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Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites (2015)
Journal Article
Yazdani, B., Xu, F., Ahmad, I., Hou, X., Xia, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2015). Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites. Scientific Reports, 5(1), Article 11579. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11579

Tribological performance of the hot-pressed pure Al2O3 and its composites containing various hybrid contents of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated under different loading conditions using the ball-on-disc meth... Read More about Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites.

The development of a snow cleaning system for micro-CMM stylus tips (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Feng, X., Lawes, S., & Kinnell, P. K. (2015). The development of a snow cleaning system for micro-CMM stylus tips.

Contamination adhered to the surface of a µCMM stylus tip significantly impairs the dimensional accuracy of the CMM systems, potentially causing dimensional errors that are over ten times larger than the uncertainty of a modern µCMM. To reduce such e... Read More about The development of a snow cleaning system for micro-CMM stylus tips.

Mesoscale geometric modelling of bifurcation in 3D woven T-beam preforms (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Brown, L. P., Yan, S., Zeng, X., & Long, A. C. (2015). Mesoscale geometric modelling of bifurcation in 3D woven T-beam preforms.

Manipulation of the through-thickness yarn path enables 3D woven reinforcement to separate locally in the form of a bifurcation, creating net-shaped preforms for T- and I-beams. Preforming introduces fibre architecture deformation at the 3D woven bif... Read More about Mesoscale geometric modelling of bifurcation in 3D woven T-beam preforms.

High-pressure rheological analysis of CO2-induced melting point depression and viscosity reduction of poly(?-caprolactone) (2015)
Journal Article
Curia, S., De Focatiis, D. S., & Howdle, S. M. (2015). High-pressure rheological analysis of CO2-induced melting point depression and viscosity reduction of poly(?-caprolactone). Polymer, 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2015.05.026

High-pressure rheology has been used to assess the effects of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) on the melting point (Tm) and viscosity of poly (?-caprolactone) (PCL) over a range of temperatures and pressures up to 300 bar over a wide range of sh... Read More about High-pressure rheological analysis of CO2-induced melting point depression and viscosity reduction of poly(?-caprolactone).

Enhancement of wave damping within metamaterials having embedded negative stiffness inclusions (2015)
Journal Article
Chronopoulos, D., Antoniadis, I., Collet, M., & Ichchou, M. (2015). Enhancement of wave damping within metamaterials having embedded negative stiffness inclusions. Wave Motion, 58, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2015.05.005

The wave dissipation properties of layered periodic structures are modelled by FE as well as analytical approaches. A linear oscillator incorporating a negative stiffness element and having exceptional energy dissipation properties is exhibited and i... Read More about Enhancement of wave damping within metamaterials having embedded negative stiffness inclusions.

Formability optimisation of fabric preforms by controlling material draw-in through in-plane constraints (2015)
Journal Article
Chen, S., Harper, L., Endruweit, A., & Warrior, N. (2015). Formability optimisation of fabric preforms by controlling material draw-in through in-plane constraints. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.05.006

A genetic algorithm is coupled with a finite element model to optimise the arrangement of constraints for a composite press-forming study. A series of springs are used to locally apply in-plane tension through clamps to the fibre preform to control m... Read More about Formability optimisation of fabric preforms by controlling material draw-in through in-plane constraints.

Porous titanium manufactured by a novel powder tapping method using spherical salt bead space holders: characterisation and mechanical properties (2015)
Journal Article
Jia, J., Siddiq, A. R., & Kennedy, A. R. (2015). Porous titanium manufactured by a novel powder tapping method using spherical salt bead space holders: characterisation and mechanical properties. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.04.018

Porous Ti with open porosity in the range of 70–80% has been made using Ti powder and a particulate leaching technique using porous, spherical, NaCl beads. By incorporating the Ti powder into a pre-existing network of salt beads, by tapping followed... Read More about Porous titanium manufactured by a novel powder tapping method using spherical salt bead space holders: characterisation and mechanical properties.

An alternative evaluation method for friction condition in cold forging by ring with boss compression test (2015)
Journal Article
Hu, C., Ou, H., & Zhao, Z. (2015). An alternative evaluation method for friction condition in cold forging by ring with boss compression test. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 224, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2015.04.010

Ring compression test (RCT) is a very popular method used to quantitatively evaluate friction condition sat the tool–workpiece interface by measuring the variations of the inner diameter of the ring in metal forming. There are many possibilities for... Read More about An alternative evaluation method for friction condition in cold forging by ring with boss compression test.

The cost of additive manufacturing: machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push (2015)
Journal Article
Baumers, M., Dickens, P., Tuck, C., & Hague, R. (2016). The cost of additive manufacturing: machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.02.015

As part of the cosmos of digital fabrication technology, Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems are able to manufacture three-dimensional components and products directly from raw material and 3D design data. The layer-by-layer operating process of thes... Read More about The cost of additive manufacturing: machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push.

Role of processing history on the mechanical and electrical behavior of melt-compounded polycarbonate-multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites (2015)
Journal Article
Choong, G. Y. H., Lew, C. Y., & De Focatiis, D. S. (in press). Role of processing history on the mechanical and electrical behavior of melt-compounded polycarbonate-multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132(8), Article 42277. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.42277

This work investigates the effects of primary compounding temperature and secondary melt processes on the mechanical response and electrical resistivity of polycarbonate filled with 3 wt % multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT). Nanocomposites were melt... Read More about Role of processing history on the mechanical and electrical behavior of melt-compounded polycarbonate-multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites.

