Dr Glynn Rothwell
School of Engineering

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Technology
School: School of Engineering
Email address: G.Rothwell@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2023
Glynn Rothwell completed an engineering apprenticeship with British Nuclear Fuels in 1980. He received his BSc Degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1983. He subsequently returned to BNFL as a design engineer involved in the design and construction of the THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield.
In 1991 Glynn was appointed as a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at Liverpool John Moores University. He received his PhD from LJMU in 2003 for a thesis entitled “Fracture Toughness Determination Using Constraint Enhanced Sub-Sized Specimens”. His current position is Subject Head for Mechanical Engineering.
Glynn is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Degrees
University of Manchester, United Kingdom, BSc
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD
Highlighted publications
Li S, Al-Badani K, Gu Y, Lake MJ, Li B, Rothwell G, Ren X. 2017. The Effects of Poisson's Ratio on the Indentation Behaviour of Materials with Embedded System in an Elastic Matrix physica status solidi (b), DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cummings AD, Rothwell G, Matthews C. 2016. How well does a linear static finite element analysis predict measured strains from a nuclear package tie down system during rail transportation Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transport, 232 :222-237 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
English RG, Ashkanfar A, Rothwell G. 2015. The effect of different assembly loads on taper junction fretting wear in total hip replacements Tribology International, 95 :199-210 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ashkanfar A, English R, Rothwell G. 2015. A computational approach to fretting wear prediction at the head-stem taper junction of total hip replacements Wear, 338/39 :210-220 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Aw J, Zhao H, Norbury A, Li L, Rothwell G, Ren XJ. 2015. Effects of Poisson's ratio on the deformation of thin membrane structures under indentation PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 252 :1526-1532 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cummings AD, Krywonos J, Purcell P, Rothwell G, Matthews C. 2013. Filtering and analysis of accelerations and strains measured on a tie down system of a heavy nuclear transport package during a routine rail journey Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material, 24 :23-35 DOI Publisher Url
Cummings AD, Krywonos J, Purcell P, Rothwell G, English R. 2012. An experimental procedure for measuring accelerations and strains from a tie down system of a heavy nuclear transport package during a rail journey Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material, 23 :167-177 DOI Publisher Url
Li B, Gu YD, English R, Rothwell G, Ren XJ. 2009. Characterisation of nonlinear material parameters of foams based on indentation tests MATERIALS & DESIGN, 30 :2708-2714 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kong X, Shi Y, Li B, Rothwell G, English R, Yang Q, Ren X. 2009. Effect of indenter shapes on inverse materials characterization based on the dual indenters method INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 100 :950-953 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kong X, Li B, Yang Q, Rothwell G, English R, Ren XJ. 2008. Numerical study of the effect of welding parameters on the strength of spot-welded joints Cheng K, Yao YX, Zhou L. E-ENGINEERING & DIGITAL ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY, 6th International Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology 10-12 :322-+ DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kong X, Yang Q, Li B, Rothwell G, English R, Ren XJ. 2008. Numerical study of strengths of spot-welded joints of steel MATERIALS & DESIGN, 29 :1554-1561 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Finlay JP, Rothwell G, English R, Montgomery RK. 2003. Effective stress factors for reinforced butt-welded branch outlets subjected to internal pressure or external moment loads INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING, 80 :311-331 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Jones IS, Rothwell G. 2001. Reference stress intensity factors with application to weight functions for internal circumferential cracks in cylinders ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, 68 :435-454 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Conference publication
Tang C, Guo J, Li B, Kostenevych O, Wang L, Rothwell G, Ren X. 2022. First Principle Calculation and Data Analysis of Anisotropy in Elastic Properties of Cubic Carbides TiC, VC and NbC Advances in Manufacturing Processes, Intelligent Methods and Systems in Production Engineering, Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management 335 :71-85 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Megdiche I, Atherton W, Harris C, Rothwell G, Allanson D. 2020. Assessment of the performance of bund wall systems under impact loading Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018, :1177-1186
