact on marine composite laminated materials. Marine Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares C, Garbatov Y, Fonseca N & Teixeira AP (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3592.5201)

7. Shenoi A, Beck R, Boote D, Davies P, Hage A, Hudson D, Kageyama K, Keuning JA, Miller P, Sutherland LS, 2009. Committee V.8 – Sailing Yacht Design. Proceedings of the 17th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2009), Hong CD &  and Jang SY (Eds.), Seoul National University, 16-21 August, Seoul, Korea, pp 433-493. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4116.8089)

6. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2009. Impact behaviour of GRP, aluminium and steel plates. Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares C & Das PK (Eds.); Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp 293-300.(http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1020.2327)

5. Franco R, Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2008. O Processo de Infusão de Resina para Aplicações Marítimas (The Resin Infusion Process for Marine Applications). O Sector Marítimo Português (in Portuguese), Guedes Soares C & Costa Monteiro C (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisboa. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3615.0480)

4. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2008. Scaling of Impact on Glass-Polyester Laminated Plates. Maritime Industry, Ocean Engineering and Coastal Resources, Guedes Soares C & Kolev P (Eds.), Taylor & Francis, London – UK, pp 293-300. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3641.6728)

3. Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2005. Impact on Single-Skin Marine Composites. Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Ocean and Coastal Resources (IMAM 2005), Vl. 1, Guedes Soares C, Garbatov Y & Fonseca N (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp 535-542. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4952.3923)

2. Santos JM, Sutherland LS, Guedes Soares C, 2004. Ensaios de Caracterização das Propriedades Mecânicas de Compósitos (Characterization tests of the mechanical properties of composite materials). As Actividades Marítimas e a Engenharia, Guedes Soares C & Gonçalves de Brito V (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lisboa, pp 137-150. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3090.7602)

1. Sutherland LS, Wilson PA,1994. Windsurfer fin hydrodynamics. Marine, Offshore and Ice Technology,  Proceedings of CADMO 94: Computer-aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Marine and Offshore Industries, Southampton, UK, Murthy TKS, Wadhams P & Wilson PA (Eds.), Computational Mechanics Publications, pp 51-58. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4297.0320)

Conference Papers

15. Viegas S, Sutherland LS, Miller PH. Initial structural analysis of a Portuguese ‘Muleta’ lateen mainsail yard.  7th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2024), 14 – 16 May 2024, 15 – 17 October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

14. Bandeira G, Sutherland LS, Miller PH. Structural Behaviour of a Windsurfer Fin.  7th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2024), 14 – 16 May 2024, 15 – 17 October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

13. Domingues J, Sutherland LS, Garrido M. Durability of flax and glass fibre reinforced epoxy laminates for marine applications.  7th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2024), 14 – 16 May 2024, 15 – 17 October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

12. Carreira TLTM, Sutherland LS, Pereira JMC. FSI analyses of a high-performance solar boat composite T-hydrofoil.  25th numerical towing tank symposium (NuTTS 2023), 15 – 17 October 2023, Ericeira, Portugal

11. Sutherland LS. Embarcações à vela: estudos de hidrodinâmica e resistência estrutural (In Portuguese. “Sailing vessels: hydrodynamic and structural studies”).  16as Jornadas de Engenharia e Tecnologia Marítima (JETM 2022), 25 – 26 May 2022, Lisbon, Portugal

10. Santos FA, Rebelo H, Coutinho C, Sutherland LS, Cismasiu C, Farina I, Colangelo F, Fraternali F. Mechanics of additively manufactured layered impact protectors. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Composite Structures and the 6th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites (ICCS23 and MECHCOMP6), 1-4 September 2020, Porto, Portugal.

9. Teixeira R, Garrido M, Proença M, Correia JR, Sutherland LS. Indentation and impact behaviour of GFRP composite sandwich panels for civil engineering structural applications. Proceedings of the the 9th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2018), 17-19 July 2018, Paris.

8. Villavicencio R, Sutherland LS and Guedes Soares C. Numerical simulation of transversely impacted, clamped circular aluminium plates. 5th International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships (ICCGS 2010), 14-16 June 2010, Espoo, Finland. (http://lib.tkk.fi/Reports/2010/isbn9789526032122.pdf)

7. Sutherland LS and Guedes Soares C. Impact on Marine Laminates. Proceedings of the RINA Conference on the Modern Yacht, 11-12 October 2007, RINA, Southampton – UK. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4559.1760)

6. Garbatov Y, Sutherland L, Guedes Soares C and Cabral GP. Structural assessment of a fishing vessel built of glass-fibre reinforced polyester resin. Proceedings of the RINA Conference on Fishing Vessels, Fishing Technology and Fisheries, 13-14 April 2005, RINA, Newcastle – UK, pp 89-98. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4008.2643)

5. Sutherland LS, Rodrigues B and Guedes Soares C. Projecto e activação de um pórtico com actuador hidráulico para ensaios de estruturas (An adaptable, affordable servo-hydraulic test machine). Actas do 5º Encontro Nacional de Análise Experimental de Tensões e Mecânica Experimental, Universidade de Coimbra 21-23 Janeiro 2004. (http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.5038.4089)

4. Sutherland LS and Guedes Soares C. Characterisation of impact on low fibre-volume woven roving E-glass / polyester composites. Actas do 5º Encontro Nacional de Análise Experimental de Tensões e Mecânica Experimental, Universidade de Coimbra 21-23 Janeiro 2004.

3. Rodrigues B, Sutherland LS and Guedes Soares C. Projecto de um sistema de controlo servo-hidráulico para ensaio de materiais (Design of a control system for a servo-hydraulic mechanical test machine). VII Congresso de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional, Universidade de Évora, 14-16 April 2003.

2. Sutherland LS, Shenoi RA and Lewis SM. Statistically Designed Experiments and Strength Size Effects in Marine Composites. Proceedings of 2nd Postgraduate Conference in Engineering Materials, University of Southampton, 16-17 September, 1996. (pp 1-2)

1. Sutherland LS, Shenoi RA and Lewis SM. Use of Statistically Designed Experiments to Explore Sensitivities in the Strength Scaling of FRP Composites. Proceedings of 1st Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Melbourne, Australia, 21-23 February 1996. (Vol. I, pp 431-436).

Refereed National Journal Papers

4. Sutherland LS, Rodrigues B and Guedes Soares C, 2006. Projecto e activação de um pórtico com actuador hidráulico para ensaios de estruturas. Mecânica Experimental – Revista da APAET, 12: 1-9.

3. Sutherland LS, Machado Santos F and Guedes Soares C, 2005. Indentação de Compósitos de Aplicação Naval. Mecânica Experimental – Revista da APAET; 11: 35-45.

2. Sutherland LS and Guedes Soares C, 2004. Transverse impact on circular marine composite plates. Mecânica Experimental – Revista da APAET; 10: 83-93.

1. Sutherland LS and Guedes Soares C, 2002. Impact behaviour of low fibre-fraction glass / polyester laminates. Mecânica Experimental – Revista da APAET; 7: 53-59.