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Alan Crosky

Alan Crosky
Professor

School of Materials Science and Engineering
University of New South Wales
NSW 2052, Australia

Tel +61 2 9385 4424
Fax +61 2 9385 5956
Emai: a.crosky@unsw.edu.au



Research Areas

  • Biomaterials
  • Composites
  • Polymers
Education

  • BSc (Hons) in Metallurgy - University of New South Wales (1970)
  • PhD in Metallurgy - University of New South Wales (1977)
Recent Appointments

Hawker de Havilland

  • Materials Engineer (1978-1979)
  • Senior Engineer, Materials & Processes (1980 - 1986)
University of New South Wales

  • Lecturer (1987-1990)
  • Senior Lecturer (1990-1997)
  • Associate Professor (1998 - 2005)
  • Professor (2006 - present)
Visiting Appointments

  • Attached to Rolls-Royce Ltd., Bristol, July/December 1980
Research Interests

  • Aircraft materials and processes
  • Fibre reinforced composites, Metal matrix composites
  • Aluminium-lithium alloys, Nickel base superalloys
  • Adhesive bonding, fatigue, fracture, mechanical testing
  • Micro Raman spectroscopy
Teaching Areas

  • Materials engineering
  • Materials and design
  • Metal forming
  • Welding
  • Texture development
  • Fractography
  • NDT
  • Composites
Professional Societies

  • Institute of Metals & Materials, Australasia
  • American Society for Metals
  • Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering
Selected Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals

  1. Ruys, D., Crosky, A., Evans, W.J., (2002) "Natural bast fibre structure, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 17(1/2), 2-10.
  2. Li, R., Kelly, D., Crosky, A., (2002) "An evaluation of failure criteria for matrix induced failure in composite materials", Composite Structures, 57, 385-391.
  3. Li, R., Kelly, D., Crosky, A., (2002), "Strength improvement by fibre steering around a pin loaded hole", Composite Structures, 57, 377-383.
  4. Crosky, A., (2003) "Failure of a fair ground ride" Practical Failure Analysis, 3(1), 71-77.
  5. Li, W., Crosky, A., (2003) “Effect of cure pressure on behaviour of woven carbon/epoxy composite materials” International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 19 (3/4), 275-283.
  6. Crosky, A., Smith B., Hebblewhite B., (2003) "Failure of rock bolts in underground mines in Australia", Practical Failure Analysis, 3(2), 41-49.
  7. Lynch, P., Edwards, D.P., Crosky, A., (2004) "Failure of a screw in a helicopter fuel control unit: Was it the cause of a fatal crash?” Practical Failure Analysis, 4(5), 33-44.
  8. Buha, J., Lumley, R.N., Munroe, P.R., Crosky, A.G., Hill A.J., (2004) "Positron studies of precipitation in 6061 aluminium alloy", Materials Forum, 28, 1028-1033.
  9. Buha, J., Lumley R.N., Munroe, P.R., Crosky, A.G., (2004) "TEM analysis of an interrupted aged 6061 alloy", Materials Forum, 28, 1167-1172..
  10. Richards, B.S., Huong, N.T.P., Crosky, A., (2005) “Highly porous nanocluster TiO2 films deposited using APCVD in an excess of water vapour”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 152(7), F71-F74.
  11. Li, R., Kelly, D., Crosky, A., Schoen, H,, Smolich, L., (2006) "Joint efficiency of fibre steered composite joint using load path trajectories”, Journal of Composite Materials 40(18), 1645-1658 .
  12. Li, C., Crosky, A., (2006) An Overview of Self Healing Smart Composites, Aerospace Materials and Technology, 36(1), 5-15.
  13. Legrand, X, Crosky A., Kelly, D., Crepin D., (2006) Optimisation of fibre steering in composite laminates using a genetic algorithm, Composite Structures,75(1-4), 524-531.
  14. Morton, A.J., Lumley, R.N., Polmear, I.J., Buha, J., Crosky, A.G., (2006) “Secondary Precipitation in Aluminium Alloys and its Role in Modern Heat Treatment”, Materials Science Forum, 519-521, 283-290.
  15. Buha, J., Lumley R.N., Crosky, A.G., (2006) “Microstructural development and mechanical properties of interrupted aged Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloy”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 37A, 3119-3130.
  16. Crosky, A., Kelly, D., Li, R., Legrand, X., Huong, N. Ujjin, R., (2006) Improvement of bearing strength of laminated composites, Composite Structures, 76, 260-271.
  17. Li, C., Crosky, A., The effect of carbon fabric treatment on delamination of 2D C/C composites, Composites Science and Technology, 66, 2633-2638.
  18. Buha, J., Lumley R.N., Crosky, A.G., Hono, K, (2007) “Secondary precipitation in an Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloy”, Acta Materiala, 55(9), 3015-3024.
  19. Park, B.G., Crosky, A., Hellier, A.K., "Fracture toughness and behaviour of Al2O3-Al particulate metal matrix composites" submitted, Composites B
  20. Park, B.G., Crosky, A., Hellier, A.K., "Fracture toughness and behaviour of Al2O3-Al particulate metal matrix composites" submitted, Composites B.
Other Published Journal Papers

