Dr Daniel Mulvihill

Senior Lecturer (Systems Power & Energy)

telephone: 5136
email: Daniel.Mulvihill@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 514, School of Engineering,, James Watt South Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 9SW

ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-0088

Research interests

Biography

Daniel is currently Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering within the School of Engineering. The following is a summary of his career to date:

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering (1.1), University of Limerick, Ireland (09/04 - 08/08)
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering Group, Department of Engineering Science (10/08 - 09/12)
Irish Government Research Fellow, University of Limerick, Irish Composites Centre ICOMP, Dept. of Mechanical, Aeronautical and Biomedical Engineering (12/12 - 05/14)
Visiting Researcher, EPFL Switzerland, Laboratory for Multiscale Mechanics Modelling LAMMM, Institute for Mechanical Engineering (06/14 - 10/14)
Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Centre for Micromechanics, Department of Engineering (11/14 - 05/16)

Awards

IMechE Frederic Barnes Waldron Prize (2008)
Presidents Gold Medal, First Place Across all faculties, University of Limerick Graduating Class of 2008
BSSM Young Stress Analyst, First Prize (2011)
IMechE Tribology Bronze Medal (2013)

Research Interests

Daniel's research is within the areas of Materials Engineering (behaviour of materials under loading) and Tribology (contact of materials)

Group Website: https://www.materials-glasgow.org/

Tribology

Friction, contact, fretting, wear, nanotribology, frictional and bonded joints

Composite Materials

Conventional carbon fibre composites, nanocomposites, carbon nanotube and graphene based composites, composites forming, composites testing and characterisation, frictional interfaces in composites, bonded joints.

Experimental Mechanics

Materials testing and measurement, tribological testing, materials imaging techniques (Optical, XRAY, SEM) and analysis (Digital image and volume correlation etc.).

Computational Modelling

Finite Element Analysis, Molecular Dynamics etc.

Publications

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Number of items: 53.

2023

Bairagi, S., ul-Islam, S., Shahadat, M., Mulvihill, D. M. and Ali, W. (2023) Mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered electronic applications of textile-based piezoelectric nanogenerators: a systematic review. Nano Energy, 111, 108414. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108414)

Liu, D., Huyan, C., Wang, Z., Guo, Z., Zhang, X., Torun, H., Mulvihill, D. , Xu, B. B. and Chen, F. (2023) Conductive polymer based hydrogels and their application in wearable sensors: a review. Materials Horizons, (doi: 10.1039/D3MH00056G) (Early Online Publication)

Gokhool, S., Bairagi, S., Kumar, C. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2023) Reflections on boosting wearable triboelectric nanogenerator performance via interface optimisation. Results in Engineering, 17, 100808. (doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100808)

Kumar, C. , Perris, J., Bairagi, S., Min, G., Xu, Y. , Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2023) Multiscale in-situ quantification of the role of surface roughness and contact area using a novel Mica-PVS triboelectric nanogenerator. Nano Energy, 107, 108122. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.108122)

Olender, J., Perris, J., Xu, Y. , Young, C. , Mulvihill, D. and Gadegaard, N. (2023) Gecko-inspired dry adhesives for heritage conservation – tackling the surface roughness with empirical testing and finite element modelling. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 37(6), pp. 1091-1116. (doi: 10.1080/01694243.2022.2061153)

Bin Jaber, S., Xu, Y. , Kartal, M. E., Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2023) The static friction peak in reciprocating sliding. Tribology International, 180, 108240. (doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2023.108240)

Babu, A., Aazem, I., Walden, R., Bairagi, S., Mulvihill, D. M. and Pillai, S. C. (2023) Electrospun nanofiber based TENGs for wearable electronics and self-powered sensing. Chemical Engineering Journal, 452(Part 1), 139060. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.139060)

Campbell, I., Mulvihill, D. M. and Harrison, P. (2023) The influence of residual tin following induction melt thermoforming of composite parts. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 164, 107286. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107286)

Hamilton, A., Xu, Y., Kartal, M. E., Kumar, S. , Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2023) Optimisation of interlocking microstructured adhesive joints via finite element modelling, design of experiments and 3D printing. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 120, 103292. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2022.103292)

Perris, J., Kumar, C. , Xu, Y. , Tassieri, M. , Kartal, M. E., Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2023) 3D printing and rapid replication of advanced numerically generated rough surface topographies in numerous polymers. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(1), 2200832. (doi: 10.1002/adem.202200832)

2022

Min, G., Khandelwal, G. , Dahiya, A. S. , Mulvihill, D. and Dahiya, R. (2022) Integrated piezo-triboelectric nanogenerators based self-powered flexible temperature and pressure sensor. IEEE Journal of Flexible Electronics, (doi: 10.1109/JFLEX.2022.3225128) (Early Online Publication)

