Select Publications
Journal articles
2019, 'The mechanical response of commercially available bone simulants for quasi-static and dynamic loading', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 90, pp. 404 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.10.032
,2018, 'Performance of a hybrid GFRP-concrete beam subject to low-velocity impacts', Composite Structures, 206, pp. 425 - 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.08.036
,2018, 'High-velocity impact behaviour of aluminium honeycomb sandwich panels with different structural configurations', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 122, pp. 119 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2018.08.007
,2018, 'The variance on the shock response of a carbon fibre composite due to the orientation of the weave', Journal of Materials Science, 53, pp. 11415 - 11425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2431-0
,2018, 'Mechanical response and dynamic deformation mechanisms of closed-cell aluminium alloy foams under dynamic loading', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 114, pp. 111 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.12.012
,2018, 'On differences in the equation-of-state for a selection of seven representative mammalian tissue analogue materials', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 77, pp. 586 - 593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.10.012
,2017, 'Effects of fabric folding and thickness on the impact behaviour of multi-ply UHMWPE woven fabrics', Journal of Materials Science, 52, pp. 13977 - 13991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1482-y
,2017, 'Impact behaviour of Dyneema® fabric-reinforced composites with different resin matrices', Polymer Testing, 61, pp. 17 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.04.026
,2017, 'Impact behaviour of pultruded GFRP composites under low-velocity impact loading', Composite Structures, 168, pp. 360 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.02.073
,2017, 'Computational and Split-Hopkinson Pressure-Bar studies on the effect of the jacket during penetration of an AK47 bullet into ceramic armour', Materials and Design, 119, pp. 47 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.01.062
,2017, 'Macro and micro collapse mechanisms of closed-cell aluminium foams during quasi-static compression', Materials and Design, 118, pp. 11 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.01.011
,2016, 'Modelling and characterization of cell collapse in aluminium foams during dynamic loading', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 96, pp. 78 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.05.020
,2016, 'Investigation of microstructural and mechanical properties of cell walls of closed-cell aluminium alloy foams', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 666, pp. 245 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.04.046
,2016, 'Lateral stress evolution in chromium sulfide cermets with varying excess chromium', Journal of Applied Physics, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4945114
,2016, 'Metallic microlattice materials: A current state of the art on manufacturing, mechanical properties and applications', Materials and Design, 95, pp. 518 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.01.146
,2015, 'A discrete element model to predict the pressure-density relationship of blocky and angular ceramic particles under uniaxial compression', Journal of Materials Science, 50, pp. 7742 - 7751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9344-y
,2015, 'Numerical Investigation of a Hybrid FRP-Geopolymer Concrete Beam', Applied Mechanics and Materials, 846, pp. 452 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.846.452
,2015, 'An accurate and robust contact detection algorithm for particle-solid interaction in combined finite-discrete element analysis', International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 103, pp. 598 - 624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.4913
,2015, 'A study of the penetration behaviour of mild-steel-cored ammunition against boron carbide ceramic armours', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 80, pp. 203 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.03.002
,2015, 'Gas gun ramp loading of Kel-F 81 targets using a ceramic graded areal density flyer system', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 80, pp. 152 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.02.010
,2014, 'Ballistic compaction of a confined ceramic powder by a non-deforming projectile: Experiments and simulations', Materials and Design, 56, pp. 943 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2013.12.042
,2014, 'Modelling the response of reinforced concrete panels under blast loading', Materials and Design, 56, pp. 620 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2013.11.069
,2014, 'The shock and spall response of three industrially important hexagonal close-packed metals: magnesium, titanium and zirconium', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 372, pp. 20130204 - 20130204
,2013, 'An experimental investigation into the micro-mechanics of spall initiation and propagation in Ti-6Al-4V during shock loading', Materials Science and Engineering A, 578, pp. 331 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2013.04.055
,2013, 'The effect of gilding jacket material on the penetration mechanics of a 7.62 mm armour-piercing projectile', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 54, pp. 11 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2012.10.013
,2013, 'The high strain-rate behaviour of selected tissue analogues', Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.05.018
,2012, 'A sealed capsule system for biological and liquid shock-recovery experiments', Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, pp. 115113-1 - 115113-6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4767901
,2012, 'More on penetration of ceramic based targets by non-deforming projectiles', Advances in Applied Ceramics, 111, pp. 171 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743676111Y.0000000056
,2012, 'On the behaviour of porcine skeletal muscle tissue under shock compression', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 50, pp. 83 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2012.07.008
,2012, 'On the effects of lateral gauge misalignment in shocked targets', Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, pp. 063904-1 - 063904-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4727882
,2012, 'Penetration mechanisms in glass laminate/resin structures', Materials and Design, 34, pp. 541 - 551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.05.006
,2012, 'Shock propagation in a tape wrapped carbon fibre composite', Composites Part A - Applied Science and Manufacturing, 43, pp. 1555 - 1560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.04.013
,2012, 'The defeat of shaped charge jets by explosively driven ceramic and glass plates', International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology: ceramic product development and commercialization, 9, pp. 382 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7402.2011.02656.x
,2012, 'The effect of shock loading on the survival of plant seeds', Icarus, 220, pp. 23 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.015
,2012, 'The impact of structural composite materials. Part 1: ballistic impact', Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 47, pp. 396 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309324712448298
,2012, 'The impact of structural composite materials. Part 2: hypervelocity impact and shock', Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 47, pp. 406 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309324712448299
,2012, 'The influence of microstructure on the shock and spall behaviour of the magnesium alloy, Elektron 675', ACTA Materialia, 60, pp. 6042 - 6050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.07.041
,2011, 'Ballistic behaviour of explosively shattered alumina and silicon carbide targets', Advances in Applied Ceramics, 110, pp. 287 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743676111Y.0000000015
,2011, 'In-fiber shock propagation in Dyneema®', Journal of Applied Physics, 110, pp. 043504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3622294
,2011, 'On the dynamic behavior of three readily available soft tissue simulants', Journal of Applied Physics, 109, pp. 084701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3573632
,2011, 'On the response of ballistic soap to one-dimensional shock loading', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 38, pp. 981 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2011.07.003
,2011, 'On the response of two commercially-important CFRP structures to multiple ice impacts', Composite Structures, 93, pp. 2619 - 2627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.04.029
,2011, 'Shock behaviour of a phenolic resin', Journal of Materials Science, 46, pp. 5991 - 5999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-011-5560-2
,2010, 'Inelastic deformation and failure of tungsten carbide under ballistic-loading conditions', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 527, pp. 7638 - 7645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2010.08.024
,2010, 'Measuring the strength of brittle materials by depth-of-penetration testing', Advances in Applied Ceramics, 109, pp. 504 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174367610X12804792635387
,2010, 'The shock response of a rendered porcine fat', Journal of Applied Physics, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3501046
,2010, 'Impact, penetration, and perforation of a bonded carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic composite panel by a high-velocity steel sphere: An experimental study', Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 45, pp. 439 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/03093247JSA604
,2010, 'On the interpretation of lateral manganin gauge stress measurements in polymers', Journal of Applied Physics, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3460812
,2010, 'A study on the strength of an armour-grade aluminum under high strain-rate loading', Journal of Applied Physics, 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3431346
,2010, 'The shock compression of microorganism-loaded broths and emulsions: Experiments and simulations', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 37, pp. 433 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.08.007
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