Dr. Abdul Syed
Dr. Abdul Khadar Syed obtained his undergraduation degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India in 2005 and Double MSc in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering from Lulea University of Technology, Sweden and Saarland University, Germany in 2008. In 2010, he joined The Open University for his PhD study on Durability of Bonded Crack retarders for Aerospace and awarded a PhD in Aug-2014.
During his PhD, he investigated the novel structural concept i.e. bonded crack retarders for life enhancements and improving airframe structural integrity and damage tolerance of the critical aircraft structures.
The conclusions derived from his PhD will provide information for researchers and aircraft structural designers to improve the performance and life of critical aircraft structures and the possibilities of incorporating the bonded crack retarder concept in the initial design and fabrication stages.
In Novermber 2014 he joined Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University as a Research Associate. Currently his research centres around the residual stress measurements, material performance of additively manufactured alloys and metal matrix composites.
- Abdul Khadar Syed, Michael E Fitzpatrick, James E Moffatt, Evolution of residual stress during fatigue crack growth in an aluminium specimen with a bonded crack retarder, Composite Structures, Vol 117, pp.12-16, 2014.
- Abdul Khadar Syed, Michael E Fitzpatrick, James E Moffatt, Effect of thermal residual stresses on bonded structures containing cold expanded and bolted holes, Advanced Materials Research, Vol 996, pp. 682-687, 2014.
- M. B. Heinimann, R. Maziarz, L. Castelletti, V. Naik, P. E. Irving, D. Figueroa, J. Doucet, X. Zhang, M. Boscolo, M. E Fitzpatrick, A. K. Syed, J. E. Moffatt, C. D. M. Liljedahl, Use of Bonded Crack Retarders to Improve Damage Tolerance of Wing Covers, AEROMAT 25-The Latest World in Aerospace Materials, Orlando, Florida, 16-19 June, 2014.