A A, Carnacina I, F R, R AK, G R, R A. 2018. Improving the Hydraulic Integrity to Separate the Sewer System in Hilly Regions Using a New Manhole Design 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling :825-829 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2018. Impact of the External Surface Area of a Manhole on the Behaviour of a Manhole Structure Buried in the Sand Kamojjala S. WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES CONGRESS 2018: WATER, WASTEWATER, AND STORMWATER; URBAN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; AND DESALINATION AND WATER REUSE, 18th Annual World Environmental and Water Resources Congress of the Environmental-and-Water-Resources-Institute (EWRI) :288-296 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2018. Testing the Modified Iowa Formula to Calculate the Deflection of Two Flexible Pipes Buried in Sand into One Trench under Live Loads Macey CC, Lueke JS. PIPELINES 2018: PLANNING AND DESIGN, Pipelines Conference :50-59 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Al Khaddar RM, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2017. An innovative method for the construction of a separate sewer system in narrow streets in UK and EU cities Faculty Research Week LJMU, Faculty Research Week LJMU Public Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2017. Pipeline-Soil Interaction Simulation under Live Loads Using Elastoplastic Finite Element Models with Laboratory Validation Dunn CN, VanWeele B. WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES CONGRESS 2017: WATER, WASTEWATER, AND STORMWATER; URBAN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; AND MUNICIPAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, 17th Annual World Environmental and Water Resources Congress :453-464 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2017. Standardised System Methodology for National and International Identification of Sewer Systems Soibelman L, PenaMora F. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE 2017: POLICY, FINANCE, AND EDUCATION, International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure - Policy, Finance, and Education :367-374 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2017. A Novel Method for Laying Sustainable Separate Sewer Systems Soibelman L, PenaMora F. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE 2017: TECHNOLOGY, International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure :13-25 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Shanbara HK, Dulaimi A, Ruddock F, Atherton W, Rothwell G. 2017. Cold and hot asphalt pavements modelling Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, BCRRA 2017, :1465-1472 DOI Publisher Url
Shanbara HK, Ruddock F, Atherton W, Rothwell G. 2017. Evaluation of rutting potential in cold bituminous emulsion mixture using finite element analysis Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, BCRRA 2017, :1367-1374 DOI Publisher Url
Ashkanfar A. 2015. A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO FRETTING WEAR PREDICTION IN TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS English RUSSELL, Rothwell GLYNN. DOI Public Url
Shariatmadari MR, English R, Rothwell G. 2010. A review of developments into therapeutic running footwear research Sabo A, Kafka P, Litzenberger S, Sabo C. ENGINEERING OF SPORT 8: ENGINEERING EMOTION - 8TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION (ISEA), 8th Conference of the International-Sports-Engineering-Association (ISEA) 2 :2811-2816 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Shariatmadari MR, English R, Rothwell G. 2010. Finite Element Study into the Effect of Footwear Temperature on the Forces Transmitted to the Foot during Quasi-Static Compression Loading Khalili N, Valliappan S, Li Q, Russell A. 9TH WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS AND 4TH ASIAN PACIFIC CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS, 9th World Congress on Computational Mechanics/4th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Shariatmadari MR, English R, Rothwell G. 2010. Effects of Temperature on the Performance of Footwear Foams: Review of Developments Herold KE, Bentley WE, Vossoughi J. 26TH SOUTHERN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE: SBEC 2010, 26th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, SBEC 2010 32 :409-413 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Shariatmadari MR, English R, Rothwell G. 2010. A Study into the Effects of Temperature on the Performance of Footwear Foams under Quasi-static Compression Loading and Their Hyperfoam Characterization Lim CT, Goh JCH. 6TH WORLD CONGRESS OF BIOMECHANICS (WCB 2010), PTS 1-3, 6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010) 31 :147-150 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Shariatmadari MR, English R, Rothwell G. 2009. Effects of temperature on the performance of footwear foams subjected to quasi-static compression loading IFMBE Proceedings, 24 :107-110 DOI Publisher Url
Kong X, Li B, Yang Q, Rothwell G, English R, Ren XJ. 2008. Numerical study of the effect of welding parameters on the strength of spot-welded joints Cheng K, Yao YX, Zhou L. E-ENGINEERING & DIGITAL ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY, 6th International Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology 10-12 :322-+ DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ren X, Li L, Rothwell G. 2006. Use of finite element modelling in materials teaching Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education 2006, EE 2006, :50-55
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Al Khaddar R, Rothwell G. FE Model to Test the Structural Performance of a New Design For Manhole Buried in the Soil NAFEMS 18 Taking Engineering Analysis And Simulation To The Next Level.