Bairagi, S., Khandelwal, G. , Karagiorgis, X., Gokhool, S., Kumar, C. , Min, G. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2022) High-performance triboelectric nanogenerators based on commercial textiles: electrospun nylon 66 nanofibers on silk and PVDF on polyester. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(39), pp. 44591-44603. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c13092) (PMID:36150147) (PMCID:PMC9542703)

Xu, Y., Li, X. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2022) Revisiting the Persson theory of elastoplastic contact: a simpler closed-form solution and a rigorous proof of boundary conditions. Tribology Letters, 70(3), 91. (doi: 10.1007/s11249-022-01633-z)

Cao, Y., Xu, Y. , Harrison, P. , McCarthy, E. D. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2022) Finite element modelling of the single fibre composite fragmentation test with comparison to experiments. Journal of Composite Materials, 56(17), pp. 2765-2778. (doi: 10.1177/00219983221095901)

Min, G., Khandelwal, G. , Dahiya, A. S. , Mulvihill, D. M. and Dahiya, R. (2022) Textile Triboelectric Nanogenerators as Self Powered Wearable Temperature Sensors. In: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), Vienna, Austria, 10-13 Jul 2022, ISBN 9781665442732 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS53764.2022.9781506)

Xu, Y., Scheibert, J., Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2022) An asperity-based statistical model for the adhesive friction of elastic nominally flat rough contact interfaces. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 164, 104878. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104878)

Walden, R., Kumar, C. , Mulvihill, D. M. and Pillai, S. C. (2022) Opportunities and challenges in triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based sustainable energy generation technologies: a mini-review. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 9, 100237. (doi: 10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100237)

Aazem, I., Mathew, D. T., Radhakrishnan, S., Vijoy, K. J., John, H., Mulvihill, D. M. and Pillai, S. C. (2022) Electrode materials for stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator in wearable electronics. RSC Advances, 12(17), pp. 10545-10572. (doi: 10.1039/D2RA01088G) (PMID:35425002) (PMCID:PMC8987949)

2021

Min, G., Pullanchiyodan, A., Dahiya, A. S. , Hosseini, E. S., Xu, Y. , Mulvihill, D. M. and Dahiya, R. (2021) Ferroelectric-assisted high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators based on electrospun P(VDF-TrFE) composite nanofibers with barium titanate nanofillers. Nano Energy, 90(Part A), 106600. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106600)

Hamilton, A., Perris, J., Convery, N., Mulvihill, D. M. and Gadegaard, N. (2021) Flexible inserts for injection molding of complex micro-structured polymer components. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 306(9), 2100223. (doi: 10.1002/mame.202100223)

Perris, J., Xu, Y. , Kartal, M. E., Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2021) Tailorable and repeatable normal contact stiffness via micropatterned interfaces. Tribology Letters, 69, 106. (doi: 10.1007/s11249-021-01473-3)

Min, G., Singh Dahiya, A. , Mulvihill, D. M. and Dahiya, R. (2021) A Wide Range Self-Powered Flexible Pressure Sensor Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 20-23 Jun 2021, ISBN 9781728191737 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS51544.2021.9469759)

Min, G., Xu, Y. , Cochran, P., Gadegaard, N. , Mulvihill, D. M. and Dahiya, R. (2021) Origin of the contact force-dependent response of triboelectric nanogenerators. Nano Energy, 83, 105829. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105829)

Hamilton, A., Xu, Y. , Kartal, M. E., Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2021) Enhancing strength and toughness of adhesive joints via micro-structured mechanical interlocking. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 105, 102775. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2020.102775)

Sneddon, S., Xu, Y. , Dixon, M., Rugg, D., Li, P. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2021) Sensitivity of material failure to surface roughness: a study on titanium alloys Ti64 and Ti407. Materials and Design, 200, 109438. (doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.109438)

Sneddon, S., Mulvihill, D. M. , Wielewski, E. , Dixon, M., Rugg, D. and Li, P. (2021) Deformation and failure behaviour of a titanium alloy Ti-407 with reduced aluminium content: a comparison with Ti-6Al-4V in tension and compression. Materials Characterization, 172, 110901. (doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2021.110901)

Bin Jaber, S., Hamilton, A., Xu, Y. , Kartal, M. E., Gadegaard, N. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2021) Friction of flat and micropatterned interfaces with nanoscale roughness. Tribology International, 153, 106563. (doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106563)

2020

Harrison, P. , Campbell, I., Guliyev, E., McLelland, B., Gomes, R., Curado-Correia, N., McGookin, E. and Mulvihill, D.M. (2020) Induction melt thermoforming of advanced multi-axial thermoplastic composite laminates. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 60, pp. 673-683. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.10.026)

Xu, Y. , Min, G., Gadegaard, N. , Dahiya, R. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2020) A unified contact force-dependent model for triboelectric nanogenerators accounting for surface roughness. Nano Energy, 76, 105067. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105067)

