Dr Christophe Pinna

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

c.pinna@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7831

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Dr Christophe Pinna
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

Christophe Pinna obtained his PhD from Ecole Polytechnique in France in 1997 in the field of fatigue and fracture. He joined the Department in 1998 as a post-doctoral research associate and started to work on the thermo-mechanical processing of metals. He became a research fellow the same year and then a lecturer in 2000. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008.

Research interests

Dr Pinna's research activities are in the fields of mechanics of materials, experimental mechanics and computational solid mechanics applied to the areas of the thermo-mechanical processing of metals (including forging, rolling and friction stir welding), composites, fatigue, damage and fracture as well as machining.

The work involves multi-scale experiments at both room and elevated temperatures using conventional as well as small-scale testing machines (tensile and bending inside a Scanning Electron Microscope).

Full-field strain measurement techniques including optical 3D Digital Image Correlation, Scanning Electron Microscopy-based Digital Image Correlation and microgrids generated using electron lithography are being used to quantify strain distributions in specimens as well as over representative areas of microstructures.

Modelling techniques involve finite element models (including implicit/explicit, arbitrary Langrangian-Eulerian and XFEM formulations) combined with cellular automata for damage modelling as well as crystal plasticity finite element models coupled with phase-field models for simulations of microstructure deformation and evolution (recrystallization and phase transformations including texture prediction).

Projects are funded through grants from EPSRC, the European Union and industry.

Current Research Projects

  • Experimental and Numerical Study of the Impact Behaviour of Fibre Composites used in Aerospace Applications
  • Fatigue Behaviour of Composite Laminates
  • Modelling of the Mechanical Properties of Nano-Silica Carbon Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
  • Fracture of Automotive Advanced High Strength steels (Dual-Phase, Complex-Phase and TRIP steels)
  • Multi-Scale modelling of the Fatigue and Fracture of Aerospace Aluminium Alloys
  • Finite Element Modelling of Friction Stir Welding
  • Cellular Automata Finite Element (CAFÉ) Modelling of Fracture
  • Damage Characterisation of Al-Li Alloys and X100 Steels using 3D Digital Image Correlation and High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Hot Damage of Free-Cutting Steels
  • Deformation, Recrystallisation and Transformation Texture and Microstructure Modelling during the Thermo-Mechanical Processing of Metals
Publications

Books

  • Palmiere EJ, Mahfouf M & Pinna C (2003) International Conference on Thermomechanical Processing: Mechanics, Microstructure & Control. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