Ashkanfar A, English R, Rothwell G. Finite Element Models for quantitative analysis of wear damage in Metal-on-Metal modular hip prosthesis
Ashkanfar A, English R, Rothwell G. Effect of impaction force at assembly on fretting wear at the taper junction of total hip prosthesis ASTM
Journal article
Toh SM, Ashkanfar A, English R, Rothwell G. 2021. Computational method for bearing surface wear prediction in total hip replacements Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 119 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Seddighi M, Allanson D, Rothwell G, Takrouri K. 2020. Study on the use of a combination of IPython Notebook and an industry‐standard package in educating a CFD course Computer Applications in Engineering Education, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Abbas A, Carnacina I, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2020. The hydraulic performance of the storm chamber in a new manhole designed for separate sewer systems Journal of Hydraulic Research, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Carnacina I, Andoh R. 2019. Experimental data used to validate the FE model of the structural performance of two flexible pipes laid in a single trench. Data in Brief, 27 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Abbas A, Carnacina I, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2019. An innovative method for installing a separate sewer system in narrow streets Journal of Water Management Modeling, 27 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Carnacina I, Andoh R. 2019. Investigation of the structural performance of two flexible pipes set in one trench with a new placement method for separate sewer systems Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 92 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Guo J, Tang C, Rothwell G, Li L, Wang Y-C, Yang Q, Ren X. 2019. Welding of High Entropy Alloys A Review Entropy, 21 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Abbas A, Ruddock F, Alkhaddar R, Rothwell G, Andoh R. 2018. Improving the geometry of manholes designed for separate sewer systems Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 46 :13-25 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Li S, Al-Badani K, Gu Y, Lake MJ, Li B, Rothwell G, Ren X. 2017. The Effects of Poisson's Ratio on the Indentation Behaviour of Materials with Embedded System in an Elastic Matrix physica status solidi (b), DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cummings AD, Rothwell G, Matthews C. 2016. How well does a linear static finite element analysis predict measured strains from a nuclear package tie down system during rail transportation Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transport, 232 :222-237 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
English RG, Ashkanfar A, Rothwell G. 2015. The effect of different assembly loads on taper junction fretting wear in total hip replacements Tribology International, 95 :199-210 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ashkanfar A, English R, Rothwell G. 2015. A computational approach to fretting wear prediction at the head-stem taper junction of total hip replacements Wear, 338/39 :210-220 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Aw J, Zhao H, Norbury A, Li L, Rothwell G, Ren XJ. 2015. Effects of Poisson's ratio on the deformation of thin membrane structures under indentation PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 252 :1526-1532 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cummings AD, Krywonos J, Purcell P, Rothwell G, Matthews C. 2013. Filtering and analysis of accelerations and strains measured on a tie down system of a heavy nuclear transport package during a routine rail journey Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material, 24 :23-35 DOI Publisher Url
Cummings AD, Krywonos J, Purcell P, Rothwell G, English R. 2012. An experimental procedure for measuring accelerations and strains from a tie down system of a heavy nuclear transport package during a rail journey Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material, 23 :167-177 DOI Publisher Url
Shariatmadari MR, English R, Rothwell G. 2011. Stiffness analysis of footwear foams subjected to shear force loading at varying temperatures Footwear Science, 3 DOI Publisher Url
Li B, Gu YD, English R, Rothwell G, Ren XJ. 2009. Characterisation of nonlinear material parameters of foams based on indentation tests MATERIALS & DESIGN, 30 :2708-2714 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kong X, Shi Y, Li B, Rothwell G, English R, Yang Q, Ren X. 2009. Effect of indenter shapes on inverse materials characterization based on the dual indenters method INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 100 :950-953 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kong X, Yang Q, Li B, Rothwell G, English R, Ren XJ. 2008. Numerical study of strengths of spot-welded joints of steel MATERIALS & DESIGN, 29 :1554-1561 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ren X, Li L, Rothwell G, English R, Lake M, Lees A. 2005. Numerical modelling of sensitivity tests of the human heel Proceedings of the 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2005 :87-88
Finlay JP, Rothwell G, English R, Montgomery RK. 2003. Effective stress factors for reinforced butt-welded branch outlets subjected to internal pressure or external moment loads INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING, 80 :311-331 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Jones IS, Rothwell G. 2001. Reference stress intensity factors with application to weight functions for internal circumferential cracks in cylinders ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, 68 :435-454 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Galvin SBJ, Graham ID, Jones IS, Rothwell G. 1997. A comparison between the finite element and frequency response methods in the assessment of thermal striping damage INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING, 74 :205-212 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Shariatmadari MR, English R, Rothwell G. Effects of temperature on the material characteristics of midsole and insole footwear foams subject to quasi-static compressive and shear force loading Materials and Design, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Chapters
Megdiche I, Atherton W, Harris C, Rothwell G. 2020. Predicting the dynamic properties of plain concrete under the impact load Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 35 :235-242 DOI Publisher Url