All Outputs (460)

Removed material volume calculations in CNC milling by exploiting CAD functionality (2018)
Journal Article
Benardos, P., & Vosniakos, G. (2018). Removed material volume calculations in CNC milling by exploiting CAD functionality. International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology, 10(5), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCAET.2018.10013720

Material removal volume calculations in machining processes are important in a variety of milling simulation applications, including material removal rate estimation and machining force calculation. In this paper two different approaches are presente... Read More about Removed material volume calculations in CNC milling by exploiting CAD functionality.

Wear performance of TiC/Fe cermet electrical discharge coatings (2018)
Journal Article
Algodi, S. J., Murray, J. W., Brown, P. D., & Clare, A. T. (2018). Wear performance of TiC/Fe cermet electrical discharge coatings. Wear, 402-403, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.02.007

The tribological behaviours of TiC-based cermet coatings, prepared by electrical discharge coating (EDC) using a semi-sintered TiC tool electrode, have been investigated. The as-deposited coatings exhibited complex microstructures, comprising TiC gra... Read More about Wear performance of TiC/Fe cermet electrical discharge coatings.

Single solvent based film casting method for the production of porous polymer films (2018)
Journal Article
Hossain, K. M. Z., Felfel, R. M., Ogbilikana, P. S., Thakker, D., Grant, D. M., Scotchford, C., & Ahmed, I. (2018). Single solvent based film casting method for the production of porous polymer films. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 303, https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201700628

A single solvent based film casting process for fabricating porous polymer films was developed in this study. The porous film was produced by mixing concentrated polylactic acid/ chloroform solution (20 wt%) and fresh chloroform solvent followed by f... Read More about Single solvent based film casting method for the production of porous polymer films.

Microstructure and wear behaviour of powder and suspension hybrid Al2O3–YSZ coatings (2018)
Journal Article
Murray, J. W., Leva, A., Joshi, S., & Hussain, T. (in press). Microstructure and wear behaviour of powder and suspension hybrid Al2O3–YSZ coatings. Ceramics International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.02.048

Suspension based plasma sprayed coatings can yield superior microstructural and tribological properties compared to conventional powder based plasma sprayed coatings. This study investigates a new hybrid method, using simultaneous spraying from powde... Read More about Microstructure and wear behaviour of powder and suspension hybrid Al2O3–YSZ coatings.

Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Hyde, C., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2018). Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.01.040

Additive manufacturing lends itself well to the manufacture of aerospace parts due to the high complexity and small volume of many components found in modern aero engines. By exploiting additive manufacturing design freedoms, enhanced part functional... Read More about Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion.

Commutativity of the strain energy density expression for the benefit of the FEM implementation of Koiter's initial postbuckling theory (2018)
Journal Article
Li, S., Yan, J., Zhang, G., & Duan, S. (2018). Commutativity of the strain energy density expression for the benefit of the FEM implementation of Koiter's initial postbuckling theory. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 114(9), 955-974. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5772

Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The concept of full commutativity of displacements in the expression for strain energy density for the geometrically nonlinear problem has been introduced for the first time and fully established in this pap... Read More about Commutativity of the strain energy density expression for the benefit of the FEM implementation of Koiter's initial postbuckling theory.

Toward Investigation of External Oil Flow From a Journal Bearing in an Epicyclic Gearbox (2018)
Journal Article
Berthold, M., Morvan, H., Young, C., & Jefferson-Loveday, R. J. (2018). Toward Investigation of External Oil Flow From a Journal Bearing in an Epicyclic Gearbox. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 140(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038284

High loads and bearing life requirements make journal bearings the preferred choice for use in high power, planetary gearboxes in jet engines. With the planet gears rotating about their own axis and orbiting around the sun gear, centrifugal forces ge... Read More about Toward Investigation of External Oil Flow From a Journal Bearing in an Epicyclic Gearbox.

Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography (2018)
Journal Article
Haffner-Staton, E., La Rocca, A., & Fay, M. (2018). Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography. Journal of Microscopy, 270(3), 272-289. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12680

The aim of this work is to make progress towards the development of 3D reconstruction as a legitimate alternative to traditional 2D characterisation of soot. Time constraints are the greatest opposition to its implementation, as currently reconstruct... Read More about Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography.

Effects of surface roughness on local friction and temperature distributions in a steel-on-steel fretting contact (2018)
Journal Article
Qin, W., Jin, X., Kirk, A., Shipway, P., & Sun, W. (2018). Effects of surface roughness on local friction and temperature distributions in a steel-on-steel fretting contact. Tribology International, 120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2018.01.016

It has generally been assumed that initial surface roughness has significant influences on local frictional shear stresses and flash temperatures in fretting contacts. However, since these hypotheses are difficult to directly measure, the frictional... Read More about Effects of surface roughness on local friction and temperature distributions in a steel-on-steel fretting contact.

Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays (2018)
Journal Article
Gommer, F., Endruweit, A., & Long, A. C. (2018). Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays. Journal of Composite Materials, 52(18), 2463-2475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317747954

This study analyses the influence of the random filament arrangement in fibre bundles on the resin flow behaviour. Transverse steady-state resin flow which occurs behind a liquid resin flow front was simulated numerically through statistically equiva... Read More about Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays.

