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83
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2407
National Ranking
697

Overview

John W. Gillespie is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to the study of mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, and materials chemistry. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, notably including polymers and plastics as well as civil and structural engineering.

Their research addresses several key topics such as mechanical behavior of composites, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, polymer crystallization and properties, and the processes involved in epoxy resin curing. Additional areas of focus include high-velocity impact and material behavior, structural response to dynamic loads, and high voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena.

Frequent collaborators in their research endeavors include Suresh G. Advani, Sanjib C. Chowdhury, Bazle Z. Haque, Christopher S. Meyer, and Joseph M. Deitzel. These partnerships have contributed to a range of publications emphasizing composite materials and their applications.

The venues in which John W. Gillespie has published most often reflect their expertise. Notable publication outlets include Composites Part B Engineering, SSRN Electronic Journal, Polymer, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, and Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Selected recent publications by this scientist are:

  • Epoxy resin thermo-mechanics and failure modes: Effects of cure and cross-linker length, 2020, Composites Part B Engineering
  • Glass fiber-epoxy interactions in the presence of silane: A molecular dynamics study, 2020, Applied Surface Science
  • Influence of material and process parameters on microstructure evolution during the fabrication of carbon-carbon composites: a review, 2021, Journal of Materials Science
  • Mesoscale modeling of ballistic impact experiments on a single layer of plain weave composite, 2022, Composites Part B Engineering
  • Automated ReaxFF parametrization using machine learning, 2020, Computational Materials Science

Best Publications

  • Process-Induced Stress and Deformation in Thick-Section Thermoset Composite Laminates:

    Travis A. Bogetti;John W. Gillespie

  • Hopkinson bar experimental technique: A critical review

    Bazle A Gama;Sergey L Lopatnikov;John W Gillespie

  • On the Analysis and Design of the End Notched Flexure (ENF) Specimen for Mode II Testing

    L.A. Carlsson;J.W. Gillespie;R.B. Pipes

  • Two-Dimensional Cure Simulation of Thick Thermosetting Composites

    Travis A. Bogetti;John W. Gillespie

  • An analytical molecular structural mechanics model for the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

    J.R. Xiao;B.A. Gama;J.W. Gillespie

  • Moisture diffusion in epoxy systems

    M. R. Vanlandingham;R. F. Eduljee;J. W. Gillespie

  • Aluminum foam integral armor: a new dimension in armor design

    Bazle A Gama;Travis A Bogetti;Bruce K Fink;Chin-Jye Yu

  • Progressive damage and delamination in plain weave S-2 glass/SC-15 composites under quasi-static punch-shear loading

    J.R. Xiao;B.A. Gama;J.W. Gillespie

  • Notched Strength of Composite Materials

    R. Byron Pipes;Robert C. Wetherhold;John W. Gillespie

  • Dynamics of metal foam deformation during Taylor cylinder–Hopkinson bar impact experiment

    Sergey L. Lopatnikov;Bazle A. Gama;Md. Jahirul Haque;Carl Krauthauser

  • Finite element modeling of impact, damage evolution and penetration of thick-section composites

    Bazle A. Gama;John W. Gillespie

  • Prediction of process-induced residual stresses in thermoplastic composites

    T. J. Chapman;J. W. Gillespie;R. B. Pipes;J.-A. E. Månson

  • Local damage detection using the two-dimensional gapped smoothing method

    M.K. Yoon;D. Heider;J.W. Gillespie;C.P. Ratcliffe

  • Nanoscale Indentation of Polymer Systems Using the Atomic Force Microscope

    M. R. Vanlandingham;S. H. McKnight;G. R. Palmese;J. R. Elings

  • Relationships between stoichiometry, microstructure, and properties for amine-cured epoxies

    M. R. Vanlandingham;R. F. Eduljee;J. W. Gillespie

  • Analysis of thick functionally graded plates by using higher-order shear and normal deformable plate theory and MLPG method with radial basis functions

    D.F. Gilhooley;D.F. Gilhooley;R.C. Batra;J.R. Xiao;M.A. McCarthy

  • High performance conducting polymer actuators utilising a tubular geometry and helical wire interconnects

    Jie Ding;Lu Liu;Geoffrey M. Spinks;Dezhi Zhou

  • Rate-dependent mode I interlaminar crack growth mechanisms in graphite/epoxy and graphite/PEEK

    J.W. Gillespie;L.A. Carlsson;A.J. Smiley

  • Continuous fiber reinforced composites and methods, apparatuses, and compositions for making the same

    K. Vaidyanathan;Joseph Walish;Mark Fox;John Gillespie

  • Investigation of high-velocity impact on integral armor using finite element method

    Hassan Mahfuz;Yuehui Zhu;Anwarul Haque;Abdelmoniem Abutalib

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Heider
Dirk Heider University of Delaware
Suresh G. Advani
Suresh G. Advani University of Delaware
Leif A. Carlsson
Leif A. Carlsson Florida Atlantic University
Giuseppe R. Palmese
Giuseppe R. Palmese Rowan University
Tsu-Wei Chou
Tsu-Wei Chou University of Delaware
Romesh C. Batra
Romesh C. Batra Virginia Tech
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Limerick
Erik T. Thostenson
Erik T. Thostenson University of Delaware
Shaik Jeelani
Shaik Jeelani Tuskegee University
Weibang Lu
Weibang Lu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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