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Postgraduate Thesis Projects:

Christophe Ageorges: Optimisation of resistance welding of thermoplastic matrix composite materials
Yasser Ali: Fuzzy modeling of surface grinding
Davy Wun Chet Cheong: Mechanisms of nano-grinding of silicon monocrystals
Tsz-Lan Kinna Choy: Liquid crystalline polymer blends
Shao Cong Dai: Processing window development for GF/PP commingled and unmingled yarn winding
Qingjian Jiang: Machining characteristics and material properties of plastic spectacle lenses
Rongzhi Li: Long-term weathering degradations of the flake-start wood-HDPE composite
Wenfong Li: The effect of crack and notch plastic fields on small crack nucleation and growth under cyclic fatigue
Li Yan: Investigations of sisal fibre and its reinforced composites
Vlad Sazonov: Boiler tube erosion
Alan J Todhunter: Subsurface damage accumulation in dental composites associated with fatigue processes
Kelly Tsoi: Repair of structures using shape memory alloy composite patches
Xiang Ming Wang: Machining of fibre-reinforced composites
Xiao Keqin: Mode I interlaminar fracture of CSR and LR-modified epoxy resin composites
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Research Projects:

Akbar Afaghi-Khatibi: Fracture mechanics of fibre/matrix interphases
P W Derek Balasuriya: Development of technology for producing wood-fibre reinforced plastic products based on industry and post-customer
Andrew Beehag: Thermoplastic adhesives for thermosetting composites
Lian Hong Gan: Optimisation design of pultruded GFRP bridge deck panels
Meng Hou: (a) Pultrusion technologies; (b) Manufacturing of high performance SMC components; (c) Joining of epoxy composites with thermoplastic adhesives
Hong-Yuan Liu: Theoretical studies on fibre pull-out test with effect of pull-out rate
Meng Lu: On fast fracture in an elastic-(plastic)-viscoplastic media with loading and unloading processes
Mofid Mahdi: An investigation of FRP cutting
Qing Hua Qin: Dynamic fracture and damage analysis thermopiezoelectric composites
Andrew J Ruys: Functionally gradient fibre-polymer composites
Yao-Gen Shen: (a) Residual stress, microstructure and structure of tungsten thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering; (b) Residual stress, composition and structural properties of thin tungsten nitride (WNx) films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering
Xiaoming Wang: Force transfer induced stresses in bonding layers for piezoelectric wafers bonded on structures
Tao Wei: Laser shock peening and its ability to enhance fatigue properties of structures
Cheng Yan: Crack tip stress fields and fracture toughness in adhesive joints
Xiaobo Yu: Modelling of double-diaphragm thermoforming of fibre composite laminates
Qiang Yuan: (a) Ultraviolet light curing glass fibre reinforced polyester laminate; (b) Resistance welding of carbon fibre reinforced polyetherimide composites
Irena Zarudi: (a) Mechanism of subsurface structure formation in silicon after surface processing; (b) Grinding induced metallurgical change in metals
Xin-Ping Zhang: (a) Modelling of closur behaviour of short crack with consideration of influence of microstructure; (b) Effects of residual stresses on fatigue performance of a cold expended hole
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Subject Index:

Composite Manufacturing
Modelling of Material Processing
Polymer & Polymer Blends
Composite Interfaces
Fracture of Adhesive Joints
Eco-Composites
Biomaterials
Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics
Composite Structures
Fracture & Fatigue of Metallic Materials
Smart Materials
 

 

 

 

Composite Manufacturing:

Resistance Welding of Thermoplastic Matrix Composite Materials
Evaluation of Processing Variables for GF/PP Tape with On-line Consolidation
Simulation of Pultrusion Process in Pultruded GF/Polyester and GF/Vinylester Composite Rods
Experimental Investigation of Resistance Welding of CF Fabric/PEI Composites
Manufacturing of Thermoplastic Composite Components for Aerospace Application
Mechanical Characterisation of Composite High Load Hinge
Optimisation of Compression Moulding Conditions of CF Fabric /PEI Composite

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Modelling of Material Processing:

Fuzzy Modelling of Surface Grinding
Mechanisms of Residual Stresses in Grinding
Material Removal Evaluation in Optical Polishing of Hydrophilic Polymer Materials

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Polymer and Polymer Blends:

Liquid Crystalline Polymer Blends
Mechanical Properties and Toughening Mechanisms of Rubber-Modified Epoxies
Toughness of Compatibilised Polyamide-6 (PA6)/Poly-Phenylene-Ether (PPE) Blends
Modelling of Constitutive Relations of Rubber-Modified Epoxy for Structural Adhesives
Characterisation of Low Density Polyethylene and Polypropylene Binary Blending System
The Mechanical and Morphology Behaviour of Polycarbonate and Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymer Blending System
Micromechanical Modelling of Particle-Crack Tip Interaction in Rubber-Modified Polymers

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Composite Interfaces:

Fibre-Matrix Adhesion and Its Relationship to Composite Fracture and Fatigue Properties
Finite Element Analysis of Stress Distributions in Fibre Composites
Fibre-Matrix Interphase/Interface Optimisation

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Fracture of Adhesive Joints:

Effect of Bond Thickness on Fracture Behaviour of Adhesive Joints

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Eco-Composites:

Effects of Initial Particle Geometry of Thermoplastics on Moulding and Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastics Matrix Composites
The Investigation of a Kind of Eco-Composites-Sisal Fibres Reinforced Thermoplastics
Development of Technology for Producing Wood-Fibre Reinforced Thermo-Plastic Composites Based on Industry and Post-Customer Wastes

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Biomaterials:

Subsurface Damage Accumulation in Dental Composites Associated with Fatigue Processes

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Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics:

Effects of Constraint on Elastic-Plastic Fracture and Ductile-Brittle Fracture Transition

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Composite Structures:

Reinforcing Concrete Columns Using Glass Fibre-Vinylester Composite Jackets
Optimum Design of Cross-Sectional Profiles of Pultruded Box Beams with High Ultimate Strength
Study of Effect of Flange-Web Conjunctions on Mechanical Performance of Pultruded I-Beams by Finite Element Analysis
Development of New High Energy Absorption Composite Structures

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Fracture and Fatigue of Metallic Materials:

Modelling the Effect of Welding Residual Stresses on Fracture Toughness of a Welded Joint

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Smart Materials:

Dynamic Fracture and Damage Analysis Thermo-piezoelectric Composites
Preparation of Advanced Ceramic Composites: Functionally Gradient Materials (FGMs) and Nanocomposites
Analysis on Electric Response of Piezoelectric Sensors to Manufacturing Process in Resin Transfer Moulding

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