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Dr John McCrory
Lecturer
- MccroryJP@cardiff.ac.uk
- Queen's Buildings - South Building, Room S/4.09, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
Overview
I am a lecturer in the Circular Economy, sitting withing Cardiff University's High-Value Manufacturing Research Group. With a background in structural health monitoring, signal processing, and experimental mechanics, my research is focused on the role of condition monitoring as an enabling technology for the circular economy. My academic interests also include designing for circularity, environmental impact measurement, decarbonisation of schools, and sustainable communities.
Outside of my remunerated profession, I am also one of the founding directors of the not-for-profit, Community Interest Company, Repair Cafe Wales. Repair cafes sit in the innermost loop of the circular economy; they are events at which members of the public can have their broken household items fixed for free by volunteers, with the mission of reducing landfill use, sharing skills, and building more resilient communities.
Publication
2022
- Al-Azzawi, A. S., McCrory, J., Wu, Z. and Featherston, C. A. 2022. A novel semi-analytical approach for predicting the buckling and postbuckling behaviour of Glare fibre metal laminates. Thin-Walled Structures 181, article number: 109987. (10.1016/j.tws.2022.109987)
- McCrory, J. P., Vinogradov, A., Pearson, M. R., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. M. 2022. Acoustic emission monitoring of metals. In: Grosse, C. U. et al. eds. Acoustic Emission Testing: Basics for Research – Applications in Engineering. Springer, pp. 529-565., (10.1007/978-3-030-67936-1_18)
2021
- Abdulaziz, A. H., Hedaya, M., Elsabbagh, A., Holford, K. and McCrory, J. 2021. Acoustic emission wave propagation in honeycomb sandwich panel structures. Composite Structures 277, article number: 114580. (10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114580)
- Abdulaziz, A. H., McCrory, J., Holford, K., Elsabbagh, A. and Hedaya, M. 2021. Experimental three-point bending test of glass fibre aluminium honeycomb sandwich panel with acoustic emission damage assessment. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring 63(12), pp. 727-733. (10.1784/insi.2021.63.12.727)
2020
- McCrory, J. P., Pearson, M. R., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. M. 2020. Optimisation of acoustic emission wavestreaming for structural health monitoring. Structural Health Monitoring 19(6), pp. 2007-2022. (10.1177/1475921720912174)
2019
- Albadr, A., McCrory, J., Holford, K., Hedaya, M. and Elsabbagh, A. 2019. Effects of honeycomb core on acoustic emission wave propagation in glass fibre composite plates. Presented at: 58th Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Telford, UK, 3 - 5 September 2019.
- Middleton, C. A., McCrory, J. P., Greene, R. J., Holford, K. and Patterson, E. A. 2019. Detecting and monitoring cracks in aerospace materials using post-processing of TSA and AE data. Metals 9(7), pp. 748. (10.3390/met9070748)
- Albadr, A., Hedaya, M., McCrory, J. and Holford, K. 2019. Parametric study of honeycomb composite structure using open source finite element software. Presented at: 27th UK Association of Computational Mechanics Conference, City, University of London, London, England, April 2019. pp. -.
- Albadr, A., McCrory, J., Holford, K., Hedaya, M. and Elsabbagh, A. 2019. Effects of honeycomb core on acoustic emission wave propagation in glass fibre composite plates. Presented at: the 58th Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Telford, UK, 3 - 5 September 2019.
2018
- Crivelli, D., McCrory, J., Miccoli, S., Pullin, R. and Clarke, A. 2018. Gear tooth root fatigue test monitoring with continuous acoustic emission: advanced signal processing techniques for detection of incipient failure. Structural Health Monitoring 17(3), pp. 423-433. (10.1177/1475921717700567)
2017
- Al-Azzawi, A. S. M., McCrory, J., Kawashita, L. F., Featherston, C. A., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. M. 2017. Buckling and postbuckling behaviour of glare laminates containing splices and doublers. Part 1: instrumented tests. Composite Structures 176, pp. 1158-1169. (10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.04.030)
- Pullin, R., Wright, B. J., Kapur, R., McCrory, J., Pearson, M. R., Evans, S. L. and Crivelli, D. 2017. Feasibility of detecting orthopaedic screw overtightening using acoustic emission. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 231(3), pp. 213-221., article number: 95441191668911. (10.1177/0954411916689112)
2016
- McCrory, J. 2016. Advanced Acoustic Emission (AE) monitoring techniques for aerospace structures. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2015
- Evans, P. R., Featherston, C. A., Eaton, M. J., McCrory, J. and Mitchard, D. 2015. Mechanical forces due to lightning strikes to aircraft: a pseudo-stereo DIC technique for measuring full-field displacement. Presented at: 10th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 1-3 September 2015.
