Dr. David S. Wilkinson B.A.Sc. The research focusses on the development and control of microstructural complexity, and models for inhomogeneous flow and fracture processes. This behaviour is also being modelled using self consistent methods.
Models incorporating clustering of particles and damage effects are under development.
The mechanical response of ceramics reinforced with platelets and whiskers is being investigated both at room and high temperature. This work is in collaboration with Prof. J.D. Embury . This is accompanied by continuum mechanical modelling. Dryden, J. R. and Wilkinson, D. S., Three Dimensional Analysis of the Creep Due to a Viscous Grain Boundary Phase, Acta Metall. Wilkinson, D.S., Creep Mechanisms in Multi-phase Ceramic Materials, Feature Article, J. Amer.