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Dr Francis Franklin

Lecturer

  • Email: francis.franklin@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3494
  • Fax: +44 (0) 191 208 8600
  • Personal Website:
  • Address: University of 缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    Stephenson Building
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
    United Kingdom
Background

Qualifications

PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Tribology) from Sheffield University, 1999
MSc Industrial Mathematics from Strathclyde University, 1995 (Joint course between Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian)
BSc (Hons) in Mathematical Physics from Edinburgh University, 1994

Previous Positions

Research Associate at Sheffield University 2000-2004
Research Associate at 缅北禁地 (NewRail) 2004-2007

Research

Research Interests

  1. Metaheuristic methods for structural optimisation, e.g., of domed roofs.
  2. Computer modelling of materials and microstructural.
  3. Damage evolution in rail steels leading to wear and/or crack initiation.
  4. Laboratory analysis of low-adhesion leaf film (i.e., the notorious 'Leaves on the Line').

Other Expertise

  1. Computer programming, mainly in C/C and Python; including Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
  2. Python scripting in ANSYS Spaceclaim for 3D geometric modelling.

Postgraduate Supervision

1 current & 3 completed PhD students, studying:

  1. Analysis and optimisation of ship structure.
  2. Structural optimisation of dome roof structures.
  3. Effect of heat generation at the wheel-rail interface on wear and crack initiation.
  4. Bridge dynamic response to trains passing.
Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Stage 4 (also PGT) Railway component of Drives & Dynamics
  • Stage 4 (also Stage 3 / PGT) Arduino basics
  • Stage 3 Structural optimisation: Bending, buckling, Castigliano; further introduction to Static Structural ANSYS
  • Stage 2 Mechanics: Failure of Materials (Stress in 3D; Contact Mechanics; Crack Growth); Can/Ski lab supervision
  • Stage 2 Arduino Lab: Introduction (Previously the PIC lab)
  • Stage 1&2 Matlab (The basics, up to animations and ODEs) [Not recently, although now for new PGT students] 