- Al-Jumaili, S. K., Holford, K. M., Eaton, M. J., McCrory, J. P., Pearson, M. R. and Pullin, R. 2015. Classification of acoustic emission data from buckling test of carbon fibre panel using unsupervised clustering techniques. Structural Health Monitoring 14(3), pp. 241-251. (10.1177/1475921714564640)
- McCrory, J. P. et al. 2015. Damage classification in carbon fibre composites using acoustic emission: A comparison of three techniques. Composites Part B: Engineering 68, pp. 424-430. (10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.08.046)
- Loizidou, E. Z., Williams, N. A., Barrow, D. A., Eaton, M. J., McCrory, J., Evans, S. L. and Allender, C. J. 2015. Structural characterisation and transdermal delivery studies on sugar microneedles: Experimental and finite element modelling analyses. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 89, pp. 224-231. (10.1016/j.ejpb.2014.11.023)
- Al-Azzawi, A., McCrory, J., Kawashita, L., Featherston, C., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. 2015. Buckling and postbuckling behaviour of glare laminates containing splices and doublers: experimental and numerical investigation. Presented at: 3rd International Conf erence on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 25-27 March 2015. pp. S65-S65.
2014
- Al-Jumaili, S. K., Eaton, M. J., Holford, K. M., McCrory, J. and Pullin, R. 2014. Damage characterisation in composite materials under buckling test using acoustic emission waveform clustering technique. Presented at: The 53rd Annual Conference of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Manchester, UK, 9-11 September 2014.
- McCrory, J., Al-Jumaili, S. K., Pearson, M., Eaton, M. J., Holford, K. M. and Pullin, R. 2014. Automated corrected MAR calculation for characterisation of AE signals. Presented at: 31st European Conference on Acoustic Emission Testing (EWGAE), Dresden, Germany, 3-5 September 2014.
- Al-Azzawi, A., McCrory, J., Kawashita, L., Featherston, C., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. 2014. Delamination characteristics of splices and doublers in glare laminates during buckling. Presented at: 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), Barcelona,Spain, 25 July 2014. pp. S65-S65.
2013
- Crivelli, D. et al. 2013. Classification of acoustic emission data from Buckling Test of carbon fiber panel using neural networks. Presented at: 3rd European Aeronautics Science Network Workshop on Aerostructures, Milan, Italy, 11 October 2013.
2010
- Pullin, R., Clarke, A., Eaton, M. J., Holford, K. M., Evans, S. L. and McCrory, J. 2010. Detection of cracking in gear teeth using acoustic emission. Presented at: 7th BSSM International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Liverpool, UK, 7-9 September 2010.
Articles
- Al-Azzawi, A. S., McCrory, J., Wu, Z. and Featherston, C. A. 2022. A novel semi-analytical approach for predicting the buckling and postbuckling behaviour of Glare fibre metal laminates. Thin-Walled Structures 181, article number: 109987. (10.1016/j.tws.2022.109987)
- Abdulaziz, A. H., Hedaya, M., Elsabbagh, A., Holford, K. and McCrory, J. 2021. Acoustic emission wave propagation in honeycomb sandwich panel structures. Composite Structures 277, article number: 114580. (10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114580)
- Abdulaziz, A. H., McCrory, J., Holford, K., Elsabbagh, A. and Hedaya, M. 2021. Experimental three-point bending test of glass fibre aluminium honeycomb sandwich panel with acoustic emission damage assessment. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring 63(12), pp. 727-733. (10.1784/insi.2021.63.12.727)
- McCrory, J. P., Pearson, M. R., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. M. 2020. Optimisation of acoustic emission wavestreaming for structural health monitoring. Structural Health Monitoring 19(6), pp. 2007-2022. (10.1177/1475921720912174)
- Middleton, C. A., McCrory, J. P., Greene, R. J., Holford, K. and Patterson, E. A. 2019. Detecting and monitoring cracks in aerospace materials using post-processing of TSA and AE data. Metals 9(7), pp. 748. (10.3390/met9070748)
- Crivelli, D., McCrory, J., Miccoli, S., Pullin, R. and Clarke, A. 2018. Gear tooth root fatigue test monitoring with continuous acoustic emission: advanced signal processing techniques for detection of incipient failure. Structural Health Monitoring 17(3), pp. 423-433. (10.1177/1475921717700567)
- Al-Azzawi, A. S. M., McCrory, J., Kawashita, L. F., Featherston, C. A., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. M. 2017. Buckling and postbuckling behaviour of glare laminates containing splices and doublers. Part 1: instrumented tests. Composite Structures 176, pp. 1158-1169. (10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.04.030)
- Pullin, R., Wright, B. J., Kapur, R., McCrory, J., Pearson, M. R., Evans, S. L. and Crivelli, D. 2017. Feasibility of detecting orthopaedic screw overtightening using acoustic emission. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 231(3), pp. 213-221., article number: 95441191668911. (10.1177/0954411916689112)
- Al-Jumaili, S. K., Holford, K. M., Eaton, M. J., McCrory, J. P., Pearson, M. R. and Pullin, R. 2015. Classification of acoustic emission data from buckling test of carbon fibre panel using unsupervised clustering techniques. Structural Health Monitoring 14(3), pp. 241-251. (10.1177/1475921714564640)
- McCrory, J. P. et al. 2015. Damage classification in carbon fibre composites using acoustic emission: A comparison of three techniques. Composites Part B: Engineering 68, pp. 424-430. (10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.08.046)
- Loizidou, E. Z., Williams, N. A., Barrow, D. A., Eaton, M. J., McCrory, J., Evans, S. L. and Allender, C. J. 2015. Structural characterisation and transdermal delivery studies on sugar microneedles: Experimental and finite element modelling analyses. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 89, pp. 224-231. (10.1016/j.ejpb.2014.11.023)
Book sections
- McCrory, J. P., Vinogradov, A., Pearson, M. R., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. M. 2022. Acoustic emission monitoring of metals. In: Grosse, C. U. et al. eds. Acoustic Emission Testing: Basics for Research – Applications in Engineering. Springer, pp. 529-565., (10.1007/978-3-030-67936-1_18)
Conferences
- Albadr, A., McCrory, J., Holford, K., Hedaya, M. and Elsabbagh, A. 2019. Effects of honeycomb core on acoustic emission wave propagation in glass fibre composite plates. Presented at: 58th Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Telford, UK, 3 - 5 September 2019.
