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A Tripropylene Glycol Diacrylate-based Polymeric Support Ink for Material Jetting (2017)
Journal Article
Aboulkhair, N., He, Y., Zhang, F., Saleh, E., Vaithilingam, J., Aboulkhair, N. T., …Wildman, R. D. (2017). A Tripropylene Glycol Diacrylate-based Polymeric Support Ink for Material Jetting. Additive Manufacturing, 16, 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.06.001

© 2017 Support structures and materials are indispensable components in many Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems in order to fabricate complex 3D structures. For inkjet-based AM techniques (known as Material Jetting), there is a paucity of studies o... Read More about A Tripropylene Glycol Diacrylate-based Polymeric Support Ink for Material Jetting.

“BAM”: a collaborative R&D project for the development of a simulation based solution for the design and manufacture of 3D woven composites (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Said, R., Müller, S., de Luca, P., Thompson, A., El Said, B., Hallett, S., …Potluri, P. (2017). “BAM”: a collaborative R&D project for the development of a simulation based solution for the design and manufacture of 3D woven composites.

Breakthrough Aerospace Materials (BAM) is a collaborative R&D project based in the UK [1]; led by industry and co-funded by the British Government via the Innovate-UK under its Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) R&T Programme. The overall objective... Read More about “BAM”: a collaborative R&D project for the development of a simulation based solution for the design and manufacture of 3D woven composites.

Mixed ionic-electronic conduction in K1/2Bi1/2TiO3 (2017)
Journal Article
Li, L., Li, M., Reaney, I. M., & Sinclair, D. C. (2017). Mixed ionic-electronic conduction in K1/2Bi1/2TiO3. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(25), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TC01786C

Recently, it has been reported that the Pb-free piezoelectric perovskite Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3 (NBT) can be compositionally tuned by close control of the A-site starting stoichiometry to exhibit high levels of oxide-ion conduction. The related K1/2Bi1/2TiO3... Read More about Mixed ionic-electronic conduction in K1/2Bi1/2TiO3.

Lowering the cost of large-scale energy storage: high temperature adiabatic compressed air energy storage (2017)
Journal Article
Cárdenas, B., Pimm, A. J., Kantharaj, B., Simpson, M., Garvey, J., & Garvey, S. D. (2017). Lowering the cost of large-scale energy storage: high temperature adiabatic compressed air energy storage. Propulsion and Power Research, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jppr.2017.06.001

Compressed air energy storage is an energy storage technology with strong potential to play a significant role in balancing energy on transmission networks, owing to its use of mature technologies and low cost per unit of storage capacity. Adiabatic... Read More about Lowering the cost of large-scale energy storage: high temperature adiabatic compressed air energy storage.

Energy distribution modulation by mechanical design for electrochemical jet processing techniques (2017)
Journal Article
Mitchell-Smith, J., Speidel, A., Gaskell, J., & Clare, A. T. (2017). Energy distribution modulation by mechanical design for electrochemical jet processing techniques. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2017.05.005

The increasing demand for optimised component surfaces with enhanced chemical and geometric complexity is a key driver in the manufacturing technology required for advanced surface production. Current methodologies cannot create complex surfaces in a... Read More about Energy distribution modulation by mechanical design for electrochemical jet processing techniques.

X-ray computed tomography and additive manufacturing in medicine: a review (2017)
Journal Article
Thompson, A., McNally, D., Maskery, I., & Leach, R. K. (in press). X-ray computed tomography and additive manufacturing in medicine: a review. International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering, 8, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2017015

The use of X-ray computed tomography (XCT) with additive manufacture (AM) within a medical context is examined in this review. The seven AM process families and various XCT scanning techniques are explained in brief, and the use of these technologies... Read More about X-ray computed tomography and additive manufacturing in medicine: a review.

