Neil Bourne

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• 2022

  Mechanistic insights into the initial explosion in the deflagration-to-detonation transition

  Feagin, T. A., Heatwole, E. M., Eastwood, D. S., Lopez-Pulliam, I., Connolley, T., Bourne, N. K. & Parker, G. R., Aug 2022, In: Combustion and Flame. 242, 112175.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Initial Explosion 100%
  • Transition to Detonation 100%
  • Deflagration 100%
  • Applicability 20%
  • Convective 20%
• 2021

  4D micro-scale, phase-contrast X-ray imaging and computed tomography of HMX-based polymer-bonded explosives during thermal runaway

  Parker, G., Eastwood, D., Storm, M., Vitharana, K., Heatwole, E. M., Lopez-Pulliam, I., Broilo, R. M., Dickson, P. M., Martinez, A., Rau, C. & Bourne, N. K., 6 Jan 2021, In: Combustion and Flame. 226, p. 478-489 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Tomography 100%
  • Phase Contrast 100%
  • Porosity 100%
  • HMX 100%
  • Fluorine Containing Polymer 100%
  224 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  4D synchrotron X-ray microtomography of fracture in nuclear graphite after neutron irradiation and radiolytic oxidation

  Wade-zhu, J., Krishna, R., Bodey, A. J., Davies, M., Bourne, N., Rau, C., Davies, B., Tzelepi, A., Jones, A., Marsden, B. & Mummery, P., 30 Oct 2020, In: Carbon. 168, p. 230-244

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Oxidation Reaction 100%
  • X-Ray Microtomography 100%
  • Neutron Irradiation 100%
  • Crack Arrest 66%
  • Crack Tip 33%

• Advances on Mode I Fracture Testing in Brittle and Quasi-Brittle Materials with X-Ray Tomography

  Cornet, A., Eastwood, D., Bourne, N. K., Mummery, P., Cady, C. M. & Rau, C., 2 Nov 2020, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2272, 100005.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Test Sample 100%
  • Strain Field 100%
  • Plastic Strain 100%
  • Elastic Strain 100%
  • Crack Propagation 100%

• Impact failure in two silicates revealed by ultrafast, in situ, synchrotron X-ray microscopy

  Bourne, N. K., Mirihanage, W., Olbinado, M., Rack, A. & Rau, C., 25 Jun 2020, In: Scientific Reports.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Silicate 100%
  • Borosilicate Glass 33%
  • Amorphous Material 33%
• 2018

  The Taylor Cylinder Response of PC and PMMA

  Resnyansky, A. D., Bourne, N. & Brown, E. N., 2018, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 070026.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Polycarbonate 100%
  • Fracture Behavior 50%
  • Impact Loads 50%
  • Rod 50%
  • Constitutive Model 50%
  135 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Materials science: Atomistic views of deformation

  Bourne, N. K., 2017, In: Nature. 550, 7677, p. 461-463 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• On compression and damage evolution in two thermoplastics

  Bourne, N., Garcea, S., Eastwood, D., Parry, S., Rau, C., Withers, P., Mcdonald, S. & Brown, E. N., 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Damage Evolution 100%
  • Polyetheretherketone 100%
  • Thermoplastics 100%
  • High Strain Rate 50%
  • Deformation Behavior 50%
• 2016

  Dynamic damage in carbon-fibre composites

  Bourne, N., Parry, S., Townsend, D., Withers, P., Soutis, C. & Frias, C., 13 Jul 2016, In: Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 374, 20160018.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• On the Shock Response of Polymers to Extreme Loading

  Bourne, N., 1 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials. 2, 1, p. 33-42 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Response and representation of ductile damage under varying shock loading conditions in tantalum

  Bronkhorst, C. A., Gray, G. T., Addessio, F. L., Livescu, V., Bourne, N. K., MacDonald, S. A. & Withers, P. J., 28 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 119, 8, 085103.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Shock Loads 100%
  • Loading Condition 100%
  • Damage Evolution 100%
  • Peak Stress 100%
  • Loading Path 100%
  262 Downloads (Pure)

