Research
Aluminium
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Aluminium Alloys for Defence Applications
In the defence sector, the high strength to weight ratio of light alloys can be utilised in numerous ways...
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Atomistic simulation of hydrogen embrittlement in high strength Aluminium alloys through atomistic simulation
The 7xxx series of aluminium alloys have exceptionally high strength and are used for structural applications, however some of...
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Chemo-mechanical Modelling of hydrogen Diffusion and Fracture in 7xxx Series Al Alloys
7xxx aluminium alloys are the most widely used materials in the aircraft structural application due to their high strength,...
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Computational formability predictions of Surfalex (AA6016A) with comprehensive characterisation
A predictive knowledge of yielding behaviour is critical to improve our understanding of the mechanical anisotropy of light alloys...
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Creep Age Forming (CAF): Experimentation and Materials Modelling
Background: Creep-age forming (CAF) is a forming technique used for fabricating large/extra-large lightweight aircraft panel components....
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Crystal Plasticity and Microstructure Modelling for Rolled Aluminium Sheet
When bending is applied to Al sheets, early failure may appear between grain boundaries on the surface deformed in...
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Crystal Plasticity Modelling of Formability in Recycled 6XXX Alloys
This project involves using crystal plasticity modelling to explore the effect of primary particle size distribution, volume fraction and...
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Development of compressed HFQ processing routes
Background: Solution heat treatment, Forming and cold die Quenching (HFQ®) is a technique that enables mass production of...
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Development of Novel Corrosion Testing Methods for Anti-corrosion Performance Evaluation of Treated Light Alloys
This project focuses on developing innovative methodologies to perform laboratory corrosion testing of surface treated light alloys. In particular,...
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Effects of heat treatment on the corrosion and stress corrosion cracking behaviours of 7075 aluminium alloy
7075 aluminium alloy is widely used in automobile manufacturing, aerospace, and other fields like military, due to its high...
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Environmentally Assisted Cracking (EAC) of New Generation 7xxx Al-Aerospace Alloys
7xxx series aluminium alloys have important applications in the aerospace industry. Understanding Environmentally Assisted Cracking (EAC) in these alloys...
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Experimental and Numerical Study of Dynamic Precipitation in Aluminium Alloys During Warm Forming Process
Context: The need for high-strength aluminium alloys has been growing very rapidly for a decade due to their high...
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Formability assessment for metallic sheets of boron steel and aluminium alloys under hot stamping conditions
The Forming limit diagram (FLD), which represents the limit strains for a material deformed under the different strain states...
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Hot Compression modelling of recycled 6XXX Al Alloys
A finite element model accounting for friction, barrelling, and temperature gradient has been developed. This will be used to...
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Improving the Hot Form Quench (HFQ) process in 6XXX aluminium alloys - Dr Paloma Hidalgo-Manrique
Hot Form Quench (HFQ) is a process in which stamping and heat treating are combined in a single operation...
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Integrated Computational-Experimental Study of Microstructurally Short Crack Propagation in AA7xxx alloys
The aim of this project is to refine existing crack growth models to be more realistic of...
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Investigating abnormal grain structures in titanium – 6% aluminium – 4% vanadium hot worked aerospace components
Titanium 64 is widely used in the aerospace industry despite the high costs associated with production. In order to produce...
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Microstructural effects on environmentally assisted cracking in model 7xxx
The objective of this project is to investigate the effect of alloy composition and metallurgical state...
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Microstructural effects on the formability of recycled 6xxx alloys
In this project the effects of intermetallic compound particles on the formability and mechanical properties of the...
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Microstructure and damage evolution of deformed recycled Al alloys
Using secondary/recycled aluminium alloys offers significant advantages due to the lower cost and much less energy consumption. However,...
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Microstructure effects on EAC behaviour of 7000 series Al-alloys in humid air
The higher susceptibility of new-generation 7xxx series aluminium alloys, such as AA7085, to environmentally assisted cracking (EAC) in humid...
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Modelling capabilities of the stress relaxation and creep response occurring within aluminium alloy 2139 during Creep-Age Forming (CAF)
Creep-Age Forming (CAF) as a process has demonstrated significant cost-savings in the aerospace industry in the manufacture of large-scale...
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Modelling the formability of light alloys during warm forming processes
This project is focussed on the modelling the formability of light alloys during warm forming processes, so that these...
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Novel extrusion method to produce wide metal components
The traditional method to produce wide aluminium components is rolling, which is costly due to the multiple rolling passes...
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Novel Pre-age Deform and Re-age Processing Route for Tailoring Properties in Aluminium Alloys
Inspired by a recently published work of Wang et al., a novel hybrid thermo-mechanical processing route consisting of pre-ageing ...
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Performance testing for materials produced by novel production routes for automotive lightweighting
This project aims to highlight the impact of microstructure evolution in high performance aluminium alloys produced during Hot Form...
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Strain Path Effects on Dynamic Precipitation in Aluminium Alloys
Aluminium alloys strengthened by precipitates are widely used in the automotive and aerospace industry. Precipitation is usually achieved by...
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Tailoring the properties of Aluminium automotive sheet
High strength aluminium alloys such as AA7075 would make an ideal alternative to steel in the production of automotive...
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The Effect of Accelerated Ageing of Hybrid-Hot Formed Aluminium Automotive Panels on Corrosion Resistance
There is a strong demand in the automotive industry to introduce more higher strength aluminium body panels in vehicles,...
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Through Process Modelling of Recycled Aluminium
It is difficult to predict the material properties of aluminium alloys since they are sensitive to its process history...
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Towards a comprehensive understanding of dynamic interaction between dislocations and precipitates in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys
Despite having the key advantage of high strength to weight ratio, Al alloys lag behind in their application compared...
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Understanding and Modelling the Interactions Between Deformation and Precipitation in Aluminium Alloys
This research primarily involves studying and simulating the effect of deformation during warm or cold forming on the precipitation...