A study of surface swelling caused by graphitisation during pulsed laser ablation of carbon allotrope with high content of sp ³ bounds (2017)
Journal Article
Cadot, G., Billingham, J., & Axinte, D. A. (in press). A study of surface swelling caused by graphitisation during pulsed laser ablation of carbon allotrope with high content of sp ³ bounds. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50(24), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aa70fe

Experiments and theory are employed to investigate the laser ablation of boron doped diamond and tetrahedral amorphous carbon using nanosecond pulses. For a single pulse at low values of fluence, the laser induces a swelling of the surface due to gra... Read More about A study of surface swelling caused by graphitisation during pulsed laser ablation of carbon allotrope with high content of sp ³ bounds.

Microstructure measurement and microgeometric packing characterization of rigid polyurethane foam defects (2017)
Journal Article
Xu, J., Wu, T., Zhang, J., Chen, H., Sun, W., & Peng, C. (2017). Microstructure measurement and microgeometric packing characterization of rigid polyurethane foam defects. Cellular Polymers, 36(4),

Streak and blister cell defects pose extensive surface problems for rigid polyurethane foams. In this study, these morphological anomalies were visually inspected using 2D optical techniques, and the cell microstructural coefficients including degree... Read More about Microstructure measurement and microgeometric packing characterization of rigid polyurethane foam defects.

Experimental and numerical analysis of initial plasticity in P91 steel small punch creep samples (2017)
Journal Article
Cortellino, F., Sun, W., Rouse, J. P., Cacciapuoti, B., & Hyde, T. (in press). Experimental and numerical analysis of initial plasticity in P91 steel small punch creep samples. Experimental Mechanics, 57(8), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-017-0296-9

To date, the complex behaviour of small punch creep test (SPCT) specimens has not been completely understood, making the test hard to numerically model and the data difficult to interpret. This paper presents a novel numerical model able to generate... Read More about Experimental and numerical analysis of initial plasticity in P91 steel small punch creep samples.

Characterization on insulation performance, poststability, and foaming process of rigid polyurethane sandwich panel for cold storage warehouse (2017)
Journal Article
Xu, J., Wu, T., Sun, W., & Peng, C. (2017). Characterization on insulation performance, poststability, and foaming process of rigid polyurethane sandwich panel for cold storage warehouse. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 29(9), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29MT.1943-5533.0001984

Polyurethane (PU) is a commonly used insulation material for cold storage warehouses. The insulation performance of PU sandwich panels made from blended blowing agents were re-assessed by k-factor measurements and insulation thickness calculation bas... Read More about Characterization on insulation performance, poststability, and foaming process of rigid polyurethane sandwich panel for cold storage warehouse.

Application of high speed filming techniques to the study of rearwards melt ejection in laser drilling (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, C., Hann, D. B., Voisey, K., & Aitken, S. (in press). Application of high speed filming techniques to the study of rearwards melt ejection in laser drilling. Journal of Laser Applications, 29(2), Article 022204. https://doi.org/10.2351/1.4983269

Melt ejection is the dominant material removal mechanism in long, ms, pulse laser drilling of metals, a process with applications such as the drilling of cooling holes in turbine blades. Droplets of molten material are ejected through the entrance ho... Read More about Application of high speed filming techniques to the study of rearwards melt ejection in laser drilling.

The role of temperature and frequency on fretting wear of a like-on-like stainless steel contact (2017)
Journal Article
Jin, X., Shipway, P., & Sun, W. (2017). The role of temperature and frequency on fretting wear of a like-on-like stainless steel contact. Tribology Letters, 65, Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-017-0858-0

The influences of environmental temperature and fretting frequency on the mechanisms and rates of wear in a like-on-like 304 stainless steel contact were examined, and mainly attributed to changes in the mechanical response of the bulk material and t... Read More about The role of temperature and frequency on fretting wear of a like-on-like stainless steel contact.

