Mechanics of Advanced Materials Research Group

Projects

Current

Multi-Scale Modelling of Damage and Fracture
Mechanical Properties of Thermally Bonded Bicomponent Fiber Nonwovens: Experimental Study and Micromechanics
Assembly and Reliability of Large Scale Integration of Microelectronics for Detectors
POLYNOE - Implementation of Physics of Failure for MEMS
Structural Fire Engineering: An Investigation into the Structural Fire Performance of Modern Buildings
MAMINA Macro, Micro and Nano Aspects of Machining
Modelling Fracture Processes in Bones
Impact Fatigue of Carbon-fibre Reinforced Laminates
Polymer Nanocomposites for Light Armour Applications
Miniature Ultrasonic Cutting Devices for High Precision Minimal Access Orthopaedic Surgical Procedures
Modelling of Deformation and Failure Behaviour of Nonwoven Materials
Ultrasonically-assisted Machining of Superalloys
Numerical Simulations of Ultrasonically-assisted Machining
Analysis of Ultrasonically-assisted Drilling of Composites
Deformation and Fracture of Composites Used in Sports
Mesoscopic field dislocation mechanics in thin film
Multi-scale modelling of indentation processes in advanced materials

Recently completed

Fatigue and Creepof Adhesively bonded
Laser Surface Treatment Using Customised Heat Source Profiles
Modelling Damage and Fracture Evolution in Alumina Coatings: Effect of Microstructure
Non-Standard Anodisation Processes for the Pre-Treatment of Structurally Bonded Aluminium Alloys
Variable Amplitude Fatigue of Adhesively Bonded Joints
Anisotropic Modelling of Athletic Materials
Damage Evolution in Fatigue and Impact-Fatigue of Composites and Bonded Joints
Depth Sensing Indentation of Polymeric Materials
Effect of Microstructure on Mechanical Properties of Nonwoven Materials
Environment Assisted Cracking Assessment Methods
Mathematical Modelling of Nonlinear Waves in Layered Elastic Waveguides with Inhomogeneities
Modelling the Degradation of Bonded Structures Subjected to Environmental Ageing
Modelling the Failure of Bonded Aluminium Structures Subjected to Complex Loading and Environmental Effects
Modelling Ultrasonically Assisted Machining of High-Strength Aerospace Alloys
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of 3 Dimensional Strains in Adhesively Bonded Joints
Residual Lifetime Prediction of Composite Materials Using Optical Non-Destructive Testing
Thermomechanical Properties of Advanced Materials
Ultrasonically Assisted Drilling of Printed Circuit Boards
Vibro-Impact Penetration into Bone Tissue
Wiener-Hopf Type Models for Cracks in Dynamic Elastic Lattices
Effect of Microstructure on Mechanical Behaviour of Pb-free Solder Micro-joints in Electronics
Low cycle fatigue of lead-free solder joints
Mechanical Propertieso of Thermally Bonded Bicomponent Fiber Nonwovens: Experimental Study and Micromechanics