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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | The use of a new viscous process in constitutive models of polymers (2015) |
| Authors | Sweeney, John; Spencer, Paul E. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 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 | Modelling of polymer clay nanocomposites for a multiscale approach. (2008) |
| Authors | Spencer, Paul E.; Sweeney, John |
| 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. |
| Development of a constitutive model of polypropylene for thermoforming (2011) | O'Connor C.;Martin P.;Menary G.;Sweeney J.;Caton-Rose P.;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. |
| Performance enhancement of polymer nanocomposites via multiscale modelling of processing and properties (2008) | 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. |