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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Sheffield : A - Mechanical engineering and Advanced manufacturing
Temperature and strain rate dependence of syntactic foam under tensile and shear loads
The first publication on the steady-state strength of viscoelastic syntactic foams in the transition zone and used by Rolls-Royce to develop lightweight aeroengine fan and guide vanes, damped with syntactic foam fillers. The commercial sensitivity of this work restricted earlier publication although the associated commercial product Araldite 1641 won the JEC Composites Innovation Award for Aerospace Materials in 2006. The understanding gained from this work was used to design stronger materials and blade geometries which are currently used in commercial aircraft and military aeroengine test programmes (contact: Chief of Mechanical Methods, Design Systems Engineering, Rolls-Royce plc).
