Composites Design and Manufacture (Plymouth University teaching support materials)
Abbreviations and acronyms (including research projects/thematic networks).
G  Explanation  Location/Reference/Context as appropriate
-g-  - grafted by -  
G  Graphene  
G1 Condition G1: Mandatory fee limit Office for Students (OfS)
G2 Condition G2: Compliance with terms and conditions of financial support Office for Students (OfS)
G3 Condition G3: Payment of OfS and designated body fees Office for Students (OfS)
GA galactose 
GA gallic acid 
GA Genetic Algorithm 
GAIM Gas-Assist Injection Moulding 
GALM  Global Automotive Lightweight Materials  
GaLTo  Growing and Learning Together  
GAP  Geometry-Architecture-Process  
GASCA  GAs System Cascade Analysis  
GAVI  Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation  
GB  Glass beads  Designation used in recycle marks for polymers
GBGW  Great Big Green Week 
GBS  Group B streptococcal  
GBV  Gender-Based Violence 
GCA  Global Center on Adaptation 
GCC German Compact Composite 
GCG Gweithrediad Cynnyrch Gwireddiad  Product and Process Verification (PPV at AMRC Cymru)
GCMC Glass Ceramic Matrix Composite 
GCSG Gouy-Chapman-Stern-Grahame model 
GCV Gross Calorific Value 
GD Glass fines and powder  Designation used in recycle marks for polymers
GDD  Gaseous Detection Devices  
GDD  Good Damage Detectability  
GDL  Gas Diffusion Layer  Fuel cell technology
GD-MS Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry 
GDP  Gross Domestic Product  
GDPR  General Data Protection Regulation  
GDQ  Generalized Differential Quadrature  
GDSIM  Ground State Depletion followed by Individual Molecule return microscopy  
GE  Gravimetric Efficiency  Hydrogen tanks
GEEP  Graduate Engineering Engagement Programme  
GEF  Global Environmental Facility  
GEIC  Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre  University of Manchester
GEM  Genetically Engineered Micro/nano-device  
GEM  Going the Extra Mile award scheme for professional service staff  
GEM  Ground Effect Machine  synonym for ACV
GENOA  GENeralized Optimizer and Analyzer  
GEP Gender Equality Plans 
GEP Gene Expression Programming 
GEPS  Group of European Practitioners for Framework Programme Simplification  
GEOC  Glycidyl methacrylate grafted Ethylene-n-Octene Copolymer  
GER  Gross Energy Requirements  
GES  Good Environmental Status  
GEV  Generalised Extreme Value  
GEVI  Global Energy Vulnerability index  
GF  Glass Fibre  Designation used in recycle marks for polymers
GF  Graphene Foams  
GF  Gurney Flaps  
GFANZ  Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero  
GFET  Graphene Field Effect Transistors 
GFI  Green Fence Initiative  Chinese plan (2013) to stem the flow of contaminated, poor quality scrap from the US and Europe.
GFIRA  German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment 
GFIS  Gas Field Ion Sources  
GFN  Graphene-Family Nanomaterials  
GFP  Green Fluorescent Protein  
GFRP  Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic  
GGBS  Ground-Granulated Blast-furnace Slag  
GGND  Global Green New Deal  
GGR  GreenHouse Gas Removal  
GHG  GreenHouse Gas  
GHM  Geronimo-Hardin-Massopust multiwavelet transform  
GHS  Globally Harmonised System  
GI Green Infrastructure  
GIFFW  Global Investment Fund for Water  
GIFNFC  Government Industry Forum on Non-Food Crops  
GIII Grubbs third generation catalyst 
GIM Group Interaction Modelling 
GIRA Grazing Incidence Reflection Absorption  FTIR technique
GIS  Geographical Information Systems  
GIUM  Grazing Incidence Ultrasound Microscopy  
GI-WAXS  Grazing Incidence Wide Angle X-ray Scattering  
GL  Gauge Length  
GL  Germanischer Lloyd  Hamburg - Germany
GL glucose 
GLACIER  GLobal Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research  
GLAD  Global LCA Data network  
GLARE Glass Laminate Aluminium Reinforced Epoxy 
GLIMR Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer  NASA hyperspectral radiometer
GLoSCM Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management  University of Plymouth Business School research group
GLOWOPT  GLObal Warming Optimized aircraft design 
GLP  Good Laboratory Practice  
GLS  Global Load Sharing  
GLT  Glue-Laminated Timber  
GM  Genetically Modified  
GMA  glycidyl methAcrylate  
GMAP  Good Moisture Analysis Practice 
GMAW  Gas Metal Arc Welding  