Publications
  • Franklin FJ, Widiyarta I, Kapoor A. . Wear 2001, 251(1-12), 949-955.
  • Kapoor A, Franklin FJ, Wong SK, Ishida M. . Wear 2002, 253(1-2), 257-264.
  • Franklin FJ, Chung T, Kapoor A. . Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 2003, 26(10), 949-955.
  • Hiensch EJM, Franklin FJ, Nielsen JCO, Ringsberg JW, Weeda G-J, Kapoor A, Josefson BL. . Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 2003, 26(10), 1007-1017.
  • Ringsberg JW, Franklin FJ, Josefson BL, Kapoor A, Nielsen JCO. . International Journal of Fatigue 2005, 27(6), 680-694.
  • Franklin FJ, Weeda G-J, Kapoor A, Hiensch EJM. . Wear 2005, 258(7-8), 1048-1054.
  • Vasic G, Franklin FJ, Kapoor A, Lucanin V. . International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 2008, 2(1/2), 84-97.
  • Franklin FJ, Garnham JE, Fletcher DI, Davis CL, Kapoor A. . Wear 2008, 265(9-10), 1332-1341.
  • Widiyarta IM, Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . Wear 2008, 265(9-10), 1325-1331.
  • Fletcher DI, Franklin FJ, Garnham JE, Muyupa E, Davis CL, Kapoor A, Widiyarta M, Vasic G. . International Journal of Railway 2008, 1(3), 106-112.
  • Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2007, 221(1), 23-33.
  • Garnham JE, Franklin FJ, Fletcher DI, Kapoor A, Davis CL. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2007, 221(1), 45-58.
  • Franklin FJ, Garnham JE, Fletcher DI, Davis CL, Kapoor A. . In: 7th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems. 2006, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Franklin FJ, Garnham JE, Fletcher DI, Davis CL, Kapoor A. . In: Presented at Contact Mecahnics (CM). 2006, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Widiyarta IM, Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . In: 7th International Conference on Contact mechanics and wear of rail/wheel systems. 2006, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Kapoor A, Fletcher DI, Franklin FJ, Beagels AE, Burstow M, Allen R, Evans G, Jaiswal J. . London, UK: Railway Safety and Standards Board, 2005. Deliverable 1 Literature Review.
  • Kapoor A, Fletcher DI, Franklin FJ, Vasic G, Smith L. . In: 11th International Conference on Fracture (ICF11). 2005, Turin, Italy.
  • Alwahdi F, Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . Wear 2005, 258(7-8), 1031-1037.
  • Hiensch M, Larsson PO, Nilsson O, Levy D, Kapoor A, Franklin F, Nielsen J, Ringsberg JW, Lennart Josefson B. . Wear 2005, 258(7-8), 964-972.
  • Franklin FJ, Fletcher DI, Kapoor A. . In: World Congress on Rail research. 2003, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Hiensch M, Larsson PO, Nilsson O, Lecy D, Kapoor A, Franklin FJ, Nielsen J, Ringsberg JW, Josefson BL. . In: World Congress on Rail research. 2003, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Fletcher DI, Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 2003, 26(10), 957-967.
  • Vasic G, Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . Rail Research UK Association: University of Newcatle upon Tyne, 2003. Final Report of the Start up Project for RRUK.
  • Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . The University of Sheffield, UK, 2003. Final report of the start up project for RRUK.
  • Kapoor A, Fletcher DI, Franklin FJ. . In: Tribological Research and Design for Engineering Systems: 29th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology. 2003, Leeds, UK: Elsevier.
  • Kapoor A, Ringsberg JW, Josefson BL, Franklin FJ. . In: Eighth International Fatigue Congress. 2002, Stockholm, Sweden: Higher Education Press UK.
  • Kapoor A, Fletcher DI, Franklin FJ, Alwahdi F. . In: MEC/AK/AEAT. 2002, Sheffield, UK.
  • Hiensch M, Kapoor A, Josefson BL, Ringsberg JW, Nielsen J, Franklin FJ. . In: 5th World Congress on Railway Research: WCRR 2001. 2001, Cologne, Germany: WCRR.
  • Franklin FJ, Kapoor A. . Tribology Series: Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces 2000, 38, 105-114.
  • Kapoor A, Franklin FJ. . Wear 2000, 245(1-2), 204-215.
  • Franklin FJ and Kapoor A. Mechanics of Wear. From Conventional Components to MEMS. In: Tribology Issues and Opportunities in MEMS. 1997, Columbus, Ohio.
  • Vasic G, Franklin FJ. . In: 9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2012). 2012, Chengdu, China.
  • Vasic G, Franklin FJ, Fletcher DI. . Wear 2011, 270(3-4), 163-171.
  • Franklin FJ, Gahlot A, Fletcher DI, Garnham JE, Davis C. . WEAR 2011, 271(1-2), 357-363.
  • Garnham JE, Fletcher DI, Davis CL, Franklin FJ. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2011, 225(F2), 165-178.
  • Marin D, Fairlie M, Bunton P, Nwosu CN, Parker J, Franklin F, Novakovic K. . Chemical Engineering Journal 2017, 327, 889-897.
  • Tanaskovic JD, Franklin FJ, Disic A, Miskovic Z. . Experimental Techniques 2017, 41(4), 421-431.
  • Ulianov C, Franklin FJ, Hyde P, Shaltout R. . In: 18th International Wheelset Congress (IWC 2016). 2016, Chengdu, China: IEEE.
  • Barbinta CI, Ulianov C, Franklin F, Cretu S. . In: Transport Research Arena, TRA 2014. 2014, Paris, France: IFSTTAR, France.
  • Alwahdi FAM, Kapoor A, Franklin FJ. . Wear 2013, 302(1-2), 1453-1460.