Dr David Rees

David Rees is an Engineering educator, author and researcher. He is a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University in Engineering Design, specialising in Mechanics and Manufacture for Design.

Biography

Education and Appointments: Engineering Apprentice, 1963-68, Engineering Designer, 1968-69, Black & Decker Ltd; Postgraduate Student, 1969-70, Experimental Officer, 1970-71, Imperial College, London; Research Assistant, 1971-72, Lecturer, 1972-77, Kingston University; Lecturer, Trinity College, Dublin, 1977-84; Lecturer, Surrey University, 1984-85, Lecturer, 1985-95, Senior Lecturer, 1995-2006, Brunel University; Visiting Fellow, Joint Research Centre, Petten, 1982; National Physical Laboratory, 1983, 1985; Regional Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London 2007.

Brief list of Publications

Books: ‘The Mechanics of Solids and Structures’, McGraw-Hill, 1990; ‘Basic Solid Mechanics’, Macmillan, 1997, ‘Mechanics of Solids & Structures’, I C Press (World Scientific), 2000, ‘Basic Engineering Plasticity’, Elsevier 2006. Minimum Weight Structures, Wiley 2009.

Recent articles: ‘Factors influencing the forming limit diagram of automotive sheet steel’, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2001; ‘A bi-axial pole strain measuring device’, Measurement Science and Technology, 2001. Nutting creep in mono-and bi-layer polymers’, Plastics, Rubbers and Composites, 2002; ‘Anisotropy in thin canning sheet metals’, Journal of Physics IV, France, 2003; ‘Autofrettage of thick-walled pipe bends’ Int Jl of Mech Sci 2004, ‘Simulation of advanced sheet metals under stretch forming’, Detroit 2006; Errors in r-value when based upon total strain measurements’ and ‘Forming properties of four high strength sheet steels, Jl of Engineering Manufacture, 2006; ‘Descriptions of reversed yielding in bending, Jl of Mech Eng Sci, 2007.

Research Interests

The work published by Rees et al over a 35 year period concerns the many different ways that materials respond to the loads placed upon them under service conditions. An understanding of these allows materials to be shaped as desired. It further enables the service life to be predicted when the operating conditions are severe as with gas turbine blades and high pressure pipeline.

• Sponsors: Rover, EMI, Niftylift
• Value: Teaching Company Schemes
• Dates: 1995- 2000

Current Research

Ph.D. Supervision: The strength and stiffness of telescoping structures

• Sponsors: EPSRC
• Value: International Studentship
• Dates: 2009 - 2012

Previous Research

Many themes collected in a two volume thesis:

• Published Papers (1980 – 2015) D. W. A. Rees, Volume I: Plasticity and Metal Forming
• Published Papers (1980 – 2015) D. W. A. Rees, Volume II: Creep, Fatigue, Fracture and Instrumentation

Teaching

Module leader for Mechanics for Design; undergraduate and postgraduate teacher:

• Systems Design - DM2318
• Electronics and Mathematics – DM1601
• Design for Manufacture – DM2317
• Mechanics for Design - DM1309
• Structural Design and FEA - ME5504

David Rees has taught mechanics at all levels to undergraduate and postgraduate students at home and abroad for more than 35 years. Also, during that period the mechanics of solids, structures and instrumentation has featured in a variety of themes published among an archive of more than a hundred papers.

Honours

• National Diploma Prize, 1968
• MSc/DIC, Imperial College, 1970
• PhD, Kingston University, 1976
• Honorary MA, Trinity College, Dublin, 1981
• DSc, Brunel University, 2004
• Best Paper, Fylde Prize, “Strain”, 1993
• Best Paper, CEGB Prize “Journal of Strain Analysis”, 1998

Memberships

• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1971-;
• Council of Engineering Institutions 1972-;
• Royal Society of Medicine, 2007-,

Editorial Boards

• International Journal of Plasticity, 1985-91;
• Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 1994-1996.

Other Biographies

• Dictionary of International Biography, 1995
• Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2006
• Who’s Who in the World, 2007
• Who’s Who in America 2009
• Cambridge Blue Book, 2005
• Great Minds/Geniuses of the 21st Century, 2007

Exhibitions

• Institute of Physics 2001, Doctoral Research Conferences Brunel 1996, 2000.

Peer esteem

• A large number of peer reviewed journal papers; 6 books.

Design awards

• Best Paper: Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 1997; Strain 1993.

Committees

• Editorial: Journal of Strain Analysis; International Journal of Plasticity.

Prizes/Awards

• I.Mech.E/National Diploma Prize 1968.

