Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering Bio Address Research Interests Publications Professional Activities Research Projects Other Activities

Bio

Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez was born in Aguadulce (Seville) in 1979. He received a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Malaga in 2006. In 2009, he obtained the DEA (Diploma de Estudios Avanzados) on the doctorate program "Mechatronic Engineering".  Finally, in 2012 he received his Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering (Polymer Science) from the University of Malaga, Spain, under the supervision of Prof. Juan I. Ramos.

Address

Department of Programming Languages and Computer Sciences  (Room 2.014.L)

Escuela de Ingenierías

Ampliación Campus Teatinos, c/ Doctor Ortiz Ramos s/n

Universidad de Malaga

29071 - Malaga   (Spain)

Phone:   (+34) - 951 952 522

Fax:       (+34) - 951 952 542

e-mail:    fjblanco@lcc.uma.es / fjblanco79@gmail.com

Research Interests

Actual research interest focus on:

• Molecular orientation and degree of cristallinity of polymeric liquids 
• Melt spinning process of compound liquid jets  (PDF)  (Slides)  
• Dry spinning process of hollow compound liquid jets

Previous research activities:

• Wavelight propagation on photonic crystal fibers (PDF)
• Vectorial simulation of electromagnetic eigenmodes on optical fibers 

Publications

Book Chapters

International Conferences

• “Two-dimensional analysis of the crystallization of hollow compound plastic fibers” (url) (PDF)  (Slides)
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez and J.I. Ramos
  Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT-2011),
  Istanbul, Turkey. July 18-22, 2011.
  
  
• “Modelling of molecular orientation and crystallization in the manufacture of semi-crystalline compound fibres” (url) (PDF)  (Slides)
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez and J.I. Ramos
  Conference on Thermal and Environmental Issues in Energy Systems (ASMEATIUIT-2010),
  Sorrento, Italy. May 16-19, 2010.
  
  
• “Crystallization of compound plastic optical fibers” (url)  (PDF)  (Slides) 
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez and J.I. Ramos
  Fifth International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA-2010),
  Marrakesh, Morocco. May 10-14, 2010.
  
  
• “Crystallization of compound plastic optical fibers” (url)  (Poster) 
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez
  MAGIC 2009 PostGraduate Conference.
  Leeds, United Kingdom. December 14-16, 2009.
  

International Journals

• “A simplified two-dimensional model of the melt spinning of semi-crystalline hollow compound fibers” Full text PDF
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez and J.I. Ramos
  International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 58, pp. 102-112.
  
  
• “Numerical analysis of the effect of small geometical imperfections on photonic crystal wires”  Full text PDF
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez, Francisco R. Villatoro and Juan I. Ramos
  Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 218, Issue 10, pp. 5989-5993.
  
  
• “Melt spinning of semi-crystalline compound fibers”  Full text PDF
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez and J.I. Ramos
  Polymer, Vol. 52, Issue 24, pp. 5573-5586.
  

Ph. D. Thesis

• “Numerical simulation of the molecular orientation and degree of crystallization of semi-crystalline fibres” (PDF) (Slides)
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez
  Supervisor: Juan I. Ramos
  

Spanish Conferences & Deliverables

• “Simulación vectorial de modos normales en fibras de cristal fotónico” (PDF)  (Slides)
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez
  M.S. dissertation - Advisor: Francisco R. Villatoro

• “Simulacion numérica bidimensional de la orientacion molecular y la cristalización en chorros líquidos poliméricos” (PDF)
  Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez
  D.E.A. dissertation - Advisor: Juan I. Ramos
  

Research Projects

• Project title:     Modelado de fibras poliméricas semicristalinas anulares y compuestas
  Role:               Researcher as a recipient of a grant
  Funding Org.: Secretaría de Estado de Universidades e Investigación, Secretaría General de Política Científica y Tecnológica, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (FIS2005-03191)
  Duration:         December 31, 2005 – December 31, 2008
  
  
• Project title:     Desarrollo de modelos bidimensionales de fibras poliméricas semicristalinas anulares y macizas compuestas axilsimétricas
  Role:               Researcher
  Funding Org.: Subdirección General de Proyectos de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (FIS2009-12894)
  Duration:         January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2012
  
  

Thesis documents

The following link (a .zip file) contains all the documents necessary for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctor of
Philosophy Degree in Mechanical Engenieering (Doctor Europeus) (zip)

Other Activities