Advanced forming mechanics groups
Our primary research fields are Advanced Forming Mechanics Groups, providing fundamental and practical insight and control of highly nonlinear plastic deformation processes to produce many everyday products from sheet metal.
Our research interests include:
- Finite Element modelling techniques
- Sheet metal forming techniques includes roll forming, millipede forming, incremental sheet forming and Chain-die forming
- Elastic - plastic theory and experiments
- Digital image correlation (DIC)
- Non-linear dynamics, vibrations, controls, rolling contact, elastoplastic and wear phenomena, with applications to manufacturing, mining, railway, spacecraft and biomedical systems
Experimental facilities
7. Talysurf i-Series
The Talysurf i-Series is a simple to operate high accuracy instrument capable of roughness and waviness measurement. The systems low noise axes and high resolution gauge ensures measurement integrity.
Decades of experience, ultra-precision machining expertise and FEA optimized design combine to provide low noise and near flawless mechanical execution of the measuring axes.
Further enhancement via the use of traceable standards and exclusive algorithms effectively eliminates instrument influence from the measurement results.