Composites Design and Manufacture (Plymouth University teaching support materials)
Abbreviations and acronyms (including research projects/thematic networks).
O  Explanation  Location/Reference/Context as appropriate
-O  suffix indicating O-group rubbers  polymer chain contains C and O (eg CO, ECO and GPO)
OA  Open Access  JISC page
OACA  2-Octyl Amino-4,6-diChloro-s-triAzine  
OACM  Off-Axis Composite Material  
OAN  Open Access Nest  
OAPEN  Open Access Publishing in European Networks Foundation  
OAS  Oxford Advanced Surfaces  adhesion promoters
OBM  Original Brand Manufacturer  
OBOR  One Belt, One Road  OBOR = MSR (Maritime Silk Road) + SREB (Silk Road Economic Belt)
OCAMAC  Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials and Composites  University of Oxford
OCC  Old Corrugated Cardboard fibers  
OCCA  Oil & Colour Chemists' Association  
OCCS onboard carbon capture and storage  in the context of fossil-fuel based shipping
OCEAN  Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature  Defra
OCM (conference) Organising Committee Member 
OCMI Officers in Charge: Marine Inspection 
OCP Open Circuit Potential (Voltage) 
OCT Optical Coherence Tomography 
OCT Over-height Compact Tension specimen 
OD Optical Density 
OD Ozone Depletion 
ODA  Official Development Assistance 
ODFC Oriented Discontinuous Fibre Composites 
ODIM Operational Data Integrated Method 
ODLS Operational Dynamic Load Sequence 
ODM Original Design Manufacturer 
ODP  Ozone Depletion Potential (EICF)  
ODPM  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister  London - United Kingdom
ODS  Operating Deflection Shape  
ODS  Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloys  
ODYL  Ocean Discovery Yachts Limited 
OE  Open-ended (spinning systems)  
OECD  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development  Paris - France
OED  Orthogonal Experimental Design  
OEL  Occupational Exposure Limits  
OEM  Original Equipment Manufacturer  
OEP  Office for Environmental Protection  
OER  Oxygen Evolution Reaction  
OES  Optical Emission Spectroscopy 
OFBG  Optical Fibre Bragg Grating  
OFDR Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry  Technique for interrogating optical fibre sensors
OFET organic field-effect transistor 
OFI Optical Fibre Interferomeeter 
OFM OpenFlexure Microscope 
OfQual Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation  
OFR Optical Fibre Refractometer 
OfS Office for Students 
OFS Optical Fibre Sensor 
OFS Optical Fibre Spectroscopy 
OGEE Oil and Gas Exploration and Exploitation 
OGPM Oil and Gas Profits Mechanism 
OH Occupational Health 
OH  One Health  an integrated, unifying approach to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals and ecosystems.
OHC Open Hole Compression 
OHP Outer Helmholtz Plane 
OHSA Occupational Health and Safety Administration 
OHT Open Hole Tension 
OIT Oxidation/Oxidative Induction Time 
OLED Organic Light Emitting Diodes 
OLEV Office for Low Emission Vehicles 
OLT Optical Lock-in Thermography 
OM Optical Microscopy 
OMA Operational Modal Analysis 
OMB Ozone with MicroBubbles 
OMC Organic Matrix Composites 
OML Outer/Outside Mould Line 
OMLS Organo-Modified Layered Silicates 
OMS  Obsolescence Management Strategy 
OMSG Operational Medical Support Group 
ONERA  Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aeronautiques  
ONR  Office of Naval Research  
ONS  Office for National Statistics  
OOA  Out-of-Autoclave 
OOF  Object-Oriented Finite element analysis  
OoM  Orders of Magnitude  
OOO  Out-of-Oven 
OOT  Oxidation Onset Temperature  
OOW  Out-of-Water (composite repair)  
OPB  One Piece Barrel composite fuselage  Alenia Aermacchi
OPEC  Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries  
OPEX  OPerating EXpenditure/EXperience  
OPF  Oil Palm Fibre composites  
OPF  Oil Palm Fronds  
OPFBF  Oil Palm Fruit Bunch Fibres  
OPI  Operational Performance Indicator  
OPIN  Ocean Power Innovation Network  
OPL  ISO Online Browsing Platform  
OPM  Online Process Monitoring  
OPM  Optical Polarising Microscope  
OPO  Optical Parametric Oscillators  
OPR Open Peer Review 
OPTICOMS Optimized Composite Structures Clean Sky
O-PTIR Optical-PhotoThermal IR spectroscopy 
OPV Offshore Patrol Vessels 
OPWF Oil Palm Wood Flour 
ORB Organic Refuse Biocompound  Biohm mycelium product
ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor IDs 
ORD  Open Research Data  
OREC  Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult  
OROCOnshore Remote Operations Centre 
ORR  Office of Rail Regulation  London - United Kingdom
ORS  On-line Resin State  Synthesites
ORV Oceanographic Research Vessels 
OSA Optical Spectrum Analyser 
OSB Oriented Strand Board 
OSCIBLEND  direct compounding/injection moulding  Wolfson Centre for Materials Processing (Brunel University)
OSEE Optically Stimulated Electron Emission 
OSIP Open Space Innovation Platform 
OS-IS Overlapped and Staggered Interface Structure  
OSPL Overall Sound Pressure Level 
OST  Office of Science and Technology  London - United Kingdom
OSU Ohio State University 
OSV Offshore Supply Vessel 
OSW 'Open Space' Workshop 
OT Polymer of bis-chloroalkylether with sulphur T-group rubber  
OT Operational Technology 
OT Optical Tweezers 
OTA (2Z,4Z,6E)-octa-2,4,6-trienoic acid) Clarissa Olivar et al in JACS 2024
OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometry  Technique for interrogating optical fibre sensors
OTFT  Organic Thin-Film Transistor 
OTMS Octyl TriMethoxy Silane 
OTNR Offshore Transmission Network Review  
OTOM Optical Thermal Optimization Model 
OTP One Time Passcode 
OTP Optimal Transducer Placement 
OUPV Operator of an Uninspected Passenger Vessel  
OVAAT One Variable At A Time 
OVB Oven Vacuum Bag  TD Juska et al in SAMPE Journal, 2009, 45(4), 22-36.
OVPOSS Octavinyl cage-type Polyhedral Oligomeric SilSesquioxane  
OWC Oscillating Water Column 
OWF Offshore Wind Farm 
OWIH Offshore Wind Innovation Hub 
OWIX Offshore Wind Innovation Exchange 
OWRK Owens, Wendt, Rabel, Kaelble method  surface free energy

Sources:  WIG Terminology
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Created by John Summerscales on 04-Jul-2005 and updated on 26-Nov-2025 17:11. Terms and conditions. Errors and omissions. Corrections.