- Albadr, A., Hedaya, M., McCrory, J. and Holford, K. 2019. Parametric study of honeycomb composite structure using open source finite element software. Presented at: 27th UK Association of Computational Mechanics Conference, City, University of London, London, England, April 2019. pp. -.
- Albadr, A., McCrory, J., Holford, K., Hedaya, M. and Elsabbagh, A. 2019. Effects of honeycomb core on acoustic emission wave propagation in glass fibre composite plates. Presented at: the 58th Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Telford, UK, 3 - 5 September 2019.
- Evans, P. R., Featherston, C. A., Eaton, M. J., McCrory, J. and Mitchard, D. 2015. Mechanical forces due to lightning strikes to aircraft: a pseudo-stereo DIC technique for measuring full-field displacement. Presented at: 10th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 1-3 September 2015.
- Al-Azzawi, A., McCrory, J., Kawashita, L., Featherston, C., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. 2015. Buckling and postbuckling behaviour of glare laminates containing splices and doublers: experimental and numerical investigation. Presented at: 3rd International Conf erence on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 25-27 March 2015. pp. S65-S65.
- Al-Jumaili, S. K., Eaton, M. J., Holford, K. M., McCrory, J. and Pullin, R. 2014. Damage characterisation in composite materials under buckling test using acoustic emission waveform clustering technique. Presented at: The 53rd Annual Conference of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Manchester, UK, 9-11 September 2014.
- McCrory, J., Al-Jumaili, S. K., Pearson, M., Eaton, M. J., Holford, K. M. and Pullin, R. 2014. Automated corrected MAR calculation for characterisation of AE signals. Presented at: 31st European Conference on Acoustic Emission Testing (EWGAE), Dresden, Germany, 3-5 September 2014.
- Al-Azzawi, A., McCrory, J., Kawashita, L., Featherston, C., Pullin, R. and Holford, K. 2014. Delamination characteristics of splices and doublers in glare laminates during buckling. Presented at: 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), Barcelona,Spain, 25 July 2014. pp. S65-S65.
- Crivelli, D. et al. 2013. Classification of acoustic emission data from Buckling Test of carbon fiber panel using neural networks. Presented at: 3rd European Aeronautics Science Network Workshop on Aerostructures, Milan, Italy, 11 October 2013.
- Pullin, R., Clarke, A., Eaton, M. J., Holford, K. M., Evans, S. L. and McCrory, J. 2010. Detection of cracking in gear teeth using acoustic emission. Presented at: 7th BSSM International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Liverpool, UK, 7-9 September 2010.
Thesis
- McCrory, J. 2016. Advanced Acoustic Emission (AE) monitoring techniques for aerospace structures. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
I am currently working with colleagues in Ain Shams University, Egypt, on a British Council funded project titled Condition Monitoring for Sustainable Technologies and Climate Change Mitigation. Through that we are developing educational resources for engineering students on condition monitoring for sustainable technologies; developing a guide which off-grid community projects can use to understand and spec their own renewable energy generation installation; and opening a repair cafe in Cairo. If this sounds interesting to you, please visit our project website here, and get in touch if you'd like to be involved or contribute.
Please get in contact if our areas of interest overlap and you would like to collaborate on research projects in the future.
Contracts
| Title | People | Sponsor | Value | Duration |
| Condition Monitoring for Sustainable Technologies and Climate Change Mitigation | John McCrory, Ahmed Hesham Abdulaziz | British Council | £27.1k | April 2022-April 2023 |
| Supporting citizen science: A critical, social science led approach to impact | John McCrory, Marcus Gomes, Tim Edwards, and T.C. Hales | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | £3.9k | April 2021-April 2022 |
| Widening Participation in Sustainability Through Repair | John McCrory, Tim Edwards, Marcus Gomes, and TC Hales | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | £1.1k | July 2021-Dec 2021 |
| Investigation of Honeycomb Composite Structure for Wind Turbine Blades with Acoustics Emissions Damage Assessment | Ahmed Hesham Abdulaziz, John McCrory, Karen Holford | British Council | £18.0k |
December 2018 - November 2019 |