GMB  Glass Micro-Balloons  
GMC  Glass Matrix Composite  
GMES  Global Monitoring of Environment and Security  European Community target capacity for 2008
GMI  Giant MagnetoImpedance  
GMO  Genetically Modified Organism  
GMS  GlycerolMonoStearate platiciser  
GMST  Global Mean Surface Temperature  
GMT  Glass Mat reinforced Thermoplastics  
GNF  Graphitic NanoFibres  
GNP  Graphene/Graphite Nano Platelets  also abbreviated to NGP
GNP  Gross National Product  
GNR  Gold Nano-Rods  
GNS  Graphene NanoSheets  
GO  Graphene Oxide  
GOP  Graphene Oxide Particulate  Infering from mined graphite (see also GPC)
GO  Grewia Optiva  buel bast fibre plant
GOMC  Graphene Oxide Micro Capsules  
GONT  Graphene Oxide Nano Tubes  
GOR  Genuine Occupational Requirement  
GOSD  French General Office of Sustainable Development  
GP  Graphene Particulate  
GP  Graphene Precursors  
GPC  Government Procurement Card  
GPC  Graphene Particulate from CVD processing  Not GPM
GPC  Grooved and Perforated Core  
GPD  Grams Per Denier  Fibre properties
GPE  Gel Polymer Electrolyte 
GPG  Good Practice Guide  
GPI  Genuine Progress Indicator  
GPL  Gaining Provider Led switching  for mobile 'phone services
GPL  General Public License  
GPLRC  Graphene Platelets Reinforced Composite  See also FG-GPLRC
GPM  Graphene Particulate from Mined graphite  Not GPC
GPME  Generalised Porous Medium Equation  
GPO  Co-poly(propyleneoxide-allylglycidylether) O-group rubber  
GPP  Green Public Procurement 
GPOSS  Glycidyl POSS 
GPR Gaussian Process Regression analysis 
GPR Ground Penetrating Radar 
GPRMC  European Composites Industry Association  Brussels - Belgium
GPS  Global Positioning System  
GPSR General Product Safety Regulation 
GPU  Government Property Unit  
GPU  Graphical Processing Unit  
GQ Graphene Quantum dot 
GR-A Government Rubber (USA): butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber  
GR-P  Government Rubber (USA): thiokol rubber 
GR-S Government Rubber (USA): styrene-butadiene rubber  
GR Growth Rate 
GRA Grey Relational Analysis 
GRAB GFP-Recognition after Photo-Bleaching 
GRABS Ground Recycled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene  
GraCELS  Graphene Composites Evaluated in Lightning Strike  
GRASP  Gas-assisted Real-time ASsessment of Permeability  
GrEATFun  Graphene-Enhanced Adhesive Tecnology through Functionalization  
GREC Guide for the Recycling and Ecodesign of Composites  
GREET  Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation  Argonne’s Energy Systems and Infrastructure Analysis division
GRIPS  Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability  
GRMMC  Graphene-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite  
GROW  EU Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 
GROW  Goal ~ current Reality ~ Options ~ Win  
GRP Glass Reinforced Polyester 
GRT Ground Rubber Tyre 
GS Genuine Savings 
GS Grid Search 
GSA Good Systems Agreement 
GSA Gravimetric Sorption Analyzer 
GSA Grid Strain Analysis 
gSC generalized Stochastic Collocation  
GSFI Global Fiberglass Solutions Inc. 
GSI Government Support Institutions  
GSM Grams per Square Metre 
GSP Generalised System of Preferences Scheme 
GSR  Gunshot Residue  
GSS  Garden Soil Suspension  
GST  Generalised Sampling Theorem  
GTA  Glyceryl Tri Acetate plasticiser  
GTA  Group Training Associations  
GTAP  Global Trade Analysis Project  
GTN  Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman  model for nucleation and growth of porosity
GTN-NH  Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman Nahshon and Hutchinson model for nucleation and growth of porosity extended for shear deformations
GTR  Ground Tyre Rubber  
GTR-g-MA  Ground Tyre Rubber grafted by Maleic Anhydride  
GTRI  Georgia Tech Research Institute  
GTV  Global Talent Visa  
GUI  Graphical User Interface  
GUW  Guided Ultrasonic Waves  
GVA  Gross Value Added  
GVM  Gross Vehicle Mass 
GW  Guided Wave  
GWEC  Global Wind Energy Council 
GWO Grey Wolf Optimisation 
GWP  Global Warming Potential (EICF)  
GWT  Guided Wave Technology  
GX Glass - unspecified Designation used in recycle marks for polymers

Sources:  WIG Terminology
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Created by John Summerscales on 04-Jul-2005 and updated on 10-Jun-2025 9:18. Terms and conditions. Errors and omissions. Corrections.