  1. Crosky A., (2002), "Magnesium castings update", Metal Casting Technologies, 48(1), 42-43 (Invited).
  2. Sanderson, R.J., Crosky, A., (2005) “Tyre crumb and milk-jug HDPE RIM composite”, Composites in Manufacturing 21(2) 1-12.
Refereed Published Conference or Symposia Papers

  1. Li, R., Kelly, D., Arima, S., Willgoss, R., Crosky, A., (2002) "Fiber steering around a cut-out in a shear loaded panel" Proceedings, 49th International SAMPE Symposium, Long Beach, CA, USA, 1853-1861.
  2. Evans, W.J., Isaac, D.H., Suddell, B.C., Crosky, A., (2002) "A survey into the application of natural fibre composites in the automotive industry", 4th International Symposium on Natural Polymers and Composites, Sao Pedro, SP, Brazil, 455-461.
  3. Evans, W.J., Isaac, D.H., Suddell, B.C., Crosky, A., (2002) "Natural fibres and their composites: A global perspective", Proceedings, 23rd Riso International Symposium on Materials Science: Sustainable Natural and Polymeric Composites - Science and Technology, Lilholt, H., Madsen, B., Toftegaard, H.L., Cendre, E., Megnis, M., Mikkelsen, L.P., Sorensen, B.F., eds., Riso, Denmark, 1-14. (keynote paper)
  4. Ho, T., Munroe, P.R., Crosky, A.G., Hoffman, M.J., (2002) "Materials engineering tutorials for architecture students using computer-aided learning", 13th Annual Conference for Australian Association for Engineering Education, Canberra, 293-298.
  5. Crosky, A., Smith B., Hebblewhite B., (2002) "Failure of rock bolts in underground mines in Australia", Proceedings, International Conference and Exhibition on Failure Analysis (CD), Melbourne, 1-7.
  6. Hebblewhite, B., Fabjanczyk, M., Gray, P., Crosky A. (2003) "Premature rock bolt failure through stress corrosion cracking (SCC)", 22nd Int’l Conf. On Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, USA, 218-225 (30%).
  7. Le, M., Ruys, D., Crosky, A., Foster, D., (2003) "Fabrication of biodegradable composites from flax and Mater-Bi", Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Eco-Composites, London, (CD) 1-5.
  8. Ujjin, R., Li, R., Kelly, D.W., Crosky, A., (2003) "Prediction of bearing failure in pin loaded joints", Proceedings, 10th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Brisbane, Paper AIAC 2003-33, (CD) 1-8.
  9. Buha, J., Lumley, A., Munroe, P.R., Crosky, A., (2003) "Effects of Interrupted Ageing on Microstructural Development and Mechanical Properties of an Al Alloy 6061", Proceedings, Third International Conference on Light Materials for Transportation Systems, Hawaii, November 2003.
  10. Buha, J., Lumley, R.N., Munroe, P.R., Crosky, A.G., Hill A.J., (2004) "Positron studies of precipitation in 6061 aluminium alloy", Proc. Ninth International Conference on Aluminium Alloys, ICAA92004, Brisbane, Australia, 2004 (40%).
  11. Buha, J., Lumley R.N., Munroe, P.R., Crosky, A.G., (2004) "TEM analysis of an interrupted aged 6061 alloy", Proc. Ninth International Conference on Aluminium Alloys, ICAA92004, Brisbane, Australia, 2004.
  12. Buha, J., Lumley R.N., Munroe, P.R., Crosky, A.G., (2004) "Microstructural development of interrupted aged aluminium alloy 6061", Proc, 8th Asian Pacific Conference on Electron Microscopy, Japan, 2004.
  13. Radjawane, C., Crosky, A., (2004) "Slat actuator rod end fracture", International Conference on Failure Analysis and Maintenance Technologies, Brisbane, IMEA, 1-6.
  14. Ujjin, R., Crosky, A., Schmidt, L., Kelly, D., Li, R., Carr, D., (2004) ”Prediction of initial failure and damage development during pin loading of a quasi-isotropic carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composite” Proceedings, The Second Aerospace Engineering Conference of Thailand, Chiengmai, Thailand, August 2004, 3-1 – 3-6.
  15. Ujjin, R., Crosky, A., Schmidt, L., Kelly, D., Li, R., Carr, D., (2004) ”Damage development during pin loading of a quasi-isotropic carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composite” Proceedings, International Conference on Structural Integrity and Failure, SIF 2004, Atrens A., Boland, J.N., Clegg, R., Griffiths, J.R. eds, Brisbane, 359-365.
  16. Hebblewhite B., Fabjanczyk, M., Gray, P., Crosky A. (2004) “Premature bolt failures in Australian coal mines due to stress corrosion cracking”, Proc., International Ground Support Conference, Perth 2004, 509-520.
  17. Huong, N., Crosky, A., Qi, B., Kelly, D., Li D.C., (2005) Effect of nanoclay content on mechanical behaviour of TGDDM epoxy nanocomposites, Proc Nanotech 2005, Anaheim, USA, Vol 2, 79-88.
  18. Sonet, T., Li, R., Legrand, X., Crosky, A., Kelly, D., (2005) “3-D modelling of the mechanical behaviour of laminated composites reinforced with a satin weave fabric using FEA”, Proc., Modern Science of Advanced Materials Conference, Townsville 2004, 1-6.
  19. Li, C., Crosky, A., Qi, B., Huong, N., “Investigation of nanophase alumina epoxy matrix composites”, Nano-China 2005, Beijing, June 2005.
  20. Li, C., Crosky, A., “The Effect of Carbon Fabric Treatment on Delamination of the 2D-C/C Composites”, Carbon 2005, Gyeongju, Korea, July 2005.
  21. Sanderson, R.J., Crosky, A., “Ground tyre crumb and milk packaging PE composites”, Proc., Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Conference, Sydney, July 2005.
  22. Allen, B,. Crosky, A., McAlpine, I., Hoffman, M., Munroe, P., “A blended approach to collaborative learning: Can it make large group teaching more student-centred?”, Proceedings, 23rd Ascilite Conference, Sydney, December 2006, 33-42.
Other Published Conference Papers

