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Dr Paul Spencer

Associate Professor

Faculty/Dept/School Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies
Emailp.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

TitleChain-Extendable Crosslinked Hydrogels Using Branching RAFT Modification (2023)
AuthorsStephen Rimmer, Paul Spencer, Davide Nocita, John Sweeney, Marcus Harrison and Thomas Swift
JournalGels (Basel, Switzerland)
DOI10.3390/gels9030235
 
TitleSolid State Orientation of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (2022)
AuthorsInnes J.R.;Shriky B.;Spencer P.;Allan S.;Thompson G.;Wang X.;Coates P.;Whiteside B.;Benkreira H.;Caton-Rose P.;Lu C.;Wang Q.;Kelly A.
JournalMacromolecular Materials and Engineering
DOI10.1002/mame.202200279
 
TitleConstitutive Modelling of Polylactic Acid at Large Deformation Using Multiaxial Strains. (2021)
AuthorsSweeney J;Spencer P;Thompson G;Barker D;Coates P;
JournalPolymers
DOI10.3390/polym13172967
 
TitleHighly improved PP/CNTs sheet prepared by tailoring crystallization morphology through solid-phase die drawing and multilayer hot compression (2020)
AuthorsLin X.;Spencer P.;Gong M.;Coates P.
JournalPolymer Crystallization
DOI10.1002/pcr2.10137
 
TitleBreakage of carbon nanotube agglomerates within polypropylene matrix by solid phase die drawing (2020)
AuthorsLin X.;Gong M.;Innes J.;Spencer P.;Coates P.;Korde S.
JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
DOI10.1002/app.49742
 
TitleArtificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Emerging Challenges, Opportunities, and Agenda for Research, Practice and Policy (2019)
AuthorsDwivedi, 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.
JournalInternational Journal of Information Management
PublisherElsevier
 
TitleModelling the Mechanical and Strain Recovery Behaviour of Partially Crystalline PLA. (2019)
AuthorsSweeney J;Spencer P;Nair K;Coates P;
JournalPolymers
PublisherMDPI
DOI10.3390/polym11081342
 
TitleApplication of activated barrier hopping theory to viscoplastic modeling of glassy polymers (2018)
AuthorsSweeney, John; Spencer, Paul E.; Vgenopoulos, Dimitrios; Babenko, Maksims; Boutenel, F.; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Coates, Philip D.
JournalMechanics of Time-Dependent Materials
 
TitleNanoindentation analysis of oriented polypropylene: Influence of elastic properties in tension and compression (2018)
AuthorsVgenopoulos, D.; Sweeney, John; Grant, Colin A.; Thompson, Glen P.; Spencer, Paul E.; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Coates, Philip D.
JournalPolymer
 
TitleThe use of a new viscous process in constitutive models of polymers (2015)
AuthorsSweeney, John; Spencer, Paul E.
 
TitleMicro-contact reconstruction of adjacent carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix through annealing-Induced relaxation of interfacial residual stress and strain (2015)
AuthorsLi, D.;Fei, G.;Xia, H.;Spencer, P.E.;Coates, P.D.;
JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
DOI10.1002/app.42416
 
TitleMicro-contact reconstruction of adjacent carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix through annealing-Induced relaxation of interfacial residual stress and strain (2015)
AuthorsLi, Dongxu; Fei, G.; Xia, H.; Spencer, Paul E.; Coates, Philip D.
 
TitleThe large strain response of polypropylene in multiaxial stretching and stress relaxation (2013)
AuthorsSweeney, John; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Spencer, Paul E.; Pua, H.; O'Connor, C.P.J.; Martin, P.J.; Menary, G.
 
TitleSimulation of the plug-assisted thermoforming of polypropylene using a large strain thermally coupled constitutive model (2013)
AuthorsO'Connor, C.P.J.; Martin, P.J.; Sweeney, John; Menary, G.; Caton-Rose, Philip D.; Spencer, Paul E.
 
TitleA material model for multiaxial stretching and stress relaxation of polypropylene under process conditions (2012)
AuthorsSweeney J.;O'Connor C.;Spencer P.;Pua H.;Caton-Rose P.;Martin P.
JournalMechanics of Materials
DOI10.1016/j.mechmat.2012.06.003
 
TitleModelling of polymer clay nanocomposites for a multiscale approach. (2008)
AuthorsSpencer, Paul E.; Sweeney, John
 
TitlePerformance enhancement of polymer nanocomposites via multiscale modelling of processing and properties (2008)
AuthorsHarkin-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.;
JournalPlastics, Rubber and Composites
DOI10.1179/174328908X83410
 
TitleModelling the large strain solid phase deformation behaviour of polymer nanoclay composites (2008)
AuthorsSpencer P.;Spares R.;Sweeney J.;Coates P.
JournalMechanics of Time-Dependent Materials
DOI10.1007/s11043-008-9064-7
 
TitleEffect of electron-phonon interaction range on lattice polaron dynamics: A continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo study (2005)
AuthorsSpencer P.E.;Samson J.H.;Kornilovitch P.E.;Alexandrov A.S.
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
DOI10.1103/PhysRevB.71.184310
 
TitleA hybrid continuum/kinetic Monte Carlo model for surface diffusion (2004)
AuthorsGill S.;Spencer P.;Cocks A.
JournalMaterials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
DOI10.1016/j.msea.2003.09.017
 
TitleModelling of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites for a Multiscale Approach (2009)
AuthorsSpencer PE, Sweeney J
JournalNano- and micromechanics of polymer blends and composites Hanser
PublisherHanser
 
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.