• Journal and Conference Papers
• NPL Measurement Good Practice Guides
• NPL Reports
• Measurement Notes

Journal and Conference Papers

• Modelling non-linear creep behaviour of an epoxy adhesive
  G Dean
  International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives
• Prediction of the Impact Performance of Plastics Mouldings Part 1:
  Materials Models and Determination of Properties
  G D Dean and L E Crocker
  submitted to Plastics, Rubbers and Composites, March 2006
• Prediction of the Impact Performance of Plastics Mouldings Part 2:
  Finite Element Simulations
  L E Crocker and G D Dean
  submitted to Plastics, Rubbers and Composites, March 2006
• Moisture ingress and joint durability
  B Duncan, S Roberts, J Urquhart, M Lodeiro and R Mera
  Proc. Adhesion '05 Ninth International Conference on the Science and Technology of Adhesion and Adhesives, Oxford, 7-9 September 2005.
• Modelling creep in toughened adhesives for finite element analysis
  G Dean, J Urquhart and S Roberts
  Proc. Adhesion '05 Ninth International Conference on the Science and Technology of Adhesion and Adhesives, Oxford, 7-9 September 2005.
• Predicting the Deformation Behaviour of Cavitating Materials
  Louise E Crocker and Greg D Dean
  ABAQUS USERS’ CONFERENCE, May 18–20, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden
• Testing requirements for design with plastics under impact loading
  G Dean
  Polymer Testing, 2004
• Demonstration on the Use of Predictive Analysis for Determining Deformation and Failure in Structural Joints
  WR Broughton, LE Crocker and GD Dean
  SAE VII Conference Proceedings, Bristol, July 2004
• Prediction of Deformation and Failure of Rubber-Toughened Adhesive Joints
  G Dean, L Crocker, B Read and L Wright
  Int. J. Adhesion and Adhesives 24 (2004) pp 295-306
• Analysis of Joint Tests on an Epoxy Adhesive
  L Crocker and G Dean
  Proceedings of Euradh 2202/Adhesion ‘02, Institute of Materials, September 2002
• Modelling the Behaviour of Plastics for Design Under Impact
  G. Dean and B. Read
  Polymer Testing, vol. 20 pp677-683 (2001)
• Modelling Non-linear Stress/Strain Behaviour of Rubber Toughened Plastics
  B. Read and G. Dean
  Plastics, Rubber and Composites, vol. 30 no.7 pp 328-335 (2001).
• The application of rubber material models to analyse flexible adhesive joints
  LE Crocker, BC Duncan, JM Urquhart, RG Hughes and A Olusanya
  Proceedings of Adhesion ’99, Institute of Materials, September 1999
• An Evaluation of the Use of Finite Element Analysis for Predicting the Deformation of Plastics Under Impact Loading
  G Dean and L Wright
  Polymer Testing.
• Prediction of Strain Localisation Caused by Yielding Using Finite Element Analysis
  G. Dean and L. Wright
  Benchmark magazine.

NPL Measurement Good Practice Guides

• Prediction of the impact performance of plastics using finite element methods
  Dean, G D, Crocker, L E
  Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 87, February 2006.
• Predicting and measuring the 'feel' of soft-touch thermoplastic elastomers
  Tomlins, P, Petrie, H, King, N, Crocker, L E, Gee, M G, Dean, G D, Rides, M
  Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 86, 2006.
• The Use of Finite Element Methods for Design with Adhesives
  G Dean and L Crocker
  Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 48, August 2001
• Characterisation of Flexible Adhesives for Design
  B Duncan and L Crocker
  Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 45, August 2001
• Preparation and Testing of Bulk Specimens of Adhesives
  G Dean and B Duncan
  Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 17, June 1999

