Dr Rachel Tomlinson
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Senior Lecturer
Year Tutor for Level 1
+44 114 222 7757
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School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Rachel Tomlinson was awarded her PhD in Experimental Mechanics from the University of 91Ö±²¥ in 1995 and graduated with a BEng degree in 1991 in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution. Rachel was appointed as a lecturer in 1998 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in January 2007.
Rachel is interested in experimental mechanics, full-field strain measurement, and fatigue and fracture. She works closely with industrial partners, having collaborated with a diverse range of companies such as Airbus, Rolls Royce, Syensqo, Arkema, Pilkington Glass, Qinetic, GKN, TWI, Saudi Aramco, and Severn Trent Water, in addition to having an interest in strain measurement for medical and dental applications.
- Research interests
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Her research is in the area of experimental solid mechanics, primarily in the development and use of optical instruments to measure strain with expertise in Photoelasticity, Thermoelastic Stress Analysis, Digital Image Correlation, and Experimental Fracture Mechanics. She is passionate about materials and measurement!
Current and recent research projects:
- Novel Coatings for full-field strain Measurement - with Airbus and Arkema
- Full Field Damage assessment of CFRP Composites using DIC and TSA - with Syensqo
- Stress Relaxation and Residual Stress in Fast Curing Composites - with Syensqo
- Electrofusion Couplers for Thermoplastic Pipes - with TWI and Saudi Aramco
- Modelling, Materials and Methods for investigating needle and spine insertion
- Strain measurement and analysis in orthopaedic applications - with 91Ö±²¥ Teaching Hospitals
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites.
- . International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 171, 271-277.
- . Strain, 54(2).
- . Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 96, 94-106.
- . Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 152, 81-87.
- . Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 149, 368-374.
- . Optical Engineering, 54(8).
- . Frattura ed Integrita Strutturale, 8(27), 13-20.
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18(S2), 692-693.
- . RAPID PROTOTYPING J, 17(4), 269-279.
- . P I MECH ENG C-J MEC, 223(11), 2615-2625.
- Combining thermo-photo elasticity for analysis of cracked bodies. JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 10(11), 2876-2881.
- . J STRAIN ANAL ENG, 43(6), 529-537.
- . CLIN ORAL IMPLAN RES, 19(6), 553-559.
- . ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, 75(3-4), 319-330.
- . OPT LASER ENG, 45(5), 550-564.
- . INT J HEAT FLUID FL, 27(6), 1054-1060.
- . EXP MECH, 46(5), 619-626.
- . J STRAIN ANAL ENG, 41(2), 171-182.
- . J STRAIN ANAL ENG, 41(2), 161-170.
- The use of infra-red detectors for determination of the fracture mechanics parameters. J OPTOELECTRON ADV M, 6(4), 1323-1329.
- . EXP MECH, 44(5), 487-494.
- Measuring stress intensity factors during fatigue crack growth using thermoelasticity. FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 27(7), 571-583.
- The use of phase-stepping for the measurement of characteristic parameters in integrated photoelasticity. EXP MECH, 42(1), 43-50.
- . Experimental Mechanics, 42(1), 43-50.
- The effects of surface topography on the method of caustics. EXP MECH, 39(4), 335-342.
- On the feasibility of determining discrete photoelastic parameters using the multi-load method. J STRAIN ANAL ENG, 34(4), 295-299.
- . Strain, 35(2), 49-55.
- A study of residual caustics generated from fatigue cracks. FATIGUE FRACT ENG M, 20(10), 1467-1479.
- On determining stress intensity factors for mixed mode cracks from thermoelastic data. FATIGUE FRACT ENG M, 20(2), 217-226.
- THE PRACTICAL USE OF VIRTUAL REFLECTION CAUSTICS. FATIGUE FRACT ENG M, 16(6), 597-602.
- . Polymer Composites.
Conference proceedings papers
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- Modelling and testing of an electrofusion joint in thermoplastic composite pipes. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials
- Least Squares Approach To Optimize Electrofusion Welding Parameters of Glass/PE Thermoplastic Composite Pipes. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials
- MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF HEAT TRANSFER DURING ELECTROFUSION WELDING OF GLASS-PE THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PIPES. ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, Vol. 4 (pp 364-371)
- ELECTROFUSION WELDING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PIPES. ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, Vol. 1 (pp 22-28)
- . Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 7(1) (pp 537-544), 27 June 2018 - 29 June 2018.
- 3D Digital Photoelasticity for Load Transfer Measurements in Dental Applications. BSSM International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics Sept.2016
- The effect of particles in toughening and fracture behaviour in a resin system. 17th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Rhodes, Greece,
- Life assessment of particle interleaved CFRP laminates using lock-in thermography. 17th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, 4 July 2016 - 7 July 2016.