Synthesising industry-standard manufacturing process controllers (2017)
Conference Proceeding
de Silva, L., Felli, P., Chaplin, J. C., Logan, B., Sanderson, D., & Ratchev, S. (2017). Synthesising industry-standard manufacturing process controllers. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2017) (1811-1813)

A lattice Boltzmann model for heat transfer in porous media (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, S., Yang, B., & Zheng, C. (2017). A lattice Boltzmann model for heat transfer in porous media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.04.054

Porous media are commonly found not only in the nature but also in industries. Furthermore, porous media is an important research prototype for a diversity of disciplines. So far a REV (representative elementary volume) scale lattice Boltzmann (LB) m... Read More about A lattice Boltzmann model for heat transfer in porous media.

Flexible robot sealant dispensing cell using RGB-D sensor and off-line programming (2017)
Journal Article
Maiolino, P., Woolley, R., Branson, D. T., Benardos, P., Popov, A. A., & Ratchev, S. (in press). Flexible robot sealant dispensing cell using RGB-D sensor and off-line programming. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2017.04.004

In aerospace manufacture the accurate and robust application of sealant is an integral and challenging part of the manufacturing process that is still performed by human operator. Automation of this process is difficult and not cost effective due to... Read More about Flexible robot sealant dispensing cell using RGB-D sensor and off-line programming.

Small ring testing of high temperature materials (2017)
Journal Article
Hyde, C. J., Hyde, T. H., & Sun, W. (in press). Small ring testing of high temperature materials. Key Engineering Materials, 734, https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.734.168

In service components such as steam pipes, pipe branches, gas and steam turbine blades, etc. which operate in engineering applications such as power plant, aero-engines, chemical plant etc., can operate at temperatures which are high enough for creep... Read More about Small ring testing of high temperature materials.

The high temperature creep properties of a thermally sprayed CoNiCrAlY coating via small punch creep testing (2017)
Journal Article
Jackson, G., Chen, H., Sun, W., & McCartney, D. (2017). The high temperature creep properties of a thermally sprayed CoNiCrAlY coating via small punch creep testing. Key Engineering Materials, 734,

Thermal barrier coatings (TBC’s) protect superalloy components from excessively high temperatures in gas turbines. TBC’s comprise of a ceramic top coat, a metallic bond coat and a thermally grown oxide (TGO). The creep behaviour of the MCrAlY bond co... Read More about The high temperature creep properties of a thermally sprayed CoNiCrAlY coating via small punch creep testing.

The application of the small punch tensile test to evaluate the ductile to brittle transition of a thermally sprayed CoNiCrAlY coating (2017)
Journal Article
Jackson, G., Sun, W., & McCartney, D. (2017). The application of the small punch tensile test to evaluate the ductile to brittle transition of a thermally sprayed CoNiCrAlY coating. Key Engineering Materials, 734,

Thermally sprayed MCrAlY bond coats are important elements of thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems which are applied to the surface of gas turbine components to protect them in high temperature environments. Knowledge of their mechanical properties... Read More about The application of the small punch tensile test to evaluate the ductile to brittle transition of a thermally sprayed CoNiCrAlY coating.

Determination of creep damage properties from miniature thin beam bending using an inverse approach (2017)
Journal Article
Lu, J., Campbell-Brown, A., Tu, S., & Sun, W. (2017). Determination of creep damage properties from miniature thin beam bending using an inverse approach. Key Engineering Materials, 734,

In this work, a novel method for determining the creep damage properties which can be used to represent the full life until failure from a miniature bending creep test specimen is developed based on a mathematical analysis and an inverse approach. Us... Read More about Determination of creep damage properties from miniature thin beam bending using an inverse approach.

What makes a space invader?: passenger perceptions of personal space invasion in aircraft travel (2017)
Journal Article
Lewis, L., Patel, H., D’Cruz, M., & Cobb, S. (2017). What makes a space invader?: passenger perceptions of personal space invasion in aircraft travel. Ergonomics, 60(11), 1461-1470. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2017.1313456

The invasion of personal space is often a contributory factor to the experience of discomfort in aircraft passengers. This paper presents a questionnaire study which investigated how air travellers are affected by invasions of personal space and how... Read More about What makes a space invader?: passenger perceptions of personal space invasion in aircraft travel.