NPL Reports

• DEPC-MPR-043 Prediction of the Impact Performance of Plastics Mouldings
  G D Dean and L E Crocker.
• DEPC-MPR-035 - A Method for Predicting the Perceived Hardness of Soft-Touch Elastomeric Coatings and Over-Mouldings
  L E Crocker, G D Dean and P E Tomlins.
• DEPC-MPR-012 - Review of Measurement and Modelling of Permeation and Diffusion in Polymers
  B Duncan, J Urquhart and S Roberts.
• DEPC-MPR-011 - A Review of Creep Modelling for Toughened Adhesives and Thermoplastics
  GD Dean and WR Broughton.
• DEPC-MPR-007 - Determination of Material Properties and Parameters Required for
  the Simulation of Impact Performance of Plastics using Finite Element Analysis
  G Dean and R Mera.
• DEPC-MPR-003 - Modelling creep in toughened epoxy adhesives for finite element analysis
  G Dean and R Mera.
• DEPC-MPR 002 - Assessment of Predictive Analysis for Bonded and Bolted T-Joints
  WR Broughton, LE Crocker, MRL Gower and RM Shaw
• MATC (A) 161 - Tests for Strength of Adhesion
  B Duncan, E Arranz, L Crocker and J Urquhart
• MATC (A) 124 - Finite Element Assessment of Geometric and Material
  Property Effects on the Strength and Stiffness of Bonded and Bolted T-Joints
  L E Crocker, M R L Gower and W R Broughton
• MATC (A) 120 - A Comparison of the Data Requirements and Predictive Accuracies of the Cavitation Model
  and a Simple Model for Non-linear Behaviour in Finite Element Systems
  G. Dean, B. Read and L. Wright.
• MATC (A) 105 - Comparison of the Measured and Predicted Deformation of a Circular Plate of an ABS Polymer Under Centre Loading
  G. Dean and L. Wright.
• MATC (A) 88 - Analysis of Failure Tests on Uniaxial Tensile and Plate Specimens of ABS
  G. Dean and L. Wright.
• MATC (A) 77 - Influence of Strain Rate and Temperature on the Stress/Strain Behaviour of Rubber-Toughened Plastics
  B. Read, G. Dean and L. Wright.
• MATC (A) 75 - A Further Evaluation of the Cavitation Model for Rubbertoughened Plastics
  G. Dean, B. Read and L. Wright.
• MATC (A) 67 - Review of Tests for Adhesion Strength
  B Duncan and L Crocker
• MATC (A) 65 - Design Requirements for Bonded and Bolted Composite Structures
  W R Broughton, L E Crocker and M R L Gower
• MATC (A) 43 - Temperature Dependance of the Properties of an Epoxy Adhesive
  L Crocker and G Dean
• MATC (A) 40 - Analysis of Joint Tests on an Epoxy Adhesive
  G Dean and L Crocker
• MATC (A) 36 - Failure of Flexible Adhesive Joints
  Duncan BC, Crocker LE, JM Urquhart, E Arranz, R Mera and W Broughton
• MATC (A) 35 - Effects of Cavity Growth and Orientation Hardening on the Stress/strain Behaviour of Rubber Toughened Plastics
  B. Read, G. Dean and L. Wright.
• MATC (A) 27 -Strength of Adhesive Joints: A Parametric Study
  W Broughton, L Crocker and J Urquhart
• CMMT (A)301 - A Proposed Model for the Non-linear Stress/strain Behaviour of Rubber Toughened Plastics
  B. Read, G. Dean and L. Wright.
• CMMT (A) 299 - Deformation of a Centrally Loaded Circular Plate of a Thermoplastic Material:
  Comparison of Measurements with Predictions using Finite Element Analysis
  G. Dean and L. Wright.
• CMMT (A) 293 - Comparison of the Measured and Predicted Deformation of an Adhesively Bonded Lap-Joint Specimen
  G Dean and L Crocker
• CMMT (A) 286 - Measurement methods for obtaining volumetric coefficients for hyperelastic modelling of flexible adhesives
  L Crocker and B Duncan
• CMMT (A) 285 - Evaluation of hyperelastic finite element models for flexible adhesive joints
  BC Duncan, LE Crocker and JM Urquhart
• CMMT (A) 266 - Illustrations of the Application of Finite Element and Processing Simulation Analyses to Plastics
  G. Dean, R. Shastri and R. Hunt.
• CMMT (A) 256 - Committee Draft of an ISO Guide to the Acquisition and Presentation of Design Data for Plastics
  G. Dean and R. Shastri.
• CMMT (A) 226 – October 1999 – Verification of Hyperelastic test methods
  (BC Duncan, AS Maxwell, LE Crocker and RA Hunt).
• CMMT (A) 207 – Evaluation of the T-joint using the finite element method
  W R Broughton and G Hinopolous
• CMMT (A) 206 – Evaluation of the single-lap joint using finite element analysis
  W R Broughton and G Hinopolous
• CMMT (A) 204 – An improved modeling approach of moisture absorption in adhesive joints using the finite element method
  W R Broughton and G Hinopolous
• CMMT (A) 198 – Comparison of the measured and predicted performance of adhesive joints under impact
  G Dean, G Lord and B Duncan
• CMMT (A) 183 –Hyperelastic modelling of flexible adhesives
  (LE Crocker, BC Duncan, RG Hughes and JM Urquhart), May 1999.
• CMMT (A) 178– Measurement methods for time-dependent properties of flexible adhesives
  (BC Duncan and AS Maxwell), May 1999.
• CMMT (A) 158 - A proposed failure criterion for tough adhesives
  GD Dean and LE Crocker
• CMMT (A) 134 – Comparison of impact and high rate tests for determining properties of adhesives and polymers needed for design under impact loading
  B C Duncan and A Pearce
• CMMT (A) 117 – An evaluation of yield criteria for adhesives for finite element analysis
  G Dean, B Duncan and F Hu
• CMMT (A) 102 – The application of finite element methods to the design of adhesive joints
  G Dean, B Read and B Duncan
• CMMT (A) 59 – Constitutive models and their data requirements for use in finite element analysis of adhesives under impact loading
  M N Charalambides and G Dean

Measurement Notes

• DEPC-MN-028 - Measurement of Failure in Tough Plastics at High Strain Rates
  G D Dean and R D Mera
• MATC (MN) 49 - Tests for Strength of Adhesion
  B Duncan, E Arranz, L Crocker and J Urquhart
• MATC (MN) 29 - Geometric and Material Property Effects on the Performance of Adhesive T-Joints
  L E Crocker and W R Broughton
• MATC (MN) 10 - Geometric and Material Property Effects on the Strength of Rubber-toughened Adhesive Joints
  W Broughton, L Crocker and J Urquhart
• MATC (MN) 09 - Tensile Testing of Adhesive Butt-joint Specimens
  L Crocker and G Dean
• CMMT (MN) 57 – Preparation of Bulk Adhesive Test Specimens
  B C Duncan
• CMMT (MN) 54 – Test Methods for Determining Hyperelastic Properties of Flexible Adhesives
  B C Duncan