  1. Hugman, J., Richards, B.S., Crosky, A., (2002) "Phase characterisation of TiO2 thin films using micro-Raman spectroscopy and glancing angle x-ray diffraction", Proceedings, 2002 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD 2002), M. Gal, ed., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sydney, 181-184.
  2. Wieczorek, L., Crosky, A., Wei, G., Raguse, B., (2003) "Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy of mercaptopyridine using gold nanoparticles", Proc., 5th Australian Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Monash, 72-73.
  3. Hugman, J., Richards, B.S., Crosky, A., (2003) "Micro-Raman spectroscopy and glancing angle x-ray diffraction of TiO2 thin films", Proc., 5th Australian Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Monash, 116-117.
  4. Grawunder, S., Meure, S., Crosky, A., Burford, R., (2003) "Examination of phase separation in polypyrrole butadiene-rubber composites", Proc., 5th Australian Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Monash, 120-121.
  5. Hugman, J., Richards, B.S., Crosky, A., (2004) "Phase characterisation of TiO2 thin films using micro-Raman spectroscopy and glancing angle x-ray diffraction”, Proc., XIXth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Gold Coast, 204-205.
  6. Sanderson, R.J., Crosky, A., (2005) “Tyre crumb and milk jug HDPE RIM composite”, Proc., 5th Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC 5), February 2005.
Chapters in Books

  1. Baker, A.A., Crosky, A., Vodicka, R., Howe, C., (2004) Wells, A., “Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures” 2nd Edition, Baker A., Dutton, S., Kelly, D., eds, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 403-428
Professional Interests and Consulting

  • Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures. Participant in joints, certification and automotive composites programs of CRC-ACS.
  • Consultancy to industry through Unisearch Ltd. in areas of aircraft materials, failure analysis, composites and materials testing.
  
 


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