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Evaluation of a Novel Controlled Cutting Fluid Impinging Supply System When Machining Titanium Alloys (2017)
Journal Article
Gariani, S., Shyha, I., Inam, F., & Huo, D. (2017). Evaluation of a Novel Controlled Cutting Fluid Impinging Supply System When Machining Titanium Alloys. Applied Sciences, 7(6), Article 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7060560

Following a comprehensive review on titanium machining and methods of cutting fluid application, this paper presents a new Controlled cutting fluid impinging supply system (Cut‐list) developed to deliver an accurate amount of cutting fluid into the m... Read More about Evaluation of a Novel Controlled Cutting Fluid Impinging Supply System When Machining Titanium Alloys.

Flexural Properties of Halloysite Nanotubes-Polyester Nanocomposites Exposed to Aggressive Environment (2017)
Journal Article
Saharudin, M., Wei, J., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2017). Flexural Properties of Halloysite Nanotubes-Polyester Nanocomposites Exposed to Aggressive Environment. International Journal of Chemical, Molecular, Nuclear, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 1

This study aimed to investigate the effect of aggressive environment on the flexural properties of halloysite nanotubes-polyester nanocomposites. Results showed that the addition of halloysite nanotubes into polyester matrix was found to improve flex... Read More about Flexural Properties of Halloysite Nanotubes-Polyester Nanocomposites Exposed to Aggressive Environment.

An Investigation into the Dependency of Cutting Forces on the Volume Fraction and Fibre Orientation during Machining Composite Materials (2017)
Journal Article
Kahwash, F., Shyha, I., & Maheri, A. (2017). An Investigation into the Dependency of Cutting Forces on the Volume Fraction and Fibre Orientation during Machining Composite Materials. Materials Science Forum, 882, 61-65. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scienti

This paper presents an empirical force model quantifying the effect of fibre volume fraction and fibre orientation on the cutting forces during orthogonal cutting of unidirectional composites. Glass fibre plates and high speed steel cutting tools are... Read More about An Investigation into the Dependency of Cutting Forces on the Volume Fraction and Fibre Orientation during Machining Composite Materials.

Meshfree formulation for modelling of orthogonal cutting of composites (2017)
Journal Article
Kahwash, F., Shyha, I., & Maheri, A. (2017). Meshfree formulation for modelling of orthogonal cutting of composites. Composite Structures, 166, 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.01.021

The Element-Free Galerkin method (EFG) is a prominent member of the meshfree methods family. In this work, EFG is utilised to simulate the orthogonal cutting process of unidirectional composites. The mathematical model is derived from the weak form o... Read More about Meshfree formulation for modelling of orthogonal cutting of composites.

Optimisation of Weld Overlay Cladding Parameters Using Full-Factorial Design of Experiment (2016)
Journal Article
Chan, L., Shyha, I., Dryer, D., & Hamilton, J. (2016). Optimisation of Weld Overlay Cladding Parameters Using Full-Factorial Design of Experiment. Materials Science Forum, 880, 54-58. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.880.54

Weld Overlay Cladding (WOC) shares the same scientific principals as conventional welding where there are multiple governing factors that control the process and outcome. The present work employs a Design of Experiment (DoE) approach to optimising pr... Read More about Optimisation of Weld Overlay Cladding Parameters Using Full-Factorial Design of Experiment.

Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saharudin, M., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2016). Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites. In ICAME2016 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering

In this study, multi-layered-graphene (MLG) reinforced unsaturated polyester (UP) were prepared by adding different weight percentage of graphene in polyester resin and subsequently cross linked using mixture of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. The mech... Read More about Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites.

The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed in seawater environment (2016)
Journal Article
Saharudin, M., Wei, J., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2016). The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed in seawater environment. Journal of Nanomaterials, 2016, Article 2604631. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2

Polyester based polymers are extensively used in aggressive marine environments; however inadequate data available on the effects of the seawater on the polyester based nanocomposites mechanical properties. This paper reports the effect of seawater a... Read More about The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed in seawater environment.

Mechanical, Thermal, and Electrical Properties of Graphene-Epoxy Nanocomposites—A Review (2016)
Journal Article
Atif, R., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2016). Mechanical, Thermal, and Electrical Properties of Graphene-Epoxy Nanocomposites—A Review. Polymers, 8(8), Article 281. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080281

Monolithic epoxy, because of its brittleness, cannot prevent crack propagation and is vulnerable to fracture. However, it is well established that when reinforced—especially by nano-fillers, such as metallic oxides, clays, carbon nanotubes, and other... Read More about Mechanical, Thermal, and Electrical Properties of Graphene-Epoxy Nanocomposites—A Review.

The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed to diluted methanol (2016)
Journal Article
Saharudin, M., Atif, R., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2017). The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed to diluted methanol. Journal of Composite Materials, 51(11), 1653-1664. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998

The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay?polyester nanocomposites was studied after an exposure of 24 h in diluted methanol system by clamping test specimens across steel templates. The glass transition temperature (Tg) and sto... Read More about The degradation of mechanical properties in halloysite nanoclay-polyester nanocomposites exposed to diluted methanol.

Weld overlay cladding repair - An investigation of tensile strength variation in processed metallic substrate (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chan, L., Shyha, I., Dreyer, D., Hamilton, J., & Hackney, P. (2016, May). Weld overlay cladding repair - An investigation of tensile strength variation in processed metallic substrate. Paper presented at International Conference on Advances in Mechanical

Weld Overlay Cladding (WOC) is a surfacing technique commonly applied on subsea Oil and Gas components to provide additional properties such as wear and corrosion resistance at a more superior level. This process involves a clad metal with certain de... Read More about Weld overlay cladding repair - An investigation of tensile strength variation in processed metallic substrate.