Structures
The focus of the structures research is structural integrity, addressing in particular the shafts, couplings and structures within transmission systems. We are developing procedures for predicting the strength and life of transmission components under static and cyclic loading conditions. These include elastic-plastic buckling of thin-walled shafts with and without holes and lands, behaviour of curvic joints under extreme loading conditions and the fatigue and wear of splined joints in service.
Past and present projects
A list of past projects illustrates the breadth of activity.
| Title |
Academic Staff |
Start |
End |
| Joining techniques for high torque density shafts |
E J Williams
T H Hyde |
Sep-03 |
Sep-06 |
| Representative Specimen for Splines |
I R McColl
S B Leen |
Oct-02 |
Oct-05 |
| Fretting wear on Aeroengine Materials |
I.R. McColl
S.B. Leen |
Oct-01 |
Sep-04 |
| Fatigue of splines |
S.B. Leen
E.J. Williams |
Oct-01 |
Sep-04 |
| Development of Aeroengine Drive Shaft Technology |
T.H. Hyde
E.J. Williams |
Nov-99 |
Aug-04 |
| Elastic plastic notch strain prediction techniques |
S.B. Leen
T H Hyde |
Aug-01 |
Jul-04 |
| Dual Alloy Shafts |
T H Hyde
E J Williams |
Apr-03 |
Apr-04 |
| High Temperature Creep-fatigue interaction |
A. A. Becker
T.H. Hyde |
Mar-00 |
Feb-04 |
| Fatigue of splined joint couplings |
S B Leen
E.J. Williams
I.R. McColl |
Sep-00 |
Dec-03 |
| Buckling of Shafts (ATOS) |
E J Williams
T H Hyde |
Oct-02 |
Oct-03 |
| Elastic-plastic buckling of shafts Under Combined Loads |
T.H. Hyde
E.J. Williams |
Jan-00 |
Jan-03 |
| Modelling of fretting wear |
I.R. McColl
S.B. Leen |
Oct-99 |
Oct-02 |
| Digital photoelasticity of complex structures using boundary integral stress separation |
I.A. Jones
T.H. Hyde
A.A. Becker |
Jun-00 |
Jun-02 |
| Lifing assessment of splined joints |
S.B. Leen
I.R. McColl |
Oct-98 |
Oct-01 |
| Fatigue of splined joint couplings |
T.H. Hyde
E.J. Williams
A.A. Becker
I.R. McColl
S.B. Leen |
Jun-98 |
Aug-01 |
| Elastic-plastic behaviour of structures |
T.H. Hyde |
Jan-98 |
Jan-00 |
| Stress and failure analysis of curvic joints |
T.H. Hyde
A.A. Becker |
Feb-97 |
Nov-99 |
| Elastic-plastic buckling behaviour of shafts |
T.H. Hyde
E.J. Williams |
Oct-96 |
Oct-99 |