Chlorine-induced high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based alumina and chromia forming coatings (2017)
Journal Article
Sadeghimeresht, E., Reddy, L., Hussain, T., Markocsan, N., & Joshi, S. (2018). Chlorine-induced high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based alumina and chromia forming coatings. Corrosion Science, 132, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2017.12.033

Chlorine-induced corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni21Cr and Ni5Al coatings was investigated in 5 vol.% O2 + 500vppm HCl + N2 with and without KCl at 600 °C up to 168 h. Both coatings were protective in the absence of KCl. With KCl, Ni21Cr degraded through... Read More about Chlorine-induced high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based alumina and chromia forming coatings.

Processing and properties of PLA-HA nanocomposites: The effect of particle morphology and dispersants (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Tomczynska, M. M., Ward, M., Choong, G. Y. H., Walton, K., De Focatiis, D. S. A., Grant, D. M., …Parsons, A. J. (2017). Processing and properties of PLA-HA nanocomposites: The effect of particle morphology and dispersants. In Proceedings of PPS-32: The 32nd International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society - Conference Papers (150004-1 - 150004-5). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016781

Biodegradable polylactic acid nanocomposites for orthopaedic implants require optimum particle dispersion and high molecular weight in load bearing applications. Novel coated hydroxyapatite nanoparticles can offer new opportunities for enhanced dispe... Read More about Processing and properties of PLA-HA nanocomposites: The effect of particle morphology and dispersants.

Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme (2017)
Journal Article
Brett, S., Dyson, C. N., Purdy, D., Shingledecker, J., Rantala, J., Eaton-Mckay, J., & Sun, W. (2018). Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme. Materials at High Temperatures, 35(6), 529-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2017.1410330

The process of standardisation of small specimen creep testing techniques, specifically the impression creep test requires the repeatability of the test method. In this study it is accomplished through a round robin programme involving four different... Read More about Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme.

Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor (2017)
Journal Article
Benaarbia, A., Rae, Y., & Sun, W. (2018). Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.12.008

This paper presents an elasto-visco-plastic finite element modelling framework including the associated UMAT codes to investigate the high temperature behaviour of gas turbine rotor steels. The model used in the FE study is an improved and unified mu... Read More about Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor.

Generalization and modelling of rigid polyisocyanurate foam reaction kinetics, structural units effect, and cell configuration mechanism (2017)
Journal Article
Xu, J., Wu, T., Sun, W., & Peng, C. (2017). Generalization and modelling of rigid polyisocyanurate foam reaction kinetics, structural units effect, and cell configuration mechanism. Cellular Polymers, 36(6),

PIR/PUR ratio was derived from differential manipulation of generalized polyisocyanurate kinetic model. The structural unit effects on polymerization of isocyanurate, urethane and urea linkages were evaluated based on Mayo-Lewise tercopolymerization... Read More about Generalization and modelling of rigid polyisocyanurate foam reaction kinetics, structural units effect, and cell configuration mechanism.

Heat treatment of cold-sprayed C355 Al for repair: microstructure and mechanical properties (2017)
Journal Article
Murray, J., Zuccoli, M., & Hussain, T. (in press). Heat treatment of cold-sprayed C355 Al for repair: microstructure and mechanical properties. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-017-0665-z

Cold gas dynamic spraying of commercially pure aluminum is widely used for dimensional repair in the aerospace sector as it is capable of producing oxide-free deposits of hundreds of micrometer thickness with strong bonding to the substrate, based on... Read More about Heat treatment of cold-sprayed C355 Al for repair: microstructure and mechanical properties.

Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components (2017)
Journal Article
Everton, S. K., Dickens, P., Tuck, C., & Dutton, B. (in press). Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components. JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-017-2661-7

Laser powder bed fusion offers many advantages over conventional manufacturing methods, such as the integration of multiple parts which can result in significant weight-savings. The increased design freedom that layer-wise manufacture allows has also... Read More about Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components.

Strategies for functionally graded lattice structures derived using topology optimisation for additive manufacturing (2017)
Journal Article
Panesar, A., Abdi, M., Hickman, D., & Ashcroft, I. (2018). Strategies for functionally graded lattice structures derived using topology optimisation for additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.11.008

A number of strategies that enable lattice structures to be derived from Topology Optimisation (TO) results suitable for Additive Manufacturing (AM) are presented. The proposed strategies are evaluated for mechanical performance and assessed for AM s... Read More about Strategies for functionally graded lattice structures derived using topology optimisation for additive manufacturing.

On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V (2017)
Journal Article
Oyelola, O., Crawforth, P., M’Saoubi, R., & Clare, A. T. (2018). On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V. Additive Manufacturing, 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.11.005

Current class Directed Energy Deposition (DED) techniques used for component manufacture and repair have inherently poor geometrical tolerance. Hence, there remains a requirement to apply conventional machining strategies post build in order to achie... Read More about On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V.

Comparative LCA of different graphene production routes (2017)
Journal Article
Cossutta, M., McKechnie, J., & Pickering, S. J. (in press). Comparative LCA of different graphene production routes. Green Chemistry, 19(24), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02444D

This study is an LCA of three graphene production routes: electrochemical exfoliation of graphite rods, chemical oxidation and subsequent chemical or thermal reduction and chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Different processes for each route are analy... Read More about Comparative LCA of different graphene production routes.