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In England, those who have hitherto pursued science, have in general no very reasonable grounds of complaint; they knew, or should have known, that there was no demand for it, that it led to little honour, and to less profit.
-- Charles Babbage


Publications and Conference Papers

Journal Publications

P.Caton-Rose, J.Sweeney, T.L.D.Collins and P.D.Coates, "Finite element simulation of geogrid manufacture using large deformation elastic formulation", Plastics, Rubber and Composites, Vol. 29, No. 1, p51, (2000).

E.C.Brown, T.L.D.Collins, A.J.Dawson, P.Olley, P.D.Coates, "Ultrasound: A virtual instrument approach for monitoring of polymer melt variables", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp331-338, (1999).

J.Sweeney, T.L.D.Collins, P.D.Coates and R.A.Duckett, "High-temperature large strain viscoelastic behaviour of polypropylene modeled using an inhomogeneously strained network", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 72, No. 4, p563 (1999).

J.Sweeney, T.L.D.Collins, P.D.Coates, I.M.Ward , "Application of an elastic model to the large deformation, high temperature stretching of polypropylene", Polymer, Vol. 38, No. 24, pp5991-5999, (1997).

J.Sweeney, T.L.D.Collins, P.D.Coates, A.P.Unwin and I.M.Ward, "Large deformations of semicrystalline polymer modeled using the necking network concept", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp228 232 (1997).

D.I.Green, T.L.D.Collins, G.R.Davies, and I.M.Ward, "Structure and mechanical properties of a thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester", Polymer, Vol. 38, No. 21, pp5355-5361 (1997).

J.Sweeney, T.L.D.Collins, P.D.Coates, A.P.Unwin and I.M.Ward, "Large deformations of semicrystalline polymer modeled using the necking network concept", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology - Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp228-232 (1997).

T.L.D.Collins, A.J.McCaffery, J.P.Richardson, R.J.Wilson, and M.J.Wynn, "Velocity dependent state-to-state differential cross-sections for rotational transfer in Li2 -Xe using velocity selected double-resonance", J.Chem.Phys., Vol. 102, No. 11, pp4419 4443, (1995).

T.L.D.Collins, A.J.McCaffery, J.P.Richardson, M.J.Wynn, "Spectroscopic determination of the state-to-state differential cross-section by velocity selected double-resonance", Phys. Rev. Letts. Vol. 70, No. 22, pp3392 3395, (1993).

Timothy L.D. Collins, Anthony J.McCaffery, Michael J. Wynn, "Two-color sub-Doppler circular dichroism: a four vector correlation molecular dynamics experiment for inelastic and reactive collisions", Faraday Discussions Vol. 91, pp91 96, (1991).

T.L.D.Collins, A.J.McCaffery, M.J.Wynn, "Two-color sub-Doppler circular dichroism: a four vector correlation molecular dynamics experiment", Phys. Rev. Letts. Vol. 66,No. 2, p137, (1991).

Conference Papers

E.C.Brown, P.Olley, T.L.D.Collins and P.D.Coates, "Ultrasonic investigations of process variation in-line during single screw extrusion and injection moulding: real time detection of temperature profile and material degradation", Proceedings of the fifteenth annual meeting of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS 15), May 31 - June 4 (1999), s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Paper No. 246.

E.C.Brown, P.Olley, T.L.D.Collins and P.D.Coates, "Ultrasonic investigation of process variation during single screw extrusion and injection moulding: real time detection of temperature profile and material", Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE ANTEC '99), May 2-6 (1999), New York, USA.

E.C.Brown, T.Collins, A.J.Dawson, P.Olley, P.D.Coates, 'Melt process monitoring of extrusion and injection moulding variables using ultrasound', Proceedings of the fourteenth annual meeting of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS 14), Yokohama, Japan, (1998).

E.C.Brown, T.L.D.Collins, A.J.Dawson, P.Olley and P.D.Coates, "Ultrasound: A virtual instrument approach for monitoring of polymer melt variables", Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE ANTEC '98), Atlanta, USA, (1998).

E.C.Brown, T.L.D.Collins, P.Olley and P.D.Coates, "An ultrasound virtual instrument approach towards melt flow rate measurement", Regional meeting of the Polymer Processing Society, Gothenburg, Sweeden, Paper No.4:14, August 19-21 (1997).

J.Sweeney, T.L.D.Collins, P.D.Coates, A.P.Unwin and I.M.Ward, "Large deformations of semicrystalline polymer modeled using the necking network concept". McNU'97 joint ASME, ASCE, SES summer meeting, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, June 29-July 2 (1997).

J.Sweeney, P.Caton-Rose, T.L.D.Collins, P.D.Coates, I.M.Ward, "Finite element analysis of solid phase processing of polymers using a molecular based constitutive equation", Proceedings of the thirteenth annual meeting of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS 13), New York, USA, June 10-13 (1997).



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