James Hughes

Dr James Hughes

Lecturer

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My PhD was focused on the application of guided and feature guided waves for defect and damage detection. Since completion, my work has primarily focused on the fatigue and fracture of metals, predicting crack growth, and measurement of crack opening loads. I am currently an active researcher in both of these fields.

Date Position Institution name
2024 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide
2023 - 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide
2021 - 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Mechanical Engineering
2014 - 2017 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical and Aerospace) (Honours)

Year Citation
2025 Khanna, A., Vidler, J., Hughes, J., Ng, C., & Kotousov, A. (2025). A Method for the Evaluation of Crack Tip Opening Loads Based on Strip Yield Modeling of a Propagating Crack. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS), 48(8), 3338-3352.
DOI
2024 Kotousov, A., Hughes, J., Khanna, A., Moreno, B., & Wallbrink, C. (2024). Experimental Data-Driven approach for the evaluation of crack tip opening loads under variable amplitude loading. International Journal of Fatigue, 180, 108108-1-108108-11.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2024 Sales, A., Khanna, A., Hughes, J., Yin, L., & Kotousov, A. (2024). Fatigue Crack Growth Rates and Crack Tip Opening Loads in CT Specimens Made of SDSS and Manufactured Using WAAM. Materials, 17(8), 1842-1-1842-14.
DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2024 Opie, G. M., Hughes, J. M., & Puri, R. (2024). Age-related differences in how the shape of alpha and beta oscillations change during reaction time tasks. Neurobiology of Aging, 142, 52-64.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC3
2023 Wallbrink, C., Hughes, J. M., & Kotousov, A. (2023). Application of an advanced piezoelectric strain sensor for crack closure measurement. International Journal of Fatigue, 167(A), 107286-1-107286-14.
DOI Scopus22 WoS20
2023 Wallbrink, C., Hughes, J. M., & Kotousov, A. (2023). Experimental investigation of crack opening loads in an aircraft load spectrum. International Journal of Fatigue, 171, 107560-1-107560-9.
DOI Scopus8 WoS6
2022 Hughes, J. M., Kotooussov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2022). Wave Mixing with the Fundamental Mode of Edge Waves for Evaluation of Material Nonlinearities. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 527, 116855-1-116855-11.
DOI Scopus17 WoS14
2022 Vidler, J., Kotousov, A., Hughes, J. M., Paradowska, A., Reid, M., & Ng, C. T. (2022). Feasibility of early fatigue damage evaluation using the Neutron diffraction method. Engineering Failure Analysis, 141, 106603-1-106603-11.
DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2021 Hughes, J. M., Mohabuth, M., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. (2021). The fundamental ultrasonic edge wave mode: propagation characteristics and potential for distant damage detection. Ultrasonics, 114, 106369-1-106369-10.
DOI Scopus22 WoS20 Europe PMC4
2021 Hughes, J. M., Mohabuth, M., Khanna, A., Vidler, J., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2021). Damage detection with the fundamental mode of edge waves. Structural Health Monitoring, 20(1), 74-83.
DOI Scopus18 WoS17
2020 Hughes, J. M., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2020). Generation of higher harmonics with the fundamental edge wave mode. Applied Physics Letters, 116(10), 101904-1-101904-5.
DOI Scopus21 WoS17
2019 Hughes, J. M., Vidler, J., Ng, C., Khanna, A., Mohabuth, M., Rose, L. R. F., & Kotooussov, A. (2019). Comparative evaluation of in situ stress monitoring with Rayleigh waves. Structural Health Monitoring, 18(1), 205-215.
DOI Scopus32 WoS26
2019 Mohabuth, M., Khanna, A., Hughes, J., Vidler, J., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2019). On the determination of the third-order elastic constants of homogeneous isotropic materials utilising Rayleigh waves. Ultrasonics, 96, 96-103.
DOI Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC3

Year Citation
2023 Hughes, J. M., Wallbrink, C., & Kotousov, A. (2023). Cycle-by-cycle crack closure measurements and fatigue crack growth in CT specimen made of 7075-T7351 aluminium. In Procedia Structural Integrity Vol. 45 (pp. 44-51). Adelaide, SA, Aust: Elsevier BV.
DOI Scopus3
2020 Hughes, J. M., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2020). Measurement of Elastic Nonlinearities Using the Fundamental Edge Wave Mode. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics Vol. 16 (pp. 133-139). Switzerland: Springer.
DOI
2019 Kotooussov, A., Vidler, J., Hughes, J., Khanna, A., Ng, C., & Mohabuth, M. (2019). Mechanics and evaluation of early damage. In J. A. F. O. Correia, A. M. P. De Jesus, A. A. Fernandes, & R. Calcada (Eds.), Mechanical fatigue of metals: experimental and simulation perspectives Vol. 7 (pp. 359-365). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2018 Hughes, J., Vidler, J., Khanna, A., Mohabuth, M., Kotooussov, A., & Ng, C. (2018). Measurement of residual stresses in rails using Rayleigh waves. In A. Dyskin, & E. Pasternak (Eds.), Advances in mechanics: failure, deformation, fatigue, waves and monitoring: Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Failure (pp. 160-164). Perth, WA: Australian Fracture Group.
2017 Hughes, J. M., Howie, J., Vidler, J., & Mohabuth, M. (2017). Stress monitoring using the change in velocity of Rayleigh waves. In Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 9) Vol. 2017-November (pp. 371-378). Sydney: Engineers Australia.
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2017 Hughes, J. M., Howie, J., Vidler, J., & Mohabuth, M. (2017). Non-contact measurement of nonlinear Rayleigh waves using the scanning laser vibrometer. In Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 9) Vol. 2017-November (pp. 358-363). Sydney: Engineers Australia.
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Lecturer:

Solid Mechanics - Semester 1, 2018

Stress Analysis and Design - Semester 2, 2021 & 2023

Tutor:

Solid Mechanics - Semester 1, 2017

Design Practice - Semester 1, 2016 & 2017

Stress Analysis & Design - Semester 2, 2016, 2017, 2021

Dynamics - Semester 2, 2016

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