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Cliff Butcher
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Research
Latest papers
Damage Evolution in Complex-Phase and Dual-Phase Steels during Edge Stretching.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017
Latest funding
- $128,299
Critical Upgrade to Existing Mechanical Testing Equipment for Dynamic Testing of Biomedical and Biological/Bio-derived Materials under Relevant Operating Conditions.
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $206,669
Deep Learning Approach to Predicting Fatigue Strength of Gas Metal Arc Welds for Automotive Frame Applications Accounting for Manufacturing Variability
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $53,000
Multi-scale Fracture Modeling for Virtual Design of High Performance Automotive Stampings
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Damage Evolution in Complex-Phase and Dual-Phase Steels during Edge Stretching.
Pathak N, Butcher C, Worswick MJ, Bellhouse E, Gao J
Critical Upgrade to Existing Mechanical Testing Equipment for Dynamic Testing of Biomedical and Biological/Bio-derived Materials under Relevant Operating Conditions.
Principal investigators: Willett, Thomas
Keywords: mechanical performance; 3d printing / additive manufacturing; biopolymer nanocomposites; fracture; fatigue; oxidation; environmentally assisted cracking and fatigue; dynamic testing; high strain rate; bone
Deep Learning Approach to Predicting Fatigue Strength of Gas Metal Arc Welds for Automotive Frame Applications Accounting for Manufacturing Variability
Principal investigators: Biro, Elliot EJ
Keywords: advanced high strength steel; fatigue testing; gas metal arc welding; machine learning; manufacturing variability; numerical simulation
Multi-scale Fracture Modeling for Virtual Design of High Performance Automotive Stampings
Principal investigators: Butcher, Cliff
Keywords: plasticity characterization and modelling; fracture characterization and modelling; sheet metal formability; damage; micromechanics; sheared edge fracture; advanced high strength steel (uhss); high strength aluminum (6xxx & 7xxx); vehicle crash; non-linear strain paths
Characterization and Modelling of an Advanced 7xxx-Series Aluminum Alloy in Hot Forming for Enhanced Lightweighting and Crash Safety
Principal investigators: Butcher, Cliff CJ
Keywords: aluminum; anisotropic plasticity; automotive lightweighting; constitutive characterization; die quenching; digital image correlation; finite-element analysis; formability; hot forming; sheet metals
Advanced Plasticity Characterization and Modelling of Next Generation High Strength Aluminum Alloys for Vehicle Lightweighting
Principal investigators: Butcher, Cliff CJ
Keywords: anisotropic plasticity; constitutive characterization; digital image correlation (dic); experimental mechanics; finite-element analysis (fea); formability; forming tool design; high strength automotive aluminum; non-linear strain path (nlsp); springback
Microstructure-based modelling of spot weld failure in third generation advanced high strength steels
Principal investigators: Biro, Elliot EJ
High Definition Infrared Thermographic System for Microscopic Assessment of New and Emerging Lightweight Materials
Principal investigators: Montesano, Giovanni
Lightweighting of a Recreational Vehicle Frame Structure using Advanced High Strength Materials and Joining Processes
Principal investigators: Butcher, Cliff
Development of a Hot Stamping Process Model for a 2,000 MPa Ultra High Strength Steel
Principal investigators: Worswick, Michael
Elevated Temperature Forming of 7000-series Aluminum Automotive Structural Components
Principal investigators: Worswick, Michael
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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