Chapters

  • Shi Y, Pinna C & Soutis C (2023) Low-velocity impact of composite laminates: Damage evolution, Dynamic Deformation, Damage and Fracture in Composite Materials and Structures (pp. 89-119). Elsevier RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rohaizat NI, Alharbi K, Pinna C, Ghadbeigi H, Hanlon DN & Azid IA (2021) Using a Correction Factor to Remove Machine Compliance in a Tensile Test on DP1000 Steel Validated with 2D Digital Image Correlation Technique, Progress in Engineering Technology III (pp. 113-123). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rohaizat NI, Pinna C, Ghadbeigi H, Hanlon DN, Azid IA & Sharif SM (2021) Out-of-Plane Surface Deformation Measurement of Advanced High Strength Steel Using 3D DIC, Progress in Engineering Technology III (pp. 285-295). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Shi Y, Pinna C & Soutis C (2016) Low-velocity impact of composite laminates, Dynamic Deformation, Damage and Fracture in Composite Materials and Structures (pp. 117-146). Elsevier RIS download Bibtex download
  • Abrate S, Ahmadi M, Bahei-El-Din Y, Banerjee A, Bouvet C, Brechou J, Calle JC, Casas-Rodriguez JP, Chanda A, Coe JD , Das R et al (2016) List of contributors, Dynamic Deformation, Damage and Fracture in Composite Materials and Structures (pp. xi-xii). Elsevier RIS download Bibtex download
  • Shi Y, Pinna C & Soutis C (2016) Low velocity impact of composite laminates: damage evolution In Silberschmidt VV (Ed.), Dynamic Deformation, Damage and Fracture in Composite Materials and Structures (pp. 117-144). Duxford: Woodhead Publishing Ltd. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Salas-Zamarripa A, Pinna C, Brown MW, Guerrero-Mata MP, Morales MC & Ledezma-Ramírez DF (2014) Fatigue Life Prediction in Aluminum Alloy 2618-T6 Using a Paris Law Modification, Fatigue of Materials III (pp. 239-250). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Talamantes-Silva J, Beynon JH & Pinna C (2006) Rolling of Aluminium - 1: Thermomechanical Processing and FEM simulation In Hirsch J (Ed.), Virtual Fabrication of Aluminium Products - Microstructural Modeling in Industrial Aluminium Fabrication Processes (pp. 247-274). WILEY-VCH RIS download Bibtex download
  • Talamantes-Silva J, Beynon JH & Pinna C (2006) Rolling of Aluminium - 2: Practical aspects for finite element model development In Hirsch J (Ed.), Virtual Fabrication of Aluminium Products - Microstructural Modeling in Industrial Aluminium Fabrication Processes WILEY-VCH RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Sun G, Mitchell R, Chen Z, Omrani F, Smith M, Fairclough JPA & Pinna C (2023) 3D CHARACTERISATION OF THE TENSILE FAILURE OF CFRPS MANUFACTURED THROUGH TAILORED FIBRE PLACEMENT. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lizama-Camara YA, Pinna C, Lu Z & Blagdon M (2019) Effect of the injection moulding fibre orientation distribution on the fatigue life of short glass fibre reinforced plastics for automotive applications. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 85 (pp 255-260). AMRC, Sheffield, UK, 10 October 2019 - 11 October 2019. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dowding RG, Pinna C, Ghadbeigi H & Farrugia D (2018) Localized damage analysis for high strength S960 steel using micro-tensile testing and digital image correlation. Ubiquity Proceedings, Vol. 1(S1) (pp 16-16). Swansea, Wales, 10 July 2018 - 12 July 2018. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Soltani P, Wagg DJ, Pinna C, Whear R & Briody C (2016) Nonlinear Dynamics of Structures with Material Degradation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 744 (pp 012123-012123) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • López O, Martínez-Hernández U, Ramírez J, Pinna C & Mumtaz K (2016) Simulating the microstructural evolution of a Selective Laser Melted AA-2024. Solid Freeform Fabrication 2016: Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2016 (pp 257-267) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Duboust N, Melis D, Pinna C, Ghadbeigi H, Collis A, Ayvar-Soberanis S & Kerrigan K (2016) Machining of carbon fibre: optical surface damage characterisation and tool wear study. 3rd CIRP Conference on Surface Integrity (CIRP CSI), Charlotte, NC, USA, 8 June 2016 - 10 June 2016. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nioi M, Pinna C, Celotto S, Swart E & Ghadbeigi H (2016) Surface defect evolution in hot rolling of high Si-electrical steels. METAL 2016 - 25th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Conference Proceedings (pp 267-272) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Navarro-Zafra J, Curiel-Sosa J, Serna Moreno MC, Pinna , Martinez Vicente JL, Rohaizat N & Tafazzolimoghaddam B (2016) An approach for dynamic analysis of stationary cracks using XFEM. Proceedings of the 24th UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering. Cardiff, UK, 31 March 2016 - 1 April 2016. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Efthymiadis P, Pinna C & Yates JR (2016) Crystal plasticity finite element modelling of fatigue crack nucleation in AA2024. International Symposium on Plasticity 2016, 3 January 2016 - 9 January 2016. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Efthymiadis P, Pinna C, Dashwood R, Shollock BA & Yates JR (2015) New insights in fatigue crack initiation and small crack growth regime: coupled micro-mechanical testing and crystal plasticity modelling. 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, 27 July 2015 - 30 July 2015. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cartledge A, Pinna C, Hodzic A & Smith PJ (2015) The fatigue of carbon fibre composites containing interlaminar inkjet printed polymer droplets. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Vol. 2015-July RIS download Bibtex download