• The Effects of Changing Chemistry on the Shock Response of Basic Polymers

  Millett, J. C. F., Brown, E. N., Gray III, G. T., Bourne, N., Wood, D. C. & Appleby-Thomas, G., 2016, In: Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Shear Strength 100%
  • Thermoplastics 100%
  • Electronegativity 33%
  272 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  On strength at yield in condensed matter

  Bourne, N. K., 2015, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 46, 10, p. 4491-4497 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Defects 100%
  • Length Scale 100%
  • Yield Stress 100%
  • Strain Rate 100%
  • Pulse Rate 100%
• 2014

  On the Ultimate Strength of Condensed Matter

  Bourne, N. K., 2014, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 46, 10, p. 1-8 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Orientation dependence of shock induced dislocations in tantalum single crystals

  Pang, B., Jones, I., Chiu, Y., Millett, J., Whiteman, G. & Bourne, N., 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 522, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Single Crystal 100%
  • Tantalum 100%
  • Orientation Dependence 100%
  • Crystalline Material 50%
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy 50%

• Phase transition modeling of polytetrafluoroethylene during Taylor impact

  Resnyansky, A. D., Bourne, N. K., Brown, E. N., Millett, J. C. F., Rae, P. J., McDonald, S. A. & Withers, P. J., 2014, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 116, 22

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Production of a high-velocity water slug using an impacting technique

  Dehkhoda, S. & Bourne, N. K., 2014, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 85, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stagnation Pressure 100%
  • Water Hammer 100%

• Shear strength developments during shock loading in tantalum alloys: Effects of cold work and alloying

  Millett, J. C. F., Whiteman, G., Bourne, N. K., Case, S. & Gray, G. T., 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 500, 11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The behaviour of niobium and molybdenum during uni-axial strain loading

  Millett, J. C. F., Cotton, M., Bourne, N. K., Park, N. T. & Whiteman, G., 2014, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 115, 7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Axial Strain 100%
  • Peierls Stress 100%
  • Molybdenum 100%
  • Niobium 100%
  • Ultimate Tensile Strength 66%

• The influence of shock-loading path on the spallation response of Ta

  Gray, G. T., Bourne, N. K., Livescu, V., Trujillo, C. P., MacDonald, S. & Withers, P., 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 500, 11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shock Loads 100%
  • Loading Path 100%
  • Damage Evolution 100%
  • Tomography 33%
  • Electron Backscatter Diffraction 33%

• The limits of strength in materials in the condensed phase

  Bourne, N. K., 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 500, 11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dynamic Loads 100%
  • Solid Mechanics 100%
  • Yield Stress 100%
  • Theoretical Strength 100%
  • Bond Strength 100%

• The threshold for hydrodynamic behaviour in solids under extreme compression

  Bourne, N. K., 2014, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 116, 9

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Elastic Wave 100%
  • Extreme Loading 100%
  • Peak Pressure 100%
  • Peak Stress 100%
  • Stress Amplitude 100%

• Three-dimensional characterisation and simulation of deformation and damage during Taylor impact in PTFE

  Resnyansky, A. D., McDonald, S. A., Withers, P. J., Bourne, N. K., Millett, J. C. F., Brown, E. N. & Rae, P. J., 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 500, 18

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• X-ray microtomography study of the spallation response in Ta-W

  McDonald, S. A., Cotton, M., Millett, J. C. F., Bourne, N. K. & Withers, P. J., 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 500, 11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2013

  The role of cold work on the shock response of tantalum

  Millett, J. C. F., Whiteman, G., Park, N. T., Case, S. & Bourne, N. K., 2013, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 113, 23, 233502.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2012

  On designing structures for extreme environments

  Bourne, N. K., Oct 2012, In: International Journal of Impact Engineering. 48, p. 107-115 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mechanical Load 100%
  • Collected Data 100%
  • Infinite Time 100%
  • Deformation Mechanism 100%

• On the Failure and Dynamic Performance of Materials

  Bourne, N. K., Feb 2012, In: Experimental Mechanics. 52, 2, p. 153-159 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dynamic Performance 100%
  • Deformation Mechanism 100%
  • Rod 50%
  • Material Behavior 50%
  • Polycrystalline Ceramic 50%
• 2011

