Faculty of Engineering: Recent submissions
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Effects of heat treatment and strain rate on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 6061 Al alloy
Published 2015-01-23In the present work, the effects of heat treatment and strain rate on mechanical behaviour and microstructure evolution of aluminium alloy (AA) 6061 have been investigated. The micro-crack initiation and crystallographic ...Open AccessArticle -
Experimental characterisation of the mechanical properties and microstructure of Acrocomia mexicana fruit from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
Published 2014-12-01A study of the mechanical properties and microstructure at different drying conditions of the Cocoyol fruit endocarp of Acrocomia Mexicana palm found in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico was performed. Quasi-static uniaxial ...Open AccessConference paper -
Photoelastic characterisation of interfacial stress distribution of a single short-fibre model composite under tensile loading
Published 2014-12-01The shear stresses at the interface between a polyester fibre and an epoxy matrix in a short single-fibre model composite specimen were measured using photoelasticity. A dark-field circular polariscope was employed to ...Open AccessConference paper -
The effect of interface adhesion on buckling and cracking of hard thin films
Published 2014-10-20The physics behind the strain-released buckling patterns including telephone cords and straight-sided wrinkles with and without cracks, as experimentally observed in sputter-deposited Ti-Si-N thin films on Si substrates, ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Numerical study of the hydrodynamic drag force in atomic force microscopy measurements undertaken in fluids
Published 2014-11-01When atomic force microscopy (AFM) is employed for in vivo study of immersed biological samples, the fluid medium presents additional complexities, not least of which is the hydrodynamic drag force due to viscous friction ...Open AccessArticle