Min, G., Manjakkal, L. , Mulvihill, D. M. and Dahiya, R. S. (2020) Triboelectric nanogenerator with enhanced performance via an optimized low permittivity substrate. IEEE Sensors Journal, 20(13), pp. 6856-6862. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2938605)

Hastie, J. C., Kartal, M. E., Carter, L. N., Attallah, M. M. and Mulvihill, D. (2020) Classifying shape of internal pores within AlSi10Mg alloy manufactured by laser powder bed fusion using 3D X-ray micro computed tomography: influence of processing parameters and heat treatment. Materials Characterization, 163, 110225. (doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110225)

2018

Min, G., Manjakkal, L. , Mulvihill, D. M. and Dahiya, R. S. (2018) Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerator Performance via an Optimised Low Permittivity, Low Thickness Substrate. In: IEEE Sensors Conference, New Delhi, India, 28-31 Oct 2018, ISBN 9781538647080 (doi: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589631)

Avgoulas, E.I., Mulvihill, D.M. , Endruweit, A., Sutcliffe, M.P.F., Warrior, N.A., De Focatiis, D.S.A. and Long, A.C. (2018) Frictional behaviour of non-crimp fabrics (NCFs) in contact with a forming tool. Tribology International, 121, pp. 71-77. (doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2018.01.026)

Sutcliffe, M. P.F., Mulvihill, D. and Smerdova, O. (2018) Friction Between a Dry Fibre Bundle and Rough or Smooth Surfaces. 10th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Bologna, Italy, 2-6 July 2018.

2017

Kartal, M.E., Dugdale, L.H., Harrigan, J.J., Siddiq, M.A., Pokrajac, D. and Mulvihill, D.M. (2017) Three-dimensional in situ observations of compressive damage mechanisms in syntactic foam using X-ray microcomputed tomography. Journal of Materials Science, 52(17), pp. 10186-10197. (doi: 10.1007/s10853-017-1177-4)

Mulvihill, D. M. , Smerdova, O. and Sutcliffe, M. P.F. (2017) Experimental Observations on the Friction of Textile Fibres Relevant to Carbon Fibre Composite Forming. 12th BSSM Conference, Sheffield, UK, 29-31 Aug 2017.

Mulvihill, D. , Smerdova, O. and Sutcliffe, M. P.F. (2017) Friction of Fibrous Tows. 6th European Conference on Tribology (ECOTRIB), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-9 June 2017.

Mulvihill, D. M. , Smerdova, O. and Sutcliffe, M. P.F. (2017) Friction of carbon fibre tows. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 93, pp. 185-198. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.08.034)

Mulvihill, D. M. and Sutcliffe, M. P.F. (2017) Effect of tool surface topography on friction with carbon fibre tows for composite fabric forming. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 93, pp. 199-206. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.10.017)

2016

Mulvihill, D. M. , O'Brien, N. P., Curtin, W. A. and McCarthy, M. A. (2016) Potential routes to stronger carbon nanotube fibres via carbon ion irradiation and deposition. Carbon, 96, pp. 1138-1156. (doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.10.055)

2015

Nowell, D., Mulvihill, D. , Parel, K. and Paynter, R.J. (2015) Measurement and Modelling of Contact Stiffness for Rough Contacts. 42nd Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology, Lyon, France, 7-9 Sept 2015.

Smerdova, O., Sutcliffe, M. P.F. and Mulvihill, D. M. (2015) Real Area of Contact in Carbon Fabric Forming. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM20), Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-24 Jul 2015,

2014

Nowell, D., Mulvihill, D. , Brunskill, H., Kartal, M.E. and Dwyer-Joyce, R. (2014) Measurement and Modelling of Interface Stiffness in Frictional Contacts. In: 5th World Tribology Congress (WTC 2013), Torino, Italy, 8-13 Sept 2013, pp. 2232-2235. ISBN 9781634393522

2013

Mulvihill, D.M. , Brunskill, H., Kartal, M.E., Dwyer-Joyce, R.S. and Nowell, D. (2013) A comparison of contact stiffness measurements obtained by the digital image correlation and ultrasound techniques. Experimental Mechanics, 53(7), pp. 1245-1263. (doi: 10.1007/s11340-013-9718-5)

2011

Mulvihill, D.M. , Kartal, M.E., Nowell, D. and Hills, D.A. (2011) An elastic–plastic asperity interaction model for sliding friction. Tribology International, 44(12), pp. 1679-1694. (doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2011.06.018)

Kartal, M.E., Mulvihill, D.M. , Nowell, D. and Hills, D.A. (2011) Measurements of pressure and area dependent tangential contact stiffness between rough surfaces using digital image correlation. Tribology International, 44(10), pp. 1188-1198. (doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2011.05.025)

Mulvihill, D.M. , O’Driscoll, C., Stanley, W. and Little, E.G. (2011) A comparison of various patterns of three-dimensional strain rosettes. Strain, 47(s1), e447-e456. (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2009.00634.x)

Mulvihill, D.M. , Kartal, M.E., Olver, A.V., Nowell, D. and Hills, D.A. (2011) Investigation of non-Coulomb friction behaviour in reciprocating sliding. Wear, 271(5-6), pp. 802-816. (doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2011.03.014)

Mulvihill, D. , Kartal, M.E. and Nowell, D. (2011) An Asperity Interaction Model for Friction. 3rd European Conference on Tribology (ECOTRIB), Vienna, Austria, 7-9 June 2011.