  • Abed GMH, Pinna C, Foreman JP & Hayes SA (2014) Characterisation of the tensile and fracture properties of filament wound carbon fibre rings. 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alharbi K, Ghadbeigi H, Zanganeh M, Celotto S & Pinna C (2014) Damage formation in Dual-Phase steels – a combined approach of digital image correlation and microstructure modelling. EUROSTEEL 2014. Naples, Italy, 10 September 2014 - 12 September 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Salas-Zamarripa A, Pinna C, Brown MW, Guerrero-Mata MP, Castillo Morales M & Ledezma-Ramirez DF (2014) Fatigue life prediction in aluminum alloy 2618-T6 using a Paris law modification. Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2014, MS and T 2014, Vol. 2 (pp 1113-1124) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghadbeigi H, Pinna C & Celotto S (2014) An investigation on the subsurface micro-cracking induced by coating process in automotive steels. 16th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, 7 July 2014 - 11 July 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lopez O, Mumtaz K & Pinna C (2014) Simulating Microstructural Evolution during the Selective Laser Melting Process: A Literature Review. 24th International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, an Additive Manufacturing Conference. The University of Texas in Austin, USA, 4 August 2014 - 6 August 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mulyadi , Gitman I, Pinna C & Soutis C (2014) Modelling interaction effect of nanosilica particles on nanosilica/epoxy composite stiffness. 16th European Conference on Composite Materials. Seville, Spain, 22 June 2014 - 26 June 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kiu MF, Pinna C & Farrugia D (2014) Strain distribution measurements in the microstructure of hot damage steels. 16th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. Cambridge, UK, 7 July 2014 - 11 July 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cartledge A, Pinna C, Smith PJ & Hodzic A (2014) Increased fatigue life of self-ameliorating composites using inkjet-printed thermoplastics. 16th European Conference on Composite Materials. Seville, Spain, 22 June 2014 - 26 June 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Abed GMH, Pinna C, Foreman JP & Hayes S (2014) Characterisation of the tensile and fracture properties of filament wound carbon fibre rings. 16th European Conference on Composite Materials. Seville, Spain, 22 June 2014 - 26 June 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C, Lan Y, Lopez-Pedrosa M, Kiu MF, Efthymiadis P & Farrugia F (2014) Crystal Plasticity finite element modelling of the hot deformation of metals. International Symposium on Plasticity. Freeport, The Bahamas, 3 January 2014 - 8 January 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Leonard F, Shi Y, Pinna C, Soutis C & Withers PJ (2014) Impact damage characterisation of fibre/metal laminates by X-ray computed tomography. 5th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography. Austria, 25 February 2014 - 28 February 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mulyadi , Gitman I, Pinna C & Soutis C (2014) Modelling interaction effect of nanosilica particles on nanosilica/epoxy composite stiffness. 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Caminero MA, Lopez-Pedrosa M, Pinna C & Soutis C (2013) Damage assessment of notched composites laminates and adhesively bonded repairs using digital image correlation. 4th Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (CanCNSM2013). Montreal, Canada, 23 July 2013 - 26 July 2013. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Shi Y, Pinna C & Soutis C (2013) Modelling impact damage characteristics of composite laminates accounting for matrix cracking and plitting failure modes. 4th Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (CanCNSM2013). Montreal, Canada, 23 July 2013 - 26 July 2013. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C, Lan Y & Lopez-Pedrosa M (2013) Prediction of texture and microstructure evolution during the thermo-mechanical processing of metals using a Crystal Plasticity-Phase Field approach. International Symposium on Plasticity. Nassau, The Bahamas RIS download Bibtex download