Consultancy

• Nippon Tubing, van den Bosch.
• Professional Affiliations
• M. I. Mech. E., C. Eng., Fellow RSM.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Rees, DWA., Plane strain compression of aluminium alloy sheets, Materials and Design 39 495- 503

(2011) Rees, DWA., A theory for swaging of discs and lugs, Meccanica 46 (6) : 1213- 1237

(2009) Rees, DWA., Descriptions of reversed yielding of a solid circular bar in torsion, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 223 (3) : 557- 571

(2008) Rees, DWA., Deformation and rapture of stainless steel under cyclic torsional creep, Engineering Integrity 25 (1) : 15- 22

(2007) Rees, DWA., Descriptions of reversed yielding in bending, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 221 (9) : 981- 991 Download publication

(2007) Rees, DWA., Garner, AF. and Dix, S., Creep behaviour in fibre-reinforced polymer mat composites, Engineering Integrity 23 (1) : 6- 13 Download publication

(2006) Rees, DWA., Forming properties of four high-strength sheet steels, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 220 (11) : 1815- 1825

(2006) Rees, DWA., Errors in the r value when based upon total strain measurements, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 220 (6) : 989- 996

(2004) Rees, DWA., Autofrettage of thick-walled pipe bends, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 46 (11) : 1675- 1696

(2003) Rees, DWA., Nutting creep in polymer composites, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 143-144 164- 170

(2003) Rees, DWA., Anisotropy in thin canning sheet metals, Journal de Physique IV 105 19- 29

(2002) Rees, DWA., Nutting creep in mono- and bi-layer polymers, Plastics, Rubber and Composites 31 (8) : 350- 358

(2001) Rees, DWA., Factors influencing the FLD of automotive sheet metal, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 118 (1-3) : 1- 8

(2001) Rees, DWA., A bi-axial pole strain transducer device, Measurement Science and Technology 12 (1) : 97- 102

(2001) Rees, DWA., Influences of rolling reduction on sheet metal formability, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 215 (6) : 887- 895

(2000) Rees, DWA., Rim and pole failures from elliptical bulging of oriented orthotropic sheet metal, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 35 (2) : 109- 123

(1999) Rees, DWA., Pole instability theory for ellipsoidal bulging of rolled sheet, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 92 (93) : 508- 517

(1999) Rees, DWA., Elastic-plastic stresses in rotating discs by von Mises and Tresca, ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik 79 (4) : 281- 288 Download publication

(1998) Rees, DWA., Interactions between time and cyclic deformation processes in a nimonic alloy, Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 21 (3) : 315- 331

(1998) Rees, DWA., Deformation and fracture of metal matrix particulate composites under combined loadings, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 29 (1-2) : 171- 182

(1998) Rees, DWA. and Power, RK., Process signatures and finite elements in sheet metal forming, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 77 (1-3) : 134- 144

(1998) Rees, DWA., Cyclic plasticity, creep and fracture in a Nimonic alloy, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 33 (6) : 419- 435

(1997) Rees, DWA., A tensor function for the R-value of sheet metal, Applied Mathematical Modelling 21 (9) : 579- 590

(1997) Rees, DWA. and Power, RK., Orientation and formability of orthotropic sheet metals, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 32 (1) : 61- 81

(1996) Rees, DWA. and Liddiard, M., Elasticity and flow behaviour of a metal matrix composite, Key Engineering Materials: Frontiers for Engineering Materials 118-119 179- 185

(1996) Rees, DWA., Sheet orientation and forming limits under diffuse necking, Applied Mathematical Modelling 20 (8) : 624- 635

(1995) Rees, DWA., Instability limits to the forming of sheet metals, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 55 (3) : 146- 153

(1995) Rees, DWA., Tensile flow and instability in galvanized, rolled steel sheet, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 30 (4) : 305- 315

(1995) Stolworthy, CIM. and Rees, DWA., Macroscopic characterisation of failure in composites materials, Key Engineering Materials: Advances in Engineering Materials 99-100 43- 50

(1995) Rees, DWA., Plastic flow in the elliptical bulge test, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 37 (4) : 373- 389

(1995) Rees, DWA. and Li, RKY., Invariant polynomials for composite strength, Key Engineering Materials: Advances in Engineering Materials 99-100 51- 56

(1994) Rees, DWA., Equivalence and instability correlations for isotropic and anisotropic sheet plasticity, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 40 (1-2) : 173- 194

(1994) Rees, DWA. and Power, RK., Forming limits in a clad steel, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 45 (1-4) : 571- 575

(1993) Stolworthy, C. and Rees, DWA., Biaxial flow and fracture in a metal matrix composite, Key Engineering Materials: Engineered Materials 86-87 77- 84

(1991) Rees, DWA., A bounding method for predicting the fatigue life of plain and autofrettaged thick-walled cylinders, International Journal of Fatigue 13 (1) : 59- 67

(1991) Rees, DWA., The fatigue life of thick-walled autofrettaged cylinders with closed ends, Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 14 (1) : 51- 68

(1990) Rees, DWA., Autofrettage theory and fatigue life of open-ended cylinders, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 25 (2) : 109- 121

(1989) Rees, DWA., Fatigue crack growth in thick-walled cylinders under pulsating internal pressure, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 33 (6) : 927- 940

(1989) Rees, DWA., Theoretical and experimental aspects of infinitesimal plasticity, Res Mechanica 28 (1-4) : 1- 68

(1988) Rees, DWA., Research note on a reexamination of neutral loading experiments, International Journal of Plasticity 4 (1) : 91- 102

(1988) Rees, DWA., An examination of the neutral loading condition in plasticity theory, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 23 (2) : 47- 60

