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Cost, rate, and robustness (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter outlines the most important considerations for the economic evaluation of composites, as assessing both cost and performance in parallel is critical for designing and manufacturing efficient applications. The cost of raw materials is oft... Read More about Cost, rate, and robustness.

Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter

Fibre-reinforced polymer composites are acknowledged to offer some of the highest specific properties (stiffness, strength) of any engineering materials, but this chapter takes a look at why these materials are not more widely adopted for general str... Read More about Introduction.

Burning up, melting down, collapsing in: Fire imagery, narrative articulation, funerals, and the incestuous poetics of Statius' Thebaid (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores fire imagery in Statius’ Thebaid, its relationship to ritual and narrative articulation. Fire is often involved in Roman ritual, associated with catastrophic destruction alongside purification and release. The Thebaid’s complex... Read More about Burning up, melting down, collapsing in: Fire imagery, narrative articulation, funerals, and the incestuous poetics of Statius' Thebaid.