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Alan Nesbitt
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 19
Citations - 478
Alan Nesbitt is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Epoxy & Curing (chemistry). The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 19 publications receiving 434 citations. Previous affiliations of Alan Nesbitt include Glyndŵr University.
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Comparison of the mechanical and physical properties of a carbon fibre epoxy composite manufactured by resin transfer moulding using conventional and microwave heating
TL;DR: In this paper, microwave heating was incorporated into the resin transfer molding technique, and a 50% cure cycle time reduction was achieved by using carbon fiber/epoxy composites.
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Effect of cure cycle heat transfer rates on the physical and mechanical properties of an epoxy matrix composite
TL;DR: In this paper, the use of the Quickstep method for the processing of an epoxy/carbon fiber aerospace material was compared to equivalent composites produced using an autoclave process.
Hygrothermal Degradation of 977-2A Carbon-Epoxy Composite Laminates Cured Via Autoclave and Quickstep.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of hygrothermal degradation of the flexural, interfacial and glass transition properties of polymeric composites cured in an autoclave and then conditioned in a climatic chamber at 70 C and 85% RH until reaching the limit of saturation.
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Hygrothermal degradation of 977-2A carbon/epoxy composite laminates cured in autoclave and Quickstep
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of hygrothermal degradation of the flexural, interfacial and glass transition behaviors of polymeric composites cured at a relatively high ramp rate of 10 Kmin −1 (typical of Quickstep processing) were investigated.
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Development of a microwave calorimeter for simultaneous thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy and dielectric measurements
Alan Nesbitt,Parnia Navabpour,B. Degamber,C. Nightingale,T Mann,Gerard Franklyn Fernando,Richard J. Day +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a single mode resonant cavity was used as the heating cell in the microwave calorimeter for microwave thermal analysis and the dielectric properties of the sample, as a function of the extent of cure, were obtained using perturbation theory from the changes in resonant frequency and quality factor of the microwave cavity during heating.