Dr Paul Spencer
RKT Development Officer
| Faculty/Dept/School |
Department of Mechanical and Energy Systems Engineering (Faculty of Engineering and Informatics) |
|---|---|
| p.e.spencer@bradford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +441274 235808 |
Biography
Dr Paul Spencer joined the IRC Polymer Engineering Laboratories in 2005, having previously worked in the Mechanics of Materials Group at Leicester University. His background is in Computational Solid State Physics, gaining his PhD from Loughborough University. Recently he has been working on a variety of academic and industrially-led research projects involving experimental and Finite Element investigations of polymeric materials at large deformations.
Research
- Finite Element Analysis: Abaqus user-defined materials, contact problems, non-linear analysis, large deformations, Python scripting.
- Mechanics of solid polymers: Oriented polymers, shape memory polymers, constitutive modelling.
- Polymer composites: Multi-phase systems, and numerical modelling of nano-reinforced polymer composites.
- Materials modelling techniques: Continuum mechanics, molecular models, multi-scale schemes, and Monte Carlo simulation.
- Solid phase polymer processing: Experimental, numerical and theoretical analysis of processes such as die-drawing.
- Polymer characterisation: Mechanical stress/strain/rate characterisation, image-based measurement and analysis of deformation behaviour at large strains.
Publications
| Peer Reviewed Journal | |
|---|---|
| Title | Constitutive Modelling of Polylactic Acid at Large Deformation Using Multiaxial Strains. (2021) |
| Authors | Sweeney J;Spencer P;Thompson G;Barker D;Coates P; |
| Journal | Polymers |
| DOI | 10.3390/polym13172967 |
| Title | Highly improved PP/CNTs sheet prepared by tailoring crystallization morphology through solid-phase die drawing and multilayer hot compression (2020) |
| Authors | Lin X.;Spencer P.;Gong M.;Coates P. |
| Journal | Polymer Crystallization |
| DOI | 10.1002/pcr2.10137 |
| Title | Breakage of carbon nanotube agglomerates within polypropylene matrix by solid phase die drawing (2020) |
| Authors | Lin X.;Gong M.;Innes J.;Spencer P.;Coates P.;Korde S. |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Polymer Science |
| DOI | 10.1002/app.49742 |
| Title | Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Emerging Challenges, Opportunities, and Agenda for Research, Practice and Policy (2019) |
| Authors | Dwivedi, Y., Hughes, L., Ismagilova, E., Aarts, G., Coombs, C., Crick, T., Duan, Yanqing, Dwivedi, R., Edwards, J., Eirug, A., Galanos, V., Ilavarasan, P.V., Janssen, M., Jones, P., Kar, A.K., Kizgin, H., Kronemann, B., Lal., B., Medaglia, R., Le Meunier-Fitzhugh, K., Le Meunier-Fitzhugh, L.C., Misra, S., Mogaji, E., Sharma, S.K., Singh, J.B., Raghavan, V., Raman, R., Rana, N.P., Samathrakis, S., Spencer, S., Tamilmani, K., Tubadji, A., Walton, P., Williams, M.D. |
| Journal | International Journal of Information Management |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Title | Modelling the Mechanical and Strain Recovery Behaviour of Partially Crystalline PLA. (2019) |
| Authors | Sweeney J;Spencer P;Nair K;Coates P; |
| Journal | Polymers |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| DOI | 10.3390/polym11081342 |
| Title | Nanoindentation analysis of oriented polypropylene: Influence of elastic properties in tension and compression (2018) |
| Authors | Vgenopoulos, D.; Sweeney, John; Grant, Colin A.; Thompson, Glen P.; Spencer, Paul E.; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Coates, Philip D. |
| Journal | Polymer |
| Title | Application of activated barrier hopping theory to viscoplastic modeling of glassy polymers (2018) |
| Authors | Sweeney, John; Spencer, Paul E.; Vgenopoulos, Dimitrios; Babenko, Maksims; Boutenel, F.; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Coates, Philip D. |
| Journal | Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials |
| Title | The use of a new viscous process in constitutive models of polymers (2015) |
| Authors | Sweeney, John; Spencer, Paul E. |
| Title | Micro-contact reconstruction of adjacent carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix through annealing-Induced relaxation of interfacial residual stress and strain (2015) |
| Authors | Li, Dongxu; Fei, G.; Xia, H.; Spencer, Paul E.; Coates, Philip D. |
| Title | Micro-contact reconstruction of adjacent carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix through annealing-Induced relaxation of interfacial residual stress and strain (2015) |
| Authors | Li, D.;Fei, G.;Xia, H.;Spencer, P.E.;Coates, P.D.; |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Polymer Science |
| DOI | 10.1002/app.42416 |
| Title | The large strain response of polypropylene in multiaxial stretching and stress relaxation (2013) |
| Authors | Sweeney, John; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Spencer, Paul E.; Pua, H.; O'Connor, C.P.J.; Martin, P.J.; Menary, G. |
| Title | Simulation of the plug-assisted thermoforming of polypropylene using a large strain thermally coupled constitutive model (2013) |
| Authors | O'Connor, C.P.J.; Martin, P.J.; Sweeney, John; Menary, G.; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Spencer, Paul E. |
| Title | A material model for multiaxial stretching and stress relaxation of polypropylene under process conditions (2012) |
| Authors | Sweeney J.;O'Connor C.;Spencer P.;Pua H.;Caton-Rose P.;Martin P. |
| Journal | Mechanics of Materials |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.mechmat.2012.06.003 |
| Title | Modelling of polymer clay nanocomposites for a multiscale approach. (2008) |
| Authors | Spencer, Paul E.; Sweeney, John |
| Title | Modelling the large strain solid phase deformation behaviour of polymer nanoclay composites (2008) |
| Authors | Spencer P.;Spares R.;Sweeney J.;Coates P. |
| Journal | Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11043-008-9064-7 |
| Title | Performance enhancement of polymer nanocomposites via multiscale modelling of processing and properties (2008) |
| Authors | Harkin-Jones, E.;Figiel, L.;Spencer, P.;Abu-Zurayk, R.;Al-Shabib, W.;Chan, V.;Rajeev, R.;Soon, K.;Buckley, P.;Sweeney, J.;Menary, G.;Armstrong, C.;Assender, H.;Coates, P.;Dunne, F.;McNally, T.;Martin, P.; |
| Journal | Plastics, Rubber and Composites |
| DOI | 10.1179/174328908X83410 |
| Book Chapters | |
|---|---|
| Title | Modelling of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites for a Multiscale Approach (2009) |
| Authors | Spencer PE, Sweeney J |
| Journal | Nano- and micromechanics of polymer blends and composites Hanser |
| Publisher | Hanser |
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| The use of a new viscous process in constitutive models of polymers (2015) | Sweeney J.;Spencer P. |
| The large strain response of polypropylene in multiaxial stretching and stress relaxation (2011) | Sweeney J.;Caton-Rose P.;Spencer P.;O'Conner C.;Martin P.;Menary G. |
| Development of a constitutive model of polypropylene for thermoforming (2011) | O'Connor C.;Martin P.;Menary G.;Sweeney J.;Caton-Rose P.;Spencer P. |