Investigation of material deformation mechanism in double side incremental sheet forming (2015)
Journal Article
Lu, B., Fang, Y., Xu, D., Chen, J., Ai, S., Long, H., …Cao, J. (2015). Investigation of material deformation mechanism in double side incremental sheet forming. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 93, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2015.03.007

Double side incremental forming (DSIF) is an emerging technology in incremental sheet forming (ISF) in recent years. By employing two forming tools at each side of the sheet, the DSIF process can provide additional process flexibility, comparing to t... Read More about Investigation of material deformation mechanism in double side incremental sheet forming.

A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V (2015)
Journal Article
Hague, R., Tuck, C., Simonelli, M., Tuck, C., Aboulkhair, N. T., Maskery, I., …Hague, R. J. (2015). A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(9), 3842-3851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2882-8

The creation of an object by selective laser melting (SLM) occurs by melting contiguous areas of a powder bed according to a corresponding digital model. It is therefore clear that the success of this metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology reli... Read More about A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V.

Small two-bar specimen creep testing of Grade P91 steel at 650oC (2015)
Journal Article
Balhassn, S. A., Hyde, T., & Sun, W. (2016). Small two-bar specimen creep testing of Grade P91 steel at 650oC. High Temperature Materials and Processes, 35(3), https://doi.org/10.1515/htmp-2014-0188

Commonly used small creep specimen types, such as ring and impression creep specimens, are capable of providing minimum creep strain rate data from small volumes of material. However, these test types are unable to provide the creep rupture data. In... Read More about Small two-bar specimen creep testing of Grade P91 steel at 650oC.

Evaluation of the capabilities and damage risk of cleaning methods for micro-CMM stylus tips (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Feng, X., Lawes, S., & Kinnell, P. K. (2015). Evaluation of the capabilities and damage risk of cleaning methods for micro-CMM stylus tips.

The dimensional accuracy of a micro-CMM is significantly affected by contamination adhered to the stylus tip during use. Contaminant particles can cause dimensional errors that are orders of magnitude greater than those reported in the literature. To... Read More about Evaluation of the capabilities and damage risk of cleaning methods for micro-CMM stylus tips.

Hyper-damping properties of a stiff and stable linear oscillator with a negative stiffness element (2015)
Journal Article
Antoniadis, I., Chronopoulos, D., Spitas, V., & Koulocheris, D. (2015). Hyper-damping properties of a stiff and stable linear oscillator with a negative stiffness element. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 346, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2015.02.028

A simple, stiff, statically and dynamically stable linear oscillator incorporating a negative stiffness element is used as a template to provide a generic theoretical basis for a novel vibration damping and isolation concept. This oscillator is desig... Read More about Hyper-damping properties of a stiff and stable linear oscillator with a negative stiffness element.

Numerical simulation of two-dimensional Kelvin-Helmholtz instability using weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (2015)
Journal Article
Yue, T., Pearce, F., Kruisbrink, A., & Morvan, H. (2015). Numerical simulation of two-dimensional Kelvin-Helmholtz instability using weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 78(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.4017

The growth of the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability generated at the interface between two ideal gases is studied by means of a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) scheme suitable for multi-fluids. The SPH scheme is based on the continuity equation appr... Read More about Numerical simulation of two-dimensional Kelvin-Helmholtz instability using weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics.

Characterisation of soot in oil from a gasoline direct injection engine using Transmission Electron Microscopy (2015)
Journal Article
La Rocca, A., Bonatesta, F., Fay, M., & Campanella, F. (2015). Characterisation of soot in oil from a gasoline direct injection engine using Transmission Electron Microscopy. Tribology International, 86, 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2015.01.025

In this work, an investigation of soot-in-oil samples drawn from the oil sump of a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine was carried out. Soot particulate was characterised in terms of size, distribution and shape of the agglomerates, and internal s... Read More about Characterisation of soot in oil from a gasoline direct injection engine using Transmission Electron Microscopy.

Finite element modelling of the inertia friction welding of a CrMoV alloy steel including the effects of solid-state phase transformations (2015)
Journal Article
Bennett, C. (in press). Finite element modelling of the inertia friction welding of a CrMoV alloy steel including the effects of solid-state phase transformations. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 18, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2015.01.003

Finite element (FE) process modelling of the inertia friction welding (IFW) between two tubular CrMoV components has been carried out using the DEFORM-2D (v10.2) software. This model has been validated against experimental test welds of the material;... Read More about Finite element modelling of the inertia friction welding of a CrMoV alloy steel including the effects of solid-state phase transformations.

Empirical evidence, evaluation criteria and challenges for the effectiveness of virtual and mixed reality tools for training operators of car service maintenance (2015)
Journal Article
Borsci, S., Lawson, G., & Broome, S. (2015). Empirical evidence, evaluation criteria and challenges for the effectiveness of virtual and mixed reality tools for training operators of car service maintenance. Computers in Industry, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2014.12.002

The debate on effectiveness of virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) tools for training professionals and operators is long-running with prominent contributions arguing that there are several shortfalls of experimental approaches and assessment criteria... Read More about Empirical evidence, evaluation criteria and challenges for the effectiveness of virtual and mixed reality tools for training operators of car service maintenance.

Inter-ply stitching optimisation of highly drapeable multi-ply preforms (2015)
Journal Article
Chen, S., Endruweit, A., Harper, L., & Warrior, N. (2015). Inter-ply stitching optimisation of highly drapeable multi-ply preforms. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.01.016

An efficient finite element model has been developed in Abaqus/Explicit to solve highly non-linear fabric forming problems, using a non-orthogonal constitutive relation and membrane elements to model bi-axial fabrics. 1D cable-spring elements have be... Read More about Inter-ply stitching optimisation of highly drapeable multi-ply preforms.