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Structure–property relationship of recycled carbon fibres revealed by pyrolysis recycling process (2015)
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Jiang, G., & Pickering, S. J. (2015). Structure–property relationship of recycled carbon fibres revealed by pyrolysis recycling process. Journal of Materials Science, 51(4), 1949-1958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9502-2

The structure-property relationship for recycled carbon fibres is investigated by characterisation of the structure changes induced by the pyrolysis recycling process. Two important factors influencing the properties of recycled carbon fibres are ide... Read More about Structure–property relationship of recycled carbon fibres revealed by pyrolysis recycling process.

Ni Mg Mixed Metal Oxides for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2015)
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Zannotti, M., Wood, C. J., Summers, G. H., Stevens, L. A., Hall, M. R., Snape, C. E., Giovannetti, R., & Gibson, E. A. (2015). Ni Mg Mixed Metal Oxides for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(44), 24556-24565. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b06170

Mg Ni mixed metal oxide photocathodes have been prepared by a mixed NiCl2/MgCl2 sol-gel process. The MgO/NiO electrodes have been extensively characterized using physical and electrochemical methods. Dye-sensitized solar cells have been prepared from... Read More about Ni Mg Mixed Metal Oxides for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Predictive, Miniature Co-Extrusion of Multilayered Glass Fiber-Optic Preforms (2015)
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Bhowmick, K., Furniss, D., Morvan, H. P., Seddon, A. B., & Benson, T. M. (2016). Predictive, Miniature Co-Extrusion of Multilayered Glass Fiber-Optic Preforms. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 99(1), 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.13937

A miniature co-extrusion technique, to produce a concentric multilayered glass fiber-optic preform of ~3 mm diameter, is modeled and experimentally demonstrated. A three-dimensional, incompressible, noncavitating, and nonisothermal Computational Flui... Read More about Predictive, Miniature Co-Extrusion of Multilayered Glass Fiber-Optic Preforms.

Linear friction weld process monitoring of fixture cassette deformations using empirical mode decomposition (2015)
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Bakker, O. J., Gibson, C., Wilson, P., Lohse, N., & Popov, A. A. (2015). Linear friction weld process monitoring of fixture cassette deformations using empirical mode decomposition. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 62-63, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.02.005

Due to its inherent advantages, linear friction welding is a solid-state joining process of increasing importance to the aerospace, automotive, medical and power generation equipment industries. Tangential oscillations and forge stroke during the bur... Read More about Linear friction weld process monitoring of fixture cassette deformations using empirical mode decomposition.

The linear inverse problem in energy beam processing with an application to abrasive waterjet machining (2015)
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Axinte, D., Bilbao Guillerna, A., & Billingham, J. (2015). The linear inverse problem in energy beam processing with an application to abrasive waterjet machining. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 99, 34-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2015.09.006

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. The linear inverse problem for energy beam processing, in which a desired etched profile is known and a trajectory of the beam that will create it must be found, is studied in this paper. As an example,... Read More about The linear inverse problem in energy beam processing with an application to abrasive waterjet machining.

A constitutive model of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) (2015)
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Chen, F., Ou, H., Lu, B., & Long, H. (2016). A constitutive model of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK). Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 53, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.08.037

A modified Johnson–Cook (JC) model was proposed to describe the flow behaviour of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) with the consideration of coupled effects of strain, strain rate and temperature. As compared to traditional JC model, the modified one ha... Read More about A constitutive model of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK).

Dynamics for variable length multisection continuum arms (2015)
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Godage, I. S., Medrano-Cerda, G. A., Branson, D. T., Guglielmino, E., & Caldwell, D. G. (2016). Dynamics for variable length multisection continuum arms. International Journal of Robotics Research, 35(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364915596450

Variable length multisection continuum arms are a class of continuum robotic manipulators that generate motion by structural mechanical deformation. Unlike most continuum robots, the sections of these arms do not have (central) supporting flexible ba... Read More about Dynamics for variable length multisection continuum arms.

The stabilising effect of oxides in foamed aluminium alloy scrap (2015)
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Vinod Kumar, G., García-Moreno, F., Banhart, J., & Kennedy, A. R. (2015). The stabilising effect of oxides in foamed aluminium alloy scrap. International Journal of Materials Research, 106(9), https://doi.org/10.3139/146.111255

The expansion and stability of foams made from remelted aluminium alloy scrap has been studied. Foams made from scrap alloy contain oxide bi-films introduced from the swarf (machining chips and turnings) of LM26 alloy and these oxides act as stabiliz... Read More about The stabilising effect of oxides in foamed aluminium alloy scrap.

Stochastic reconstruction of filament paths in fibre bundles based on two-dimensional input data (2015)
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Gommer, F., Wedgwood, K. C., & Brown, L. P. (2015). Stochastic reconstruction of filament paths in fibre bundles based on two-dimensional input data. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.05.022

Conventional optical microscopy is an inexpensive technique to analyse fibre bundle micro-structures. Compared to micro-computed tomography, the resolution is higher and larger samples sizes can be analysed. This provides, for example, detailed infor... Read More about Stochastic reconstruction of filament paths in fibre bundles based on two-dimensional input data.

A numerical comparison of the flow behaviour in Friction Stir Welding (FSW) using unworn and worn tool geometries (2015)
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Hasan, A., Bennett, C., & Shipway, P. (in press). A numerical comparison of the flow behaviour in Friction Stir Welding (FSW) using unworn and worn tool geometries. Materials and Design, 87, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2015.08.016

The tool is a key component in the Friction Stir Welding (FSW) process, but the tool degrades and changes shape during use; however, only a limited number of experimental studies have been undertaken in order to understand the effect that worn tool g... Read More about A numerical comparison of the flow behaviour in Friction Stir Welding (FSW) using unworn and worn tool geometries.