Mechanical Engineering Design - Related research
- Penetration and Perforation Mechanics (impact velocity from 101 to 104 m/s
involving ballistic effects, long rod penetration, armour design, space debris
shielding etc.).
- Analysis and Design of Containment Vessels (repeat and single use
containment vessels, strain growth problem, multiple-layered and
composite containment vessels, crashworthiness of pressurised vessels).
- Dynamic Strength of Concrete (fundamental studies of the measurement
and modelling of strengths of concrete-like materials, SHPB tests).
- Low Velocity Impact Damage of Foam-Filled Sandwich Structures
(Compression-After-Impact, failure mechanisms).
- Atomic and Multi-Scale Modelling (dynamics of carbon structures).
- Behaviour of Polymers at High Strain Rates (rubber-toughed-PP, modelling).
- Burning Rate of HE at High Pressure (experiment and modelling).
- Protective Materials & Technology (cellular foams, foamed concrete,
metals, geo-materials, composites).
- Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses.
Further information
- FE Model Updating and its use as NDT tools.
- Advanced Experimental Techniques.
- Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machinery.
- Turbine Blade Health Monitoring.
- Dynamic Qualification and Design Optimization.
- Vibration Control and Isolation.
- Dynamics of submerged perforated structures.
- Vibration based Installation of Machines.
- Vibration based Aging management of structures.
- De-lamination in Composite Structures.
- Improvement in MEMS Accelerometers
Further information
- Catastrophic behaviours of plastic bonded energetic materials
- to investigate mechanisms for localized sudden energy releases
- to provide guidance for safe use of energetic materials
- Explosion-resistant material design
- to design micro and nanostructures that can absorb shock energy
- to explore strain gradient effect in microscale behaviours
- to design blast-proof bridges, buildings and other structures
Further information
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