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Towards storage-stable high-content recycled tyre rubber modified bitumen (2018)
Journal Article
Lo Presti, D., Izquierdo, M., & Jiménez del Barco Carrión, A. (2018). Towards storage-stable high-content recycled tyre rubber modified bitumen. Construction and Building Materials, 172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.03.226

The addition of crumb rubber particles as bitumen modifier can be currently considered as a well-established alternative to conventional polymers for bitumen modification. However, Recycle Tyre Rubber (RTR) modified binders still present drawbacks su... Read More about Towards storage-stable high-content recycled tyre rubber modified bitumen.

Gallium incorporation into phosphate based glasses: Bulk and thin film properties (2018)
Journal Article
Stuart, B. W., Grant, C. A., Stan, G. E., Popa, A. C., Titman, J. J., & Grant, D. M. (2018). Gallium incorporation into phosphate based glasses: Bulk and thin film properties. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 82, 371-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.03.041

The osteogenic ions Ca2+, P5+, Mg2+, and antimicrobial ion Ga3+ were homogenously dispersed into a 1.45 mum thick phosphate glass coating by plasma assisted sputtering onto CP grade titanium. The objective was to deliver therapeutic ions in orthopedi... Read More about Gallium incorporation into phosphate based glasses: Bulk and thin film properties.

Electrical resistivity of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg for use in electric motors (2018)
Journal Article
Silbernagel, C., Ashcroft, I., Dickens, P., & Galea, M. (2018). Electrical resistivity of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg for use in electric motors. Additive Manufacturing, 21, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.03.027

Additive manufacturing (AM) opens up a design freedom beyond the limits of traditional manufacturing techniques. Electrical windings created through AM could lead to more powerful and compact electric motors, but only if the electrical properties of... Read More about Electrical resistivity of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg for use in electric motors.

A wireless instrumented milling cutter system with embedded PVDF sensors (2018)
Journal Article
Luo, M., Luo, H., Axinte, D., Liu, D., Mei, J., & Liao, Z. (2018). A wireless instrumented milling cutter system with embedded PVDF sensors. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2018.03.040

Among all the monitoring data which could be captured in a machining process, the cutting forces could convey key knowledge on the conditions of the process. When the machining involves a single cutting edge the relationship between the output forces... Read More about A wireless instrumented milling cutter system with embedded PVDF sensors.

Fabric sensors – modelling deformation in knitted fabrics (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Miller, K., Brown, L. P., & McNally, D. (2018, March). Fabric sensors – modelling deformation in knitted fabrics. Paper presented at 8th World Conference on 3D Fabrics and Their Applications, Manchester, UK

Fabric sensors are made from knitted conductive yarn and can be used to measure extension in wearable technologies and composite structures. Wearable technologies have considerable potential in sport and medical applications, for example recording li... Read More about Fabric sensors – modelling deformation in knitted fabrics.

Effects of magnification and sampling resolution in X-ray computed tomography for the measurement of additively manufactured metal surfaces (2018)
Journal Article
Thompson, A., Senin, N., Maskery, I., & Leach, R. (2018). Effects of magnification and sampling resolution in X-ray computed tomography for the measurement of additively manufactured metal surfaces. Precision Engineering, 53, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2018.02.014

Recent studies have shown that X-ray computed tomography (XCT) can be used to measure the surface topography of additively manufactured parts. However, further research is necessary to fully understand XCT measurement performance. Here, we show how m... Read More about Effects of magnification and sampling resolution in X-ray computed tomography for the measurement of additively manufactured metal surfaces.

Cloud manufacturing as a sustainable process manufacturing route (2018)
Journal Article
Fisher, O., Watson, N., Porcu, L., Bacon, D., Rigley, M., & Gomes, R. (2018). Cloud manufacturing as a sustainable process manufacturing route. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2018.03.005

Cloud Manufacturing (CM) is a service oriented business model to share manufacturing capabilities and resources on a cloud platform. Manufacturing is under pressure to achieve cost and environmental impact reductions, as manufacturing becomes more in... Read More about Cloud manufacturing as a sustainable process manufacturing route.

Flexible all-fiber electrospun supercapacitor (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, X., Naylor Marlow, M., Cooper, S. J., Song, B., Chen, X., Brandon, N. P., & Wu, B. (2018). Flexible all-fiber electrospun supercapacitor. Journal of Power Sources, 384, 264-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.02.081

We present an all-fiber flexible supercapacitor with composite nanofiber electrodes made via electrospinning and an electrospun separator. With the addition of manganese acetylacetonate (MnACAC) to polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as a precursor for the elect... Read More about Flexible all-fiber electrospun supercapacitor.

Simulation and validation of injection-compression filling stage of liquid moulding with fast curing resins (2018)
Journal Article
Martin, F. A., Warrior, N., Simacek, P., Advani, S., Hughes, A., Darlington, R., & Senan, E. (2019). Simulation and validation of injection-compression filling stage of liquid moulding with fast curing resins. Applied Composite Materials, 26(1), 41–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-018-9682-4

Very short manufacture cycle times are required if continuous carbon fibre and epoxy composite components are to be economically viable solutions for high volume composite production for the automotive industry. Here, a manufacturing process variant... Read More about Simulation and validation of injection-compression filling stage of liquid moulding with fast curing resins.

Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy (2018)
Journal Article
Alburayt, A., Syam, W. P., & Leach, R. (in press). Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy. Measurement Science and Technology, 29(6), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aab949

Areal surface texture measuring instruments can be calibrated by determining a set of metrological characteristics currently in the final stages of standardisation. In this paper, amplification, linearity and perpendicularity characteristics have bee... Read More about Lateral scale calibration for focus variation microscopy.