Articles

For an overview of the statistics and statistical geometry of two and three dimensional fibre networks and measurements providing descriptors of structure and structural uniformity with particular emphasis on paper, though with relevance beyond this, see:

·         The structural characterisation of fibre networks in papermaking processes – A review. In The Science of Papermaking, Trans. XIIth Fund. Res. Symp. (ed. C.F. Baker), pp1205-1288, Pulp and Paper Fundamental Research Society, Bury, 2001.

For an overview of statistical geometry of two dimensional and layered fibre networks with emphasis on electrospinning, nanofibrous networks and scaffolds for tissue engineering, see:

·         Statistical geometry of pores and statistics of porous nanofibrous assemblies. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 2(4):309-318, 2005. (with S.J. Eichhorn)

Research articles are provided by following the links below.

Network structure

·         Theoretical insights into the influence of formation on structural characteristics of paper. Submitted to journal, June 2007.

·         The contribution of out-of-plane pore dimensions to the pore size distribution of paper and stochastic fibrous materials. In press, J. Porous Mater., 2007. (with S.J. Urquhart).

·         Inter-fibre contacts in random fibrous materials: experimental verification of theoretical dependence on porosity and fibre width. J. Mater. Sci. 41(24):8377-8381, 2006. (with W.J. Batchelor and J. He).

·         Effect of correlated free fibre lengths on pore size distribution in fibrous mats. In Advances in Paper Science and Technology. Trans. XIIIth Fund. Res. Symp. (S.J. I’Anson, ed.), pp943-960, FRC, Manchester, 2005. (with C.T.J. Dodson)

·         The statistics of inter-fibre contact in random fibre networks. J. Pulp Pap. Sci. 31(3):127-131, 2005 (with J. Sirviö).

·         A model for fibre contact in planar random fibre networks. J. Mater. Sci. 39(8):2775-2781, 2004.

·         The statistical geometry of fractional contact area in random fibre networks. J. Pulp Pap. Sci. 29(12):412-416, 2003.

·         Determination of spatial domain formation statistics using the Fast Fourier Transform. Pap. ja Puu, 85(7):403-408, 2003. (with S.J. I'Anson).

·         A multiplanar model for the pore radius distribution in isotropic near-planar stochastic fibre networks. J. Mater. Sci. 38(8):1617-1622, 2003.

·         The pore radius distribution in paper. Part II: The effect of laboratory beating. Appita J. 56(4):281-283, 2003. (with S. Roberts) .

·         The pore radius distribution in paper. Part I: The effect of formation and grammage. Appita J. 56(4):275-280, 2003 (with C.T.J. Dodson, A. Handley and Y. Oba).

·         On the determination of the variance of local grammage in random fibre networks by the line method. J. Pulp Pap. Sci. 28(8):259-261, 2002.

·         On the distributions of mass, thickness and density in paper. Appita J. 54(4):385-389, 2001. (with C.T.J. Dodson and Y. Oba).

·         Comments on the pore radius distribution in near-planar stochastic fibre networks. J. Mater. Sci. 36(21):5131-5135, 2001.

·         Bivariate normal thickness-density structure in real near-planar stochastic fibre networks.  J. Statist. Phys. 102 (1/2):345-353, 2001. (with C.T.J. Dodson and Y. Oba).

·         Spatial statistics of stochastic fibre networks.  J. Statist. Phys. 96(1/2):447-458, 1999. (with C.T.J. Dodson).

·         Modeling a class of stochastic porous media. Appl. Math. Lett. 10(2):87-89, 1997. (with C.T.J. Dodson).

·        The effect of paper formation and grammage on its pore size distribution. J. Pulp Pap. Sci. 22(5):J165-169, 1996. (with C.T.J. Dodson).

Mechanical properties of fibre networks

·         New perspectives on the influence of formation and grammage on sheet strength. Presented at PAPTAC Annual Meeting, Montreal, February, 2007. (with S.J. I’Anson and C.R. Sevajee).

·         Competing Weibull and stress-transfer influences on the specific tensile strength of a bonded fibrous network. Compos. Sci. Tech., 67(7):1650-1658, 2007. (with S.J. I’Anson)

·         Specific Contact Area and the tensile strength of paper. Appita J. 59(4):297-301, 2006. (with S.J. I’Anson and A. Karademir).

·        An investigation of heat curl in newsprint. Tappi J. 81(8):191-194, 1998. (with V.A.P. Morris).

Transport properties of fibre networks

·         Flow simulation in stochastic porous media. Simulation 74(6):351-358, 2000. (with C.T.J. Dodson).

·        A model for the retention of particles in evolving fibre networks. In The Fundamentals of Papermaking Materials (ed. C.F. Baker), pp1161-1174, Trans. XIth Fund. Res. Symp., Cambridge, Sept, 1997. (with C.T.J. Dodson)

Papermaking

·         The effect of machine conditions and furnish properties on paper CD shrinkage profile. In Advances in Paper Science and Technology. Trans. XIIIth Fund. Res. Symp. (S.J. I’Anson, ed.), pp283-306, FRC, Manchester, 2005. (with R.A.P. Constantino and S.J. I’Anson).

·         Estimating paper machine CD shrinkage profiles from headbox actuator data. Pap. Tech. 45(1):25-29, 2004. (with S.J. I'Anson).

·         Opportunities for improved light transmission formation analysis. Pap. Tech. 43(8):31-36, 2002. (with N. J. Dooley).

·         An investigation into the pilot scale refining of blended papermaking furnishes. Appita J. 54(6):547-551, 2001. (with R. Wilde).

·         The effect of fibre length distribution on suspension crowding. J. Pulp Pap. Sci. 27(9):301-305, 2001. (with H.W. Kropholler).

·        Analytic solution to the Martinez dewatering equations for roll gap formers.  J. Pulp Pap. Sci. 26(11):391-394, 2000. (with T.Boxer and C.T.J. Dodson).