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The Composites and Coatings Group in the Gordon Laboratory at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.
The Materials Science and Metallurgy Department of Cambridge University is situated in the heart of Cambridge, including part of the old Cavendish Laboratory. With an academic staff of about 30, 100 research fellows and 140 PhD students, the Department has been very successful in promoting academic and technological advances with many key industrial partners.
The Composites and Coatings Group is headed by Professor Bill Clyne, who is also the Director of the Gordon Laboratory.
The most recents projects being undertaken with the two MML NanoTestTM/ MicroTestTM systems located in the Gordon Laboratory are:
Nanoindentation over a wide range of temperatures
This project involves the installation of a combined NanoTestTM/MicroTestTM system in a vacuum chamber, in order to carry out high and low temperature testing under vacuum or in an inert atmosphere.
Nano and Micro- impact studies
The unique pendulum design of the MML NanoTestTM allows impact testing to be carried out over a range of conditions. A current project is focussed on technical and modelling innovations designed to obtain information about material response at high strain rates and during repeated mechanical loading.
For further details of these projects, and other ongoing research activities at the Gordon Laboratory, go to the Group web-page - http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/mmc and click on “Research” or “Group Equipment”.
