Dr Yanmeng Xu

Dr Xu is a tribologist and has extensive knowledge in the subjects of Engineering Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Product Design & Development. He is very experienced in the area of failure analysis for the engineering products, and the area of materials application in support of the engineering products in the oil and gas field.

His significant contributions in the research of materials and manufacturing have managed to attract funding from EPSRC and major industrial companies such as BP and Shell. He is also often approached by various companies to provide technical consultancy on materials properties and applications, product design, and failure analysis.

Dr Xu has published 20 research and technical papers in the leading international journals.

Brief biography

Dr Xu obtained his PhD from the University of Southampton in 2004. After completing his PhD study, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow for 5 years at University of Cambridge, Leeds University and Brunel University. Before he joined in Brunel University in July 2010, he worked as a Materials and Forensic Engineer at John Crane Ltd, at where he obtained extensive industrial experience. Dr Xu obtained his Master’s degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1998, and his Bachelor’s degree from Harbin University of Science and Technology in 1993, China.

Research Interests

I am currently interested in the research area of printing materials and devices using the Inkjet Printing Technology.

Teaching

• Module leader for DM1602, Workshops with Materials
• Module teaching contributor for DM1309, Mechanics
• Supervision MSc, PhD research students and final year undergraduate students

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Xu, Y. and Mellor, BG., Application of acoustic emission to detect damage mechanisms of particulate filled thermoset polymeric coatings in four point bend tests, SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY 205 (23-24) : 5478- 5482

(2010) Gashi, B., Edwards, MR., Sermon, PA., Courtney, L., Xu, Y. and Harrison, DJ., Measurement of 9mm cartridge case external temperatures and its forensic application, Forensic Science International 200 (1-3) : 21- 27

(2010) Xu, Y., Harrison, DJ., Hay, G., Hopwood, AJ., Gashi, B., Edwards, MR., Courtney, L. and Sermon, PA., Design and manufacture of surface textures on gun cartridge cases to trap DNA material, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 224 (8) : 1229- 1238

(2006) Hutchings, IM., Xu, Y., Sánchez, E., Ibáñez, MJ. and Quereda, MF., Porcelain tile microstructure: Implications for polishability, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 26 (6) : 1035- 1042

(2006) Sánchez, E., Ibáñez, MJ., García-Ten, J., Quereda, MF., Hutchings, IM. and Xu, YM., Porcelain tile microstructure: Implications for polished tile properties, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 26 (13) : 2533- 2540

(2006) Xu, Y. and Hutchings, IM., Cold spray deposition of thermoplastic powder, Surface and Coatings Technology 201 (6) : 3044- 3050

(2005) Hutchings, IM., Xu, Y., Sánchez, E., Ibáñez, MJ. and Quereda, MF., Development of surface finish during the polishing of porcelain ceramic tiles, Journal of Materials Science 40 (1) : 37- 42

(2005) Hutchings, IM., Adachi, K., Xu, Y., Sánchez, E., Ibáñez, MJ. and Quereda, MF., Analysis and laboratory simulation of an industrial polishing process for porcelain ceramic tiles, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 25 (13) : 3151- 3156

(2003) Xu, YM. and Mellor, BG., A comparative study of the wear resistance of thermoplastic and thermoset coatings, Wear 255 (1-6) : 722- 733

(2003) Miguel, JM., Guilemany, JM., Mellor, BG. and Xu, YM., Acoustic emission study on WC–Co thermal sprayed coatings, Materials Science and Engineering: A 352 (1-2) : 55- 63

(2001) Xu, YM. and Mellor, BG., The effect of fillers on the wear resistance of thermoplastic polymeric coatings, Wear 251 (1-12) : 1522- 1531

(1998) Kim, J-D., Xu, Y-M. and Kang, Y-H., Study on the characteristics of Magneto-Electrolytic-Abrasive Polishing by using the newly developed nonwoven-abrasive pads, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 38 (9) : 1031- 1043

Conference Papers

(2006) Hutchings, IM., Xu, Y., Sánchez, E., Ibáñez, MJ. and Quereda, MF., Optimisation of the polishing process for porcelain ceramic tiles, 9th World Congress on Ceramic Tile Quality (Qualicer '06), Proceedings of Qualicer '06 389- 414

(2004) Hutchings, IM., Adachi, K., Xu, Y., Sánchez, E. and Ibáñez, MJ., Laboratory simulation of the industrial ceramic tile polishing process [Simulación a escala de laboratorio del proceso de pulido industrial de baldosas cerámicas], 8th World Congress on Ceramic Tile Quality (Qualicer '04), Proceedings of Qualicer 2004 19- 30

(2002) Xu, Y. and Mellor, BG., The impact resistance of bulk polymeric materials, 3rd European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) TC4 Conference on Polymers and Composites, Proceedings of 3rd ESIS TC4 Connference

(1997) Xu, Y-M. and Kim, J-D., A study on the characteristics of magnetic electrolytic abrasive polishing of difficult-to-cut materials, 1997 International Conference on Precision Engineering (ICOE '97), ICPE'97: Proceedings of the International Conference on Precision Engineering 237- 242

(1997) Xu, Y-M. and Kim, J-D., A study on the characteristics of nonwoven abrasive pads by magneto-electrolytic-abrasive polishing (in Korean), Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) 1997 Spring Annual Meeting A, Proceedings of the KSME 1997 Spring Annual Meeting A 643- 648

(1997) Xu, Y-M. and Kim, J-D., A study on the development of nonwoven abrasive pads and characteristics of electrolytic machining, Korean Society of Machine-Tool Engineers (KSMTE) 1997 Fall Annual Meeting, Proceedings of KSMTE 1997 Fall Annual Meeting 190- 195

(1997) Xu, Y-M. and Kim, J-D., A study on the development of nonwoven abrasive pads of SiC/Al2O3 (in Korean), Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) 1997 Fall Annual Meeting A, Proceedings of KSME 1997 Fall Annual Meeting A 815- 820

(2000) Xu, Y. and Mellor, BG., The effect of fillers on the wear resistance of thermoplastic polymeric coatings, 6th Postgraduate Conference in Engineering Materials

(2001) Xu, Y. and Mellor, BG., Instrumented impact testing of polymeric materials, 7th Postgraduate Conference in Engineering Materials, Proceedings of the 7th Postgraduate Conference in Engineering Materials 29- 30