  • Shi Y, Pinna C & Soutis C (2013) Modelling transverse matrix cracking in composite laminates using cohesive elements. 12th Deformation and Fracture of Composites/ 6th Structural Integrity Conferences. Cambridge, UK, 8 April 2013 - 11 April 2013. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghadbeigi H, Pinna C & Celotto S (2012) An investigation into the failure mechanisms at the onset of necking in DP600 steel. 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics (ICEM 15). Porto- Portugal, 22 July 2012 - 27 July 2012. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lopez-Pedrosa M, Zanganeh M, Tai YH & Pinna C (2012) 3D Digital Image Correlation (DIC) analysis in relation to damage development in third generation AA2050-T851 aluminium alloy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 382(012034). University of Glasgow, 29 August 2012 - 31 August 2012. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alborzi E, Blakey SG, Ghadebigi H, Pinna C, Pourkashanian M & Wilson CW (2011) Analysis of the structure of deposited materials at inner surface of jet fuel injector feed arm with Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy. 12th International Conference on Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels 2011, Vol. 2 (pp 1120-1148) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang G, Mahfouf M, Zhang Q, Gaffour S-A, Yates JR, Soberanis SA, Pinna C & Panoutsos G (2011) Systems-Modelling of Compact Tension Energy in High Strength Pipeline Steel. 18th IFAC World Congress. Milan, Italy, 28 August 2011 - 2 September 2011. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mahfouf M, Zhang Q, Yates JR, Pinna C & Panoutsos G (2011) Model Fusion via a Master Fuzzy System with Special Application to Engineering Materials. 18th IFAC World Congress. Milan, Italy, 28 August 2011 - 2 September 2011. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tai YH, Asquith DT & Yates JR (2008) Optical based Characterisation of an Aluminium Alloy. European Conference of Fracture 17. Brno, Czech Republic RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lan YJ & Pinna C (2008) A finite element model of the heterogeneous deformation of austenite and ferrite in a duplex stainless steel under hot plane strain compression. ADVANCES IN HETEROGENEOUS MATERIAL MECHANICS 2008 (pp 312-315) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C & Lan Y (2007) Local strain measurement in hot deformed microstructures. Advances in Experimental Mechanics V, Vol. 7-8 (pp 167-172) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Boldetti C, Pinna C, Howard I & Gutierrez G (2005) Experimental measurement of the deformation in hot rolling of aluminium 1% Mn: the grid technique. Advances in Experimental Mechanics IV, Vol. 3-4 (pp 111-116) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Salas-Zamarripa A, Pinna C, Brown MW, Guerrero-Mata MP, Morales MC & Ledezma-Ramírez DF () Fatigue Life Prediction in Aluminum Alloy 2618-T6 Using a Paris Law Modification (pp 239-250) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bilkhu R, Ayvar-Soberanis S & Pinna C () Layer Material Removal Selection for Residual Stress Relief. 14th High Speed Machining Conference RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C & Doquet V () Mode II fatigue crack propagation in a maraging steel. 6th International Conference on Fatigue. Berlin, Germany, 13 May 1996 - 17 May 1996. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Yates JR, Zanganeh M, Tai YH, Asquith DT, Pinna C & Tomlinson RA () Experimental evaluation of T stress. ESIA10 Conference. Manchester, United Kingdom, 19 May 2009 - 20 May 2009. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C, Higginson RL & Beynon JH () Uncertainties in modelling the evolution of crystallographic texture during hot rolling. 9th Symposium on Modelling of Metal Rolling Process. London, United Kingdom, 12 December 1998 - 14 December 1998. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C, Beynon JH, Sellars CM & Bornert M () Experimental investigation and micromechanical modelling of hot deformation of duplex stainless steels. 39th Annual Conference of Metallurgists 2000, Thermomechanical Processing of Steel (pp 16). Ottawa, Canada, 19 August 2000 - 22 August 2000. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C, Higginson RL & Beynon JH () Modelling of the effect of lubrication on texture evolution during hot rolling. 3rd Conference on Modelling of Metal Rolling Processes. London, United Kingdom, 13 December 1999 - 15 December 1999. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C & Doquet V () Quantification of friction effects during mode II fatigue crack propagation in a maraging steel. 5th Conference on biaxial/multiaxial fatigue. Krakow, Poland, 4 September 1997 - 8 September 1997. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Colonna L, Dimitriou R, Pinna C & Zhu Q () Measurement of local strain heterogeneity in AA5182 after hot rolling deformation. Int. Conf. on Thermomechanical Processing: Mechanics, Microstructure & Control (pp 393). Sheffield, United Kingdom, 23 June 2002 - 26 June 2002. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beynon JH, Higginson RL & Pinna C () Rolling Experiments, texture measurements and computer-based predictions: closing the loop. 39th Annual Conference of Metallurgists 2000, Thermomechanical Processing of Steel (pp 121). Ottawa, Canada, 19 August 2000 - 22 August 2000. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rupin N, Bornert M, Gilormini P, Pinna C & Zaoui A () Homogeneisation variationnelle pour l'analyse des deformations a chaud d'aciers biphases. 17ieme Congres Francais de Mecanique. Troyes, France, 29 August 2005 - 2 September 2005. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hernandez-Castillo LE, Beynon JH, Pinna C & van der Zwagg S () Determination of microscale deformation in hot worked steel. 10th International Conference on Metal Forming (pp 387). Krakow, Poland, 19 September 2004 - 22 September 2004. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rupin N, Bornert M, Gilormini P, Zaoui A & Pinna C () Influence of microstructural morphology on viscoplastic flow of two-phase polycrystals. 43rd Technical Annual Meeting Society of Engineering Science. Pennsylvania, United States, 13 August 2006 - 16 August 2006. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hernandez-Castillo LE, Rupin N, Boldetti C, Pinna C & Bornert M () Evaluation of local strain fields in hot worked stainless steel. International Conference on full-field measurement techniques and their applications in experimental solid mechanics. Clermont-Ferrand, France, 10 July 2006 - 12 July 2006. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghadbeigi H, Bradbury SR, Pinna C & Yates JR () Application of electron-beam lithography technique for the determination of micro-scale plastic strain due to machining. 10th CIRP International Workshop on Modeling of Machining Operations. Reggio Calabria, Italy, 27 August 2007 - 28 August 2007. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rupin N, Bornert M, Gilormini P, Zaoui A & Pinna C () Potential influence of microstructural morphology on the viscoplastic flow of two-phase polycrystals. 11th International Symposium on Continuum Models and Discrete Systems. Paris, France, 30 July 2007 - 3 August 2007. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lan Y & Pinna C () Modelling static recrystallisation textures using a coupled crystal plasticity-phase field technique. 16th International Conference on the Textures of Materials. Mumbai, India, 12 December 2011 - 17 December 2011. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghadbeigi H, Pinna C & Celotto S () Local damage initiation mechanisms of a DP steel: surface observations vs. mid-plane deformation. European Congress and Exhbition on Advanced Materials and Processes. Montpellier, France, 12 September 2011 - 15 September 2011. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lan Y & Pinna C () Modelling textures formed during the plane strain compression and subsequent static recrystallisation of body-centred cubic (BCC) metals. 7th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials. Montreal, Canada, 1 August 2011 - 5 August 2011. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Caminero MA, Pavlopoulou S, Lopez-Pedrosa M, Nicolaisson BG, Pinna C & Soutis C () Digital Image Correlation analysis applied to monitor damage evolution of composite plates with stress concentrations and bonded patch repairs. 15th European Conference on Composite Materials. Venice, Italy, 24 June 2012 - 28 June 2012. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lan Y & Pinna C () Modelling the microstructural evolution during the static recrystallisation of aluminium alloy AA5052 by a level set method. 11th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys. Aachen, Germany, 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pinna C () Strain distribution at the grain scale of hot worked metals. International Symposium on Plasticity 2008. Hawaii, USA, 2 January 2008 - 6 January 2008. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghadbeigi H, Bradbury SR, Pinna C & Yates JR () On the modelling of chip formation in orthogonal cutting: damage mechanics approach. 12th CIRP conference on modelling of machining operations. San Sebastian, Spain, 7 May 2009 - 8 May 2009. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang Q, Mahfouf M, de Leon L, Boumaiza S, Yates JR, Pinna C & Greene RJ () Prediction of Machining Induced Residual Stresses in Aluminium Alloys Using a Hierarchical Data-Driven Fuzzy Modelling Approach. IFACMMM 2009. Vina del Mar, Chile, 14 October 2009 - 16 October 2009. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghadbeigi H, Pinna C, Celotto S & Yates JR () Strain Evolution Measurement at the microscale of a Dual Phase Steel using Digital Image Correlation. 7th BSSM conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics. University of Liverpool, UK, 7 September 2010 - 9 September 2010. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Martin G, Caldemaison D, Bornert M, Pinna C, Veron M, Chebab B, Fourmentin R, Mithieux JD, Yerra SK, Delannay L , Pardoen T et al () Determination of high temperature micro-scale strain distribution – application to duplex stainless steels. Duplex Stainless steels 2010 International Conference. Beaune, France, 13 October 2010 - 15 October 2010. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Boumaiza S, Pinna C & Yates JR () Finite Element Modelling of Friction Stir Welding. 8th International Symposium on Friction Stir Welding. Maritim Seehotel Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, 18 May 2010 - 20 May 2010. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghadbeigi H, Pinna C, Celotto S & Yates JR () In-situ strain and damage analyses of Dual-Phase steels at micro-scale using Digital Image Correlation. 2nd International Conference on super-high strength steels. Verona, Italy, 17 October 2010 - 20 October 2010. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lan Y & Pinna C () Modelling the static recrystallisation texture of FCC metals using a phase field method. 4th Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth. Sheffield, UK, 4 July 2010 - 9 July 2010. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Integrity of Materials and Structures Research Group