(1987) Rees, DWA., An experimental appraisal of the equi-strain multi-surface hardening model, Acta Mechanica 70 (1-4) : 193- 219

(1987) Rees, DWA., A theory of autofrettage with applications to creep and fatigue, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 30 (1) : 57- 76

(1987) Rees, DWA., Life prediction techniques for combined creep and fatigue, Progress in Nuclear Energy 19 (3) : 211- 239

(1987) Rees, DWA., Applications of classical plasticity theory to non-radial loading paths, Proceedins of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 410 (1839) : 443- 475

(1986) Rees, DWA., The sensitivity of strain gauges when used in the plastic range, International Journal of Plasticity 2 (3) : 295- 309

(1986) Rees, DWA. and Dyson, BF., Deformation and fracture behaviour under combined creep and fatigue, International Journal of Plasticity 2 (1) : 1- 19

(1985) Rees, DWA., The creep behaviour of alloy 800H under tension and torsion, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 20 (2) : 101- 126

(1984) Rees, DWA., A multi-surface representation of anisotropic hardening and comparisons with experiment, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Mechanical Engineering Science 198 (16) : 269- 284

(1984) Rees, DWA., An examination of yield surface distortion and translation, Acta Mechanica 52 (1-2) : 15- 40

(1983) Rees, DWA., The theory of scalar plastic deformation functions, ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik 63 (6) : 217- 228 Download publication

(1983) Rees, DWA., A theory of non-linear anisotropic hardening, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Mechanical Engineering Science 197C 31- 41

(1982) Rees, DWA., Yield functions that account for the effects of initial and subsequent plastic anisotropy, Acta Mechanica 43 (3-4) : 223- 241

(1982) Rees, DWA., On isotropy and anisotropy in the theory of plasticity, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 383 (1785) : 333- 357

(1982) Rees, DWA., Plastic torsional buckling of thin-walled cylinders, Journal of Applied Mechanics 49 (3) : 663- 666

(1981) Rees, DWA., The transient creep of aluminum during incremental loading, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy A 81 (2) : 167- 186

(1981) Rees, DWA., Anisotropic hardening theory and the Bauschinger effect, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 16 (2) : 85- 95

(1981) Rees, DWA., A hardening model for anisotropic materials, Experimental Mechanics 21 (7) : 245- 254

(1981) Rees, DWA., A review of stress-strain paths and constitutive relations in the plastic range, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 16 (4) : 235- 249

Conference Papers

(2006) Hu, CQ. and Rees, DWA., Simulation validation of advanced sheet metals under stretch forming, SAE 2006 World Congress & Exhibition

(2001) Rees, DWA., Modelling of non-linear creep in bi-polymer composites, 9th International Conference on Creep and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

(1999) Rees, DWA. and Clayton, A., Creep and recovery in bi-polymer composites, 5th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials

(2000) Rees, DWA. and Au, YHJ., Deformation and fracture of a particulate MMC under nonradial combined loadings, Symposium on Multiaxial Fatigue and Deformation: Testing and Prediction, ASTM STP 1387 Multiaxial Fatigue and Deformation: Testing and Prediction (1387) : 54- 81

(1999) Rees, DWA., Limiting formability of orthotropic sheet metal, 1st International Conference on Component Optimisations- from Material Properties and Simulation Software (COMPASS 1999)

(1997) Hancox, J. and Rees, DWA., Floating horn airbag module optimization, Autotech Congress - Automotive Vehicle Technologies (Autotech 97)

(1997) Middleton, RH., Saxon, MD., Phillips, G., Frost, M., Griffiths, BJ., Rees, D. and Esat, I., Introduction of an holistic design approach through a teaching company scheme, IEE 5th International Conference on Factory 2000 - The Technology Exploitation Process Download publication

(1990) Rees, DWA., Predicting fatigue failures in thick-walled cylinders under pulsating internal pressure, International Conference on Applied Stress Analysis

Book Chapters

(2000) Rees, DWA., High temperature creep-fatigue in stainless steel. In: Miannay, D., Costa, P., Francois, D. and Pineau, A. eds. Advances in Mechanical Behaviour, Plasticity and Damage: Proceedings of EUROMAT 2000. 1315- 1320

(1997) Rees, DWA., Instability analysis for ellipsoidal bulging of sheet metal. In: Predeleanu, M. and Gilormini, P. eds. Advanced Methods in Materials Processing Defects. 235- 244

(1993) Rees, DWA., Anisotropic plastic-flow and instability. In: Wilshire, B. and Evans, RW. eds. Creep and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. 641- 649

Books

(2012) Rees, DWA., Mechanics of deformable solids. Studium Press LLC

(2009) Rees, DWA., Mechanics of optimal structural design: minimum weight structures. Wiley

(2006) Rees, DWA., Basic engineering plasticity. Butterworth-Heinemann

(2000) Rees, DWA., Mechanics of solids and structures. Imperial College Press

(1997) Rees, DWA., Basic solid mechanics. Macmillan

(1990) Rees, DWA., The mechanics of solids and structures. McGraw-Hill Book Co Ltd