Kartal, M.E., Mulvihill, D.M. , Nowell, D. and Hills, D.A. (2011) Determination of the frictional properties of titanium and nickel alloys using the digital image correlation method. Experimental Mechanics, 51(3), pp. 359-371. (doi: 10.1007/s11340-010-9366-y)

Kartal, M. E., Mulvihill, D. M. , Nowell, D. and Hills, D. A. (2011) Measurement of tangential contact stiffness in frictional contacts: the effect of normal pressure. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 70, pp. 321-326. (doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.70.321)

Mulvihill, D. M. , Kartal, M. E., Nowell, D. and Hills, D. A. (2011) Investigation of the friction variation with sliding which is commonly observed in individual fretting test cycles. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 70, pp. 213-218. (doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.70.213)

2010

Nowell, D., Kartal, M.E., Mulvihill, D. M. and Hills, D.A. (2010) A Simple Model for the Prediction of Tangential Contact Stiffness in Frictional Contact. Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris, France, 16-21 May 2010.

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Articles

Conference or Workshop Item

Sutcliffe, M. P.F., Mulvihill, D. and Smerdova, O. (2018) Friction Between a Dry Fibre Bundle and Rough or Smooth Surfaces. 10th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Bologna, Italy, 2-6 July 2018.

Mulvihill, D. , Smerdova, O. and Sutcliffe, M. P.F. (2017) Friction of Fibrous Tows. 6th European Conference on Tribology (ECOTRIB), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-9 June 2017.

Nowell, D., Mulvihill, D. , Parel, K. and Paynter, R.J. (2015) Measurement and Modelling of Contact Stiffness for Rough Contacts. 42nd Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology, Lyon, France, 7-9 Sept 2015.

Mulvihill, D. , Kartal, M.E. and Nowell, D. (2011) An Asperity Interaction Model for Friction. 3rd European Conference on Tribology (ECOTRIB), Vienna, Austria, 7-9 June 2011.

Conference Proceedings

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Supervision

PhD and post-doctoral opportunities

Dr Mulvihill is always keen to supervise high quality PhD or post-doctoral researchers. Please contact him at daniel.mulvihill@glasgow.ac.uk if you are interested in current opportunities related to materials engineering, solid mechanics, experimental and computational mechanics, composite materials or tribology. He is also happy to work with self funded doctoral students and support scholarship and fellowship applications.

Current PhD Opportunities:

1. Tribology of nano and microstructured surfaces

2. Processing and/or structural integrity of composite materials

For further information, see the division's PhD opportunities:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/research/divisions/systems/phdopportunities/#/processingand,processingand,engineeringandtribologyofnanoandmicrostructuredsurfaces(funded)

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/research/divisions/systems/phdopportunities/#/engineeringandtribologyofnanoandmicrostructuredsurfaces(funded),processingand/orstructuralintegrityofcompositematerials

Bin Jaber, Saad Mohammed A
Studies on the Friction of Structured Interfaces, the Static Friction Peak in Reciprocating Sliding and the Role of Friction in Triboelectrification.
He, Zixuan
Optimising textile & stretchable triboelectric and flexoelectric nanogenerator performance
Kahavitage Dona, Himanthi Nimrekha Kahavita
Investigation of Thermoplastic Composite Forming Processes
Meng, Gaoyang
Virtual Manufacture with Advanced Carbon Composites: From Manufacture to Structural Optimisation

Teaching

Dr Mulvihill was College Lecturer at Hertford College, Oxford for the academic years 2009/10 and 2010/11 covering undergraduate mechanics courses (statics, dynamics, vibrations and strength of materials).

Subsequently, at Cambridge, Daniel was tutor for the third year Machine Design course for the academic year 15/16

Dr Mulvihill presently teaches on the third year Mechanics of Solids 3 and fourth year Mechanics of Solids 4 courses at Glasgow.

Additional information

Group Website:

https://www.materials-glasgow.org/

Postal Address:

Dr Daniel Mulvihill,

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering,

School of Engineering,

James Watt South Building (Room 514),

University of Glasgow,

Glasgow,

G12 8QQ, UK

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