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- . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Vol. 8 (pp 39-45)
- . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Vol. 8 (pp 245-252)
- . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Vol. 4 (pp 67-73)
- . BEIAC 2013 - 2013 IEEE Business Engineering and Industrial Applications Colloquium (pp 822-826)
- Measuring crack tip strain at the microscale. Proc. Joint ISEM, ACEM, SEM, 7th ISEM. Taipei, 8 November 2012 - 11 November 2012.
- Fracture parameter extraction from DIC displacement field in epoxies. Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. Porto, Portugal, 22 July 2012 - 27 July 2012.
- Mixed-mode (I/II) fracture study of epoxies using digital image correlation. Proc of 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. Porto, Portugal, 22 July 2012 - 27 July 2012.
- Mixed-mode (I/II) fracture study of epoxies using digital image correlation. 15th European Conference of Composite Mechanics (ECCM15). Venice, Italy, 24 June 2012 - 28 June 2012.
- MIXED-MODE (I/II) FRACTURE STUDY OF EPOXIES USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION. ICEM15: 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS
- FRACTURE PARAMETER EXTRACTION FROM DIC DISPLACEMENT FIELD IN EPOXIES. ICEM15: 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS
- . Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 70 (pp 153-158)
- . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Vol. 6 (pp 275-278)
- Crack tip stress fields under biaxial loads using TSA. Society for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2010, Vol. 2 (pp 1025-1028)
- Development of a versatile pulsed magneto-polariscope. Society for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009, Vol. 3 (pp 1767-1775)
- Using selective laser sintering to produce scaled structural models. Society for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2009, Vol. 4 (pp 2752-2761)
- T-stress determination using TSA and DIC. 17th European Conference on Fracture 2008: Multilevel Approach to Fracture of Materials, Components and Structures, Vol. 1 (pp 595-602)
- A photoelastic investigation into spontaneous glass fracture. Society for Experimental Mechanics - 11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2008, Vol. 4 (pp 1829-1836)
- T-stress determination using digital image correlation. Society for Experimental Mechanics - 11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2008, Vol. 1 (pp 511-517)
- The viability of using thermoelastic stress analysis on rubber at small strain. Society for Experimental Mechanics - 11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2008, Vol. 3 (pp 1237-1244)
- Advances in the characterization of the residual stress distribution in thermally toughened glass - Using pulsed magneto-photoelasticity. Society for Experimental Mechanics - 11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2008, Vol. 4 (pp 1837-1845)
- Streaming Birefringence - A Step Forward. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS VI, Vol. 13-14 (pp 23-28)
- Thermal effects in viscoelastic materials. Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. The Netherlands, 1 July 2007 - 6 July 2007.
- Thermoelastic investigation of crack paths. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. The Netherlands, 1 July 2007 - 6 July 2007.
- The development and application of magnetophotoelasticity. Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics. The Netherlands, 1 July 2007 - 6 July 2007.
- Investigation of interacting fatigue cracks using thermoelastic stress analysis. 8th International Conference on Multiaxial Fatigue & Fracture. 91Ö±²¥, 10 June 2007 - 14 June 2007.
- Improvements in the application of pulsed magnetophotoelasticity. Proceedings of the SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2007, Vol. 3 (pp 2006-2013)
- Application of an Advanced Fourier Polarimetry in Tomographic Photoelasticity. Proceedings of Photomechanics 2006. Clermont-Ferrand, France, 10 July 2006 - 12 July 2006.
- Investigation Of Crack Closure Using Thermoelastic Stress Analysis. Proceedings of the European Conference on Fracture 2006. Greece, 2 July 2006 - 4 July 2006.
- The design and commissioning of a novel tomographic polariscope. Proceedings of the 2006 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2006, Vol. 3 (pp 1141-1147)
- . Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 3-4 (pp 229-234)
- Industrial applications of thermoelastic stress analysis. Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 1-2 (pp 165-170)
- The application of thermoelastic stress analysis to compressor vanes. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEM IX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS (pp 84-87)
- An investigation of crack closure using thermoelasticity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEM IX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS (pp 137-139)
- Integrated birefringence applied to solids and fluids - A review. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 507-512)
- Evaluating characteristic parameters in integrated photoelasticity. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 495-500)
- Examination of Crack Tip Plasticity Using Thermoelastic Stress Analysis. SEM Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics. Conneticut, 13 June 2011 - 16 June 2011.
- Teaching activities
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- MEC11003 Fundamental Engineering Science
- MEC102 Materials Under Stress
- MEC444 Industrial Experimental Methods for Engineering Problems
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Member of the British Society for Strain Measurement and actively organises conferences and seminars
- Member of the Women’s Engineering Society