Cliff Butcher
Associate Professor
Research interests
- Fracture
- Formability
- Plasticity
- Micromechanics
- Computational Mechanics
- Automotive Metal Forming & Crash Simulations
- Advanced/Ultra High Strength Steels
- Aluminum alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- Warm Forming & Hot Stamping
Education
- 2011, Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick
- 2007, Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick
- 2006, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick
Courses*
- ME 219 - Mechanics of Deformable Solids 1
- Taught in 2023
- ME 220 - Mechanics of Deformable Solids 2
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- ME 423 - Mechanical Design 2
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- ME 725 - Special Topics in Advanced Stress Analysis
- Taught in 2019
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/recent publications
- Pathak, Nikky and Butcher, Cliff and Worswick, Michael James and Bellhouse, Erika and Gao, Jeff, Damage evolution in complex-phase and dual-phase steels during edge stretching, Materials, 10(4), 2017
- Rahmaan, Taamjeed and Abedini, Armin and Butcher, Cliff and Pathak, Nikky and Worswick, Michael J, Investigation into the shear stress, localization and fracture behaviour of DP600 and AA5182-O sheet metal alloys under elevated strain rates, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 108, 2017, 303 - 321
- Anderson, David and Butcher, Clifford and Pathak, Nikky and Worswick, Michael J, Failure parameter identification and validation for a dual-phase 780 steel sheet, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 124, 2017, 89 - 107
- Butcher, C and Abedini, A, Shear confusion: Identification of the appropriate equivalent strain in simple shear using the logarithmic strain measure, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 134, 2017, 273 - 283
- Abedini, A and Butcher, C and Worswick, MJ, Fracture characterization of rolled sheet alloys in shear loading: studies of specimen geometry, anisotropy, and rate sensitivity, Experimental Mechanics, 57(1), 2017, 75 - 88
Graduate studies
- Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.