Debes Bhattacharyya

Debes Bhattacharyya is a Professor of mechanical engineering and a Director of the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials. His current research and activities include manufacturing of composites from recycled thermoplastics and woodfibre; injection moulding of woodfibre-thermoplastic composites; extrusion of woodfibre-thermoplastic composites; and manufacturing and thermoforming of biocomposite sheets.

Biography Updated on 13 March 2008

Personal Home Page

http://www.mech.auckland.ac.nz/staffpages/debes.htm

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Properties of nano-ZnO/poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(ethylene oxide) composite thin films
    Current Applied Physics, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 42–47, 2008
  2. Rotational molding cycle time reduction through surface-enhanced molds, Part B: Experimental study
    Polymer Engineering & Science, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1420–1429, 2007
  3. Rotational molding cycle time reduction through surface enhanced molds: Part A—Theoretical study
    Polymer Engineering & Science, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1406–1419, 2007
  4. Exploring the non-elastic compression deformation of dry glass fibre reinforcements
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 183–200, 2007
  5. Contribution of Coalescence to Microfibril Formation in Polymer Blends during Cold Drawing
    Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 183–194, 2007
  6. Sol?Gel Preparation and Characterization of Lithium Disilicate Glass?Ceramic
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 90, no. 5, pp. 1592–1596, 2007
  7. MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF ROTOMOULDED WOLLASTONITE-REINFORCED POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES
    International Journal of Modern Physics B, vol. 21, no. 7, p. 1059, 2007
  8. Thermoforming of wood veneer composite sheets
    Holzforschung, vol. 61, no. 5, pp. 558–562, 2007
  9. Machinability investigation of medium-density fibreboard
    Holzforschung, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 71–77, 2006
  10. Application of Halpin–Tsai equation to microfibril reinforced polypropylene/poly(ethylene terephthalate) composites
    Composite Interfaces, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 331–344, 2006
  11. International Journal of Modern Physics B, vol. 20, no. 25 & 27, p. 4613, 2006
  12. An experimental investigation of non-elastic deformation of fibrous reinforcements in composites manufacturing
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 858–867, 2006
  13. Simulating the deformation mechanisms of knitted fabric composites
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1897–1915, 2006
  14. Microfibril reinforced polymer–polymer composites: Application of Tsai-Hill equation to PP/PET composites
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 66, no. 16, pp. 3161–3171, 2006
  15. Particulate reinforced rotationally moulded polyethylene composites – Mixing methods and mechanical properties
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 66, no. 13, pp. 2080–2088, 2006
  16. Stress relaxation of woodfiber–thermoplastic composites
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 102, no. 1, pp. 401–407, 2006
  17. Viscoelastic properties of poly(butylene terephthalate)/poly(ethylene naphthalate) blends
    Journal of Materials Science, vol. 40, no. 18, pp. 4775–4783, 2005
  18. Determination of critical material parameters for numerical simulation of acrylic sheet forming
    Journal of Materials Science, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 399–410, 2005
  19. Experimental and numerical study of buckling response of composite shells compressed transversely between rigid platens
    Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 478–486, 2005
  20. Hybrid thermoplastic composites using ceramic reinforcements
    Plastics, Rubber and Composites, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 85–92, 2005
  21. Strain analysis in bulk forming of wood
    Holzforschung, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 456–458, 2005
  22. Mechanical properties of plasma-treated sisal fibre-reinforced polypropylene composites
    Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 1027–1045, 2004
  23. Mechanical performance of woodfibre–waste plastic composite materials
    Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 307–319, 2004
  24. Effects of plasma treatment in enhancing the performance of woodfibre-polypropylene composites
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 1363–1374, 2004
  25. Enhancement of convective heat transfer to polymer manufacturing molds
    Polymer Engineering & Science, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 114–124, 2004
  26. NMR analysis of poly(ethylene naphthalate) + poly(butylene terephthalate) blends
    Materials Research Innovations, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 269–274, 2003
  27. Thermoforming woodfibre–polypropylene composite sheets
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 63, no. 3-4, pp. 353–365, 2003
  28. Multiple regression and neural networks analyses in composites machining
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 63, no. 3-4, pp. 539–548, 2003
  29. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 2597–2606, 2003
  30. Viscoelastic Behaviour of Wood Fibres during the Hot Pressing of Medium Density Fibreboard
    Holzforschung, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 391–399, 2003
  31. Plasma treatment of sisal fibres and its effects on tensile strength and interfacial bonding
    Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 703–727, 2002
  32. Forming performance and biodegradability of woodfibre–Biopol™ composites
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 1123–1134, 2002
  33. Some aspects of the properties of nylon-6, 6/poly(ethylene naphthalate) blends
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 82, no. 6, pp. 1504–1514, 2001
  34. Reduction of Residual Stresses in Medium Density Fibreboard. Part 1. Taguchi Analysis
    Holzforschung, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 67–72, 2001
  35. Reduction of Residual Stresses in Medium Density Fibreboard. Part 2. Effects on Thickness Swell and Other Properties
    Holzforschung, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 73–81, 2001
  36. Roll forming continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic sheets: experimental analysis
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1395–1407, 2000
  37. Determination of Residual Stresses in Medium Density Fibreboard
    Holzforschung, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 176–182, 2000
  38. Determination of longitudinal and transverse shear behaviour of continuous fibre-reinforced composites from vee-bending
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 29, no. 1-2, pp. 39–49, 1998
  39. A direct comparison of matched-die versus diaphragm forming
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 29, no. 1-2, pp. 183–188, 1998
  40. Chip formation in the machining of SiC-particle-reinforced aluminium-matrix composites
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 285–291, 1998
  41. A study of hole drilling in Kevlar composites
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 267–283, 1998
  42. Production and evaluation of secondary composite aircraft components—a comprehensive case study
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 481–489, 1997
  43. CRYOGENIC MACHINING OF KEVLAR COMPOSITES
    Materials and Manufacturing Processes, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 631–651, 1993
  44. Modelling of metal extrusion using the ? package
    Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 93–111, 1992