Four of Dr Pinna's PhD students who have graduated recently:

  • Ghadbeigi, H., Metal cutting mechanics: investigation and simulation of deformation and damage mechanisms, 2010
  • Salas-Zamarripa, A., Fatigue behaviour of an aluminium alloy used in Turbocharger compressor wheels, 2008
  • Boldetti, C., High resolution strain measurements of Intra-granular deformation in structural materials at high temperature, 2006
  • Hernandez-Castillo, L. E. , Determination of microscale deformation in hot worked metals, 2005
Grants
  • KTP/TSB with Arnold Magnetic Technologies Ltd – Filament Winding, 2012-2014, £135k (PI)
  • M2i (Materials innovation institute – The Netherlands) / Tata Steel – Advanced High Strength Steels, 2010-2013, £377k (PI)
  • EPSRC, A new framework for hybrid through-process modelling, process simulation and optimisation in the metals industry, 2008-2012, £4.6m (CI)
  • EPSRC platform grant, Modern metals processing: transfer of knowledge and core skills to new and emerging technologies, 2007-2012, £880k (CI)
  • EU RFCS grant, Roll-Gap Sensors, 2009-2012, £115k (CI)
  • BAE Systems Marine, Plastic strain analysis, 2009-2011, £211k (CI)
  • EU Framework 6, COMPACT - A concurrent approach to manufacturing induced part distortion in aerospace components, 2005-2009, £279k (CI)
  • EPSRC, Thermomechanical processing: metallurgy, mechanics and modelling, 2002-2007, £3.9m (CI)
  • EPSRC first grant, High resolution strain measurements of intra-granular deformation in structural materials at high temperatures, 2003-2006, £122k (PI)
Teaching activities
  • MEC313 Finite Element Techniques
  • MEC6440 Advanced Finite Element Modelling