EPSRC Funded Project
Rotational Vibration Assisted Increment Sheet Forming by Novel Tooling (RV-ISF)
People
Investigators
Professor Hui Long is Professor of Mechanics of Materials at the University of Sheffield.
Expertise in flexible material forming technologies and the mechanics of materials.
The Lead and Principal Investigator of the EPSRC RV-ISF project.
Dr David Curtis is Research and Technology Manager at The University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Machining Group.
Expertise in grinding, micromachining and emerging machining technologies.
A Co-Director of the EPSRC CDT in Machining Science.
Professor JoĂŁo Quinta da Fonseca is Professor of Mechanical Metallurgy at The University of Manchester.
Expertise in metal plasticity and new techniques for studying metal deformation in combination with computational modelling.
The Director of the EPSRC project LightForm and Lead of the TIFUN Research Consortium.
Dr Hengan Ou leads the Metal Forming and Material Processing Team at the University of Nottingham's Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Group.
Expertise in ISF, precision forging and material process modelling.
The Lead of the EPSRC project on Developing a Bespoke Incremental Sheet Forming Machine for Cranioplasty.Â
Project Reserachers
Researchers at University of Sheffield
Dr Hui Zhu, Deformation Mechanism and Modelling in RV-ISF
Mr Xuan Ouyang, Vibration Softening Mechanism and Modelling in RV-ISF
Mr Zeyu Zhu, Thermal softening Mechanism and Modelling in RV-ISF
Researchers at University of Nottingham
Dr Shakir Gatea, Constitutive modelling and damage modelling of polymer materials
Mr Zhenyuan Qin, Thermal mechanical effect in incremental sheet forming
Researchers at University of Manchester
Dr Xiaohan Zeng, Microstructure characterisation in RV-ISF
Dr Elliot Cooksey-Nash, Microstructure modelling in RV-ISF
Researchers at AMRC
Mr Aditya Vedanthu, Tool Development and process measurement of RV-ISF
Dr Sabino Ayvar-Soberanis, Support on the development of tools and RV-ISF test at AMRC
Dr Pete Crawforth, Support on the development of tools and RV-ISF test at AMRC
Sheffield Past Researchers
The following students and researchers have worked on incremental sheet forming in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield (most recent displayed first).
Mr Keir Robson, Development of ISF Case Studies for Potential Applications.
Mr Bhavin Raval, Research Dissemination of ISF and RV-ISF Projects.
Dr Zhidong Chang, Material Deformation Mechanisms in Rotational Vibration Assisted ISF.
Dr Wenxuan Peng, New ISF Tools and Experimental Studies for Rotational Vibration Assisted ISF.
Dr Eladio Hurtado, Surface Quality and Friction Characterisation of ISF parts.
Miss Frida Andersen Solum, Investigation of ISF Interfacial Conditions by Groove Tests.
Dr Sheng Ai, Material Deformation and Fracture Mechanism in ISF.
Miss Yujing Jiang, Experimental Study of Tool Vibration Assisted ISF.
Dr Zhaohua Li, Feasibility Study of Tool Rotation-induced Vibration in ISF.
Dr Rui Dai, Experimental Study of ISF by Tension under Cyclic Bending and Compression (TCBC) Tests.
Mr Famin Tian, Development of Test Rig for Material Deformation by Tension under Cyclic Bending and Compression (TCBC).
Dr Bin Lu, Novel Flexible Sheet Forming for High Value Manufacturing (FLEXFORM).