  Constitutive modeling of shock response of polytetrafluoroethylene

  Resnyansky, A. D., Bourne, N. K., Millett, J. C. F. & Brown, E. N., 2011, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 110, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Constitutive Modeling 100%
  • Nonequilibrium 100%
  • Crystalline Material 100%
  • Constitutive Model 50%
  • Wave Loading 50%

• Materials' physics in extremes: Akrology

  Bourne, N. K., Oct 2011, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 42, 10, p. 2975-2984 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Deformation Mechanism 100%
  • Shock Loads 50%
  • Material Response 50%
  • Past Year 50%
  • Modern Computer 50%

• On the behaviour of body-centred cubic metals to one-dimensional shock loading

  Millett, J. C. F., Bourne, N. K., Park, N. T., Whiteman, G. & Gray, G. T., Jun 2011, In: Journal of Materials Science. 46, 11, p. 3899-3906 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shock Loads 100%
  • Tungsten 100%
  • Tantalum 66%
  • Metal 33%
  • Shear Strength 33%

• Shear strength measurements in a shock loaded commercial silastomer

  Millett, J. C. F., Whiteman, G., Stirk, S. M. & Bourne, N. K., 11 May 2011, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 44, 18, 185403.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shock (Circulatory) 100%
  • Cross-Link 14%
• 2010

  Influence of anisotropy (crystallographic and microstructural) on spallation in Zr, Ta, HY-100 steel, and 1080 eutectoid steel

  Gray, G. T., Bourne, N. K., Vecchio, K. S. & Millett, J. C. F., May 2010, In: International Journal of Fracture. 163, 1-2, p. 243-258 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Anisotropy 100%
  • Carbon Steel 100%
  • Eutectoid Steel 100%
  • Nucleation 50%
  • Damage Evolution 50%

• On kinetics of failure in, and resistance to penetration of metals and ceramics

  Bourne, N. K., 1 Nov 2010, In: Advances in Applied Ceramics. 109, 8, p. 480-486 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Defects 100%
  • One Dimensional 100%
  • Critical Mechanism 100%
  • Penetration Time 100%
  • Deformation Mechanism 100%

• On the behaviour of the magnesium alloy, AZ61 to one-dimensional shock loading

  Millett, J. C. F., Stirk, S. M., Bourne, N. K. & Gray, G. T., Oct 2010, In: Acta Materialia. 58, 17, p. 5675-5682 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shock Loads 100%
  • One Dimensional 100%
  • Az61 Magnesium Alloy 100%
  • Shear Strength 100%
  • Magnesium Alloy 100%

• The role of aging on the mechanical and microstructural response of aluminum 6061 to one-dimensional shock loading

  Millett, J. C. F., Bourne, N. K., Chu, M. Q., Jones, I. P., Gray, G. T. & Appleby-Thomas, G., 1 Oct 2010, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 108, 7, 073502.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Heat Treatment 100%
  • Shock Loads 100%
  • One Dimensional 100%
  • Shock Front 100%
  • Shear Strength 100%
• 2009

  Lateral stress and shear strength behind the shock front in three face centered cubic metals

  Millett, J. C. F., Whiteman, G. & Bourne, N. K., 2009, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 105, 3, 033515.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shear Strength 100%
  • Stacking Fault 100%
  • Stainless Steel 304L 66%
  • Mechanical Testing 33%
  • Intermetallics 33%

• On the shock compression of polycrystalline metals

  Bourne, N. K., Millett, J. C. F. & Gray, G. T., 2009, In: Journal of Materials Science. 44, 13, p. 3319-3343 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Microstructure 100%
  • Polycrystalline Metal 100%
  • Deformation Mechanism 100%
  • Defects 75%
  • Mesoscale 50%

• On the shock response of cubic metals

  Bourne, N. K., Gray, G. T. & Millett, J. C. F., 2009, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 106, 9, 091301.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Defects 100%
  • Intermetallics 100%
  • Shock Loads 100%
  • Microstructure 66%
  • Face-Centered Cubic 66%

