Dr. Kan Ding   Research Fellow-Transport

Qualifications

• PhD (Mechanical Engineering), The University of Sydney, Australia, 2003
• MEngR (Structural and Geotechnical Engineering), The University of Sydney, Australia, 2000
• BEng (Solid Mechanics), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1987

Past Organizations

• Pacific Technology Centre, Rio Tinto Alcan, Australia
• Centre for Railway Engineering, Central Queensland University, Australia

Research Interests

• Mechanical and Civil Engineering Design
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in Mechanical and Civil Engineering
• Thermal–Stress, Thermal–Electrical, Heat Transfer Analyses
• Plasticity, Damage, Fracture & Fatigue Mechanics
• Wheel/Rail Contact in Railways
• Aluminium Smelters
• Laser Shot Peening

Current Work

• Application to Railways: Life modelling, crack initiation, crack propagation, rolling fatigue, effect of residual stresses and heavy haul rolling stock loads
• Application to Aluminium Smelters: Anode stub hole optimisation modelling, anode cracking analysis, energy savings for electrical contacts

Supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) (Current students)

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Start year	Role	Institution
Anna Maria Sri Asih	PhD	CSI	2008	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne
Sagheer Ranjha	PhD	CSI	2009	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne

Topics for Prospective Ph.D Students - View ALL topics for Dr. Kan Ding

Preventing Carbon Anode Cracking in Reduction Cell
A better understanding of the widespread carbon anode cracking problems is one of the purposes in this study. With the development of a suitable FEA simulation method it is possible to predict fracture behaviour of carbon anodes and then to prevent a risk

Publications

1. K. Ding and L. Ye (2006), “Laser shock peening: Performance and process simulation”, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge England.
2. K. Ding, D. Molenaar, A. Kapoor (2011), “Prediction of voltage loss on electrical connections for aluminium smelter reduction cells”, Proceeding of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, (in Print).
3. Q. Liu, C.H. Yang, K. Ding, S. A. Barter and L. Ye (2007), “The effect of laser power density on the fatigue life of laser–shock–peened 7050 aluminium alloy”, Fatigue Fract Engng Mater Struct 30, pp1–15.
4. K. Ding and M. Dhanasekar (2006), “Flexural behaviour of bonded–bolted butt joints due to bolt looseness”, Advances in Engineering software, Vol. 38, issues 8–9, pp598–606.
5. K. Ding and L. Ye, 2006, “Simulation of multiple laser shock peening of a 35CD4 steel alloy”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 178, issues 1–3, pp162–170.
6. K. Ding and L. Ye (2003), “Three–dimensional dynamic finite element analysis of multiple laser shock peening processes”, Surface Engineering, Vol. 19 (5), pp351–358 (8).
7. K. Ding and L. Ye (2003), “FEM simulation of two sided laser shock peening of thin sections of Ti–6Al–4V alloy”, Surface Engineering, Vol. 19, part 2, pp127–133.
8. D. Molenaar, K. Ding, A. Kapoor (2011), “Development of Industrial Benchmark FEA Model to Study Energy Efficient Electrical Connections for Primary Aluminium Smelters”, in 140th TMS 2011, San Diego, California, USA.
9. K. Ding, M. Dhanasekar (2004), “Effect of Loss of Bolt Tightness on the Integrity of Butt Joints under Biaxial Stress Field”, in Special Issue of Computers & Structures or Advances in Engineering Software, CST.155, Portugal.
10. Q. Liu, K. Ding, L. Ye, C. Rey, S.A. Barter, P. K. Sharp and G. Clark (2004), “Spallation–like phenomenon induced by laser shock peening surface treatment on 7050 aluminum alloy”, In Atrens, A. and Boland, J. N. and Clegg, R. and Griffiths, J. R., Eds. Structural Integrity and Fracture International Conference (SIF'04), 26–29 September 2004, pages 235–240, Brisbane, Australia.
11. K. Ding, L. Ye and Q. C. Liu, 2002, “Finite element simulation of laser shock peening on an aluminium alloy”, in Proceeding of the Third Australian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Zhang et al. (ed.), pp. 605–610, Sydney, Australia.