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Michael J. Worswick

Michael J. Worswick

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
7894
World Ranking
1309
National Ranking
55

Research.com Recognitions

  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Michael J. Worswick is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering. Their research primarily spans multiple subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main areas of study focus on topics such as Metal Forming Simulation Techniques, Metallurgy and Material Forming, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis, Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties, Mechanical Behavior of Composites, and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties.

The scientist has a publication record featuring papers in several notable venues, such as:

  • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
  • Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
  • Journal of Materials Processing Technology
  • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Metals

Recent publications include the following:

  • "Mechanical properties and failure behavior of resistance spot welded third-generation advanced high strength steels" (2021), Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • "Experimental stress state-dependent void nucleation behavior for advanced high strength steels" (2020), International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • "Failure characterization and meso-scale damage modeling of spot welds in hot-stamped automotive steels using a hardness-mapping approach" (2022), Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "Shear band formation at the fusion boundary and failure behaviour of resistance spot welds in ultra-high-strength hot-stamped steel" (2020), Science and Technology of Welding & Joining
  • "Friction characterization and application to warm forming of a high strength 7000-series aluminum sheet" (2021), Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Michael J. Worswick has published a book chapter as part of "NUMISHEET 2022" under Springer International Publishing.

Frequent collaborators include C. Butcher, E. Biro, Abdelbaset R.H. Midawi, Pedram Samadian, and Ryan George. The scientist has been associated with The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • High strain rate tensile testing of automotive aluminum alloy sheet

    R. Smerd;S. Winkler;C. Salisbury;M. Worswick

  • Compressive response of polymeric foams under quasi-static, medium and high strain rate conditions

    Simon Ouellet;Duane Cronin;Michael Worswick

  • Electromagnetic forming of aluminum alloy sheet: Free-form and cavity fill experiments and model

    D.A. Oliveira;M.J. Worswick;M. Finn;D. Newman

  • Effect of cooling rate on the high strain rate properties of boron steel

    Alexander Bardelcik;Christopher P. Salisbury;Sooky Winkler;Mary A. Wells

  • Hot forming of boron steels using heated and cooled tooling for tailored properties

    R. George;A. Bardelcik;M.J. Worswick

  • Tensile characterization and constitutive modeling of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet over wide range of strain rates and temperatures

    I. Ulacia;C.P. Salisbury;I. Hurtado;M.J. Worswick

  • The Effect of Tool–Sheet Interaction on Damage Evolution in Electromagnetic Forming of Aluminum Alloy Sheet

    J. M. Imbert;S. L. Winkler;M. J. Worswick;D. A. Oliveira

  • Introduction of an Electromagnetism Module in LS-DYNA for Coupled Mechanical-Thermal-Electromagnetic Simulations

    Pierre L'Eplattenier;Grant Cook;Cleve Ashcraft;Mike Burger

  • Strain rate sensitivities of deformation mechanisms in magnesium alloys

    Huamiao Wang;Huamiao Wang;Peidong Wu;Srihari Kurukuri;Michael J. Worswick

  • Void growth and constitutive softening in a periodically voided solid

    M. J. Worswick;R. J. Pick

  • A strain rate sensitive constitutive model for quenched boron steel with tailored properties

    A. Bardelcik;M.J. Worswick;S. Winkler;M.A. Wells

  • Mechanical response of AZ31B magnesium alloy: Experimental characterization and material modeling considering proportional loading at room temperature

    D. Ghaffari Tari;M.J. Worswick;U. Ali;M.A. Gharghouri

  • Rate sensitivity and tension-compression asymmetry in AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet

    Srihari Kurukuri;Michael J. Worswick;Dariush Ghaffari Tari;Raja K. Mishra

  • Influence of Material Properties on the Ballistic Performance of Ceramics for Personal Body Armour

    Christian Kaufmann;Duane Cronin;Michael Worswick;Gilles Pageau

  • The Use of genetic algorithm and neural network to predict rate-dependent tensile flow behaviour of AA5182-O sheets

    Arash Jenab;Iman Sari Sarraf;Daniel E. Green;Taamjeed Rahmaan

  • Assessment of the Critical Parameters Influencing the Edge Stretchability of Advanced High-Strength Steel Sheet

    N. Pathak;C. Butcher;M. Worswick

  • The influence of martensite, bainite and ferrite on the as-quenched constitutive response of simultaneously quenched and deformed boron steel – Experiments and model

    Alexander Bardelcik;Michael J. Worswick;Mary A. Wells

  • Damage Evolution in Complex-Phase and Dual-Phase Steels during Edge Stretching

    Nikky Pathak;Cliff Butcher;Michael James Worswick;Erika Bellhouse

  • Crash response of advanced high-strength steel tubes: Experiment and model

    Nader Abedrabbo;Robert Mayer;Alan Thompson;Christopher Salisbury

  • Effect of strain rate on flow stress and anisotropy of DP600, TRIP780, and AA5182-O sheet metal alloys

    T. Rahmaan;A. Bardelcik;J. Imbert;C. Butcher

  • The numerical simulation of stretch flange forming

    M.J. Worswick;M.J. Finn

Frequent Co-Authors

Raja K. Mishra
Raja K. Mishra General Motors (United States)
Eric Maire
Eric Maire Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Y. Zhou
Y. Zhou University of Waterloo
Adrian P. Gerlich
Adrian P. Gerlich University of Waterloo
Peidong Wu
Peidong Wu McMaster University
David Wilkinson
David Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute

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