• Shock and awe

  Bourne, N. K., 2009, In: Physics World. 22, 1, p. 26-29 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2008

  Modeling shock waves in orthotropic elastic materials

  Vignjevic, R., Campbell, J. C., Bourne, N. K. & Djordjevic, N., 2008, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 104, 4, 044904.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Volumetric Strain 100%

• On the influence of chain morphology on the shock response of three thermoplastics

  Bourne, N. K. & Millett, J. C. F., Feb 2008, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 39, 2, p. 266-271 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Entanglement 100%
  • Thermoplastics 100%
  • Engineering Application 50%
  • Dynamic Response 50%
  • Chain Carbon 50%

• Shock, release and Taylor impact of the semicrystalline thermoplastic polytetrafluoroethylene

  Bourne, N. K., Brown, E. N., Millett, J. C. F. & Gray, G. T., 2008, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 103, 7, 074902.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Release Wave 100%
  • High Strain Rate 50%
  • Mesoscale 50%
  • Strain Rate 50%
  • Crystalline Phase 50%

• Tacticity in shocked polymer hydrocarbons

  Bourne, N. K. & Millett, J. C. F., Jan 2008, In: Journal of Materials Science. 43, 1, p. 185-189 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Microstructure 100%
  • Applied Stress 100%
  • Lateral Stress 100%
  • Low Shear Strength 100%
  • Shear Strength 100%

• The behavior of Ni, Ni-60Co, and Ni3Al during one-dimensional shock loading

  Millett, J. C. F., Bourne, N. K. & Gray, G. T., Feb 2008, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 39, 2, p. 322-334 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shock Loads 100%
  • One Dimensional 100%
  • Face-Centered Cubic 50%
  • Pulse Duration 50%
  • Stacking Fault Energy 50%

• The relation of failure under 1D shock to the ballistic performance of brittle materials

  Bourne, N. K., Aug 2008, In: International Journal of Impact Engineering. 35, 8, p. 674-683 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Brittleness 100%
  • Ultimate Tensile Strength 25%
  • Shear Strength 25%
  • Strain Measurement 25%
  • Shock Loads 25%

• The role of anisotropy in the response of the titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V to shock loading

  Millett, J. C. F., Whiteman, G., Bourne, N. K. & Gray, G. T., 2008, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 104, 7, 073531.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shock Loads 100%
  • Lateral Stress 100%
  • Radial Direction 100%
  • Ti-6al-4v Alloy 100%
  • Shear Strength 100%

• The shock response of aluminium foams

  Bourne, N. K., Bennett, K., Milne, A. M., MacDonald, S. A., Harrigan, J. J. & Millett, J. C. F., Jan 2008, In: Scripta Materialia. 58, 2, p. 154-157 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Density 100%
  • X-Ray Microtomography 100%
  • Input File 100%
• 2007

  On the Hugoniot elastic limit in polycrystalline alumina

  Bourne, N. K., Millett, J. C. F., Chen, M., McCauley, J. W. & Dandekar, D. P., 2007, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 102, 7, 073514.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Polycrystalline Alumina 100%
  • Elastic Limit 100%
  • Aluminum Oxide 100%
  • Microstructure 50%
  • Polycrystalline Ceramic 50%

• The effect of orientation on the shock response of a carbon fibre-epoxy composite

  Millett, J. C. F., Bourne, N. K., Meziere, Y. J. E., Vignjevic, R. & Lukyanov, A., Dec 2007, In: Composites Science and Technology. 67, 15-16, p. 3253-3260 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Epoxy Composite 100%
  • Stress Pulse 100%
  • Carbon Fiber 100%
  • Two Dimensional 50%
  • Constant Velocity 50%

• The shock response, simulation and microstructural determination of a model composite material

  McDonald, S. A., Millett, J. C. F., Bourne, N. K., Bennett, K., Milne, A. M. & Withers, P. J., Dec 2007, In: Journal of Materials Science. 42, 23, p. 9671-9678 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Composite Material 100%
  • Reinforced Plastic 50%
  • X-Ray Microtomography 50%
  • Polymer Matrix Composite 50%