Research
Titanium and Magnesium
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A Digital Twin of abnormally coarse grain structures in critical titanium forgings for military aircraft applications
Titanium Ti-6Al-4V alloys are ubiquitous in structural aerospace components due to a high specific strength and fatigue...
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A novel and cost effective method to manufacture magnesium alloy sheets
Magnesium is the lightest structural metal, its density is about 2/3 that of aluminium, and 1/4 that of steel. It should...
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Advanced characterisation of deformation micromechanics and failure initiation in Ti alloys
Failure initiation during monotonic and cyclic loading of polycrystalline metallic materials alloys involves irreversible deformation with increasing applied stress,...
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An investigation into the effect of microtextured regions on the fatigue properties of forged titanium
When forging large billets of titanium, microtextured regions can form. After doing a heat treatment above the beta tranus,...
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Developing a coupled crystal-plasticity phase-field model to understand microstructural evolution during hot rolling of dual-phase titanium
The aim of the work is to investigate microstructural evolution of dual-phase titanium (e.g. Ti64) under hot rolling....
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Developing a microstructural “fingerprint” for titanium alloys
This project is in partnership with Rolls-Royce at the University of Manchester, University of Sheffield and University College Dublin....
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Development of high-deposition-rate additive manufacturing processes for aerospace applications (Open Architecture Additive Manufacturing & NEWAM projects)
Direct energy deposition additive manufacturing processes, such as wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), offer the high kg per hour deposition...
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Development of novel hot stamping process of titanium alloy
To meet the demand for lower global emission and fuel consumption, the application of titanium alloys with high strength...
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Development of the microstructure in Ti alloys during thermo-mechanical processing
The aim of this project is to study the development of the microstructure in Ti alloys during thermo-mechanical processing....
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Dynamic Strengthening of Magnesium Alloys
Magnesium alloys are the lightest metal structural materials, with high specific stiffness and specific strength, and therefore it is...
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High Performance Wrought Magnesium Alloys
Magnesium alloys, as the lightest structural metallic materials that human being has ever discovered, could revolutionize modern...
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In-situ characterisation of the high temperature deformation micromechanics in dual-phase Ti alloys
Microstructure and crystallographic orientation (texture) in dual-phase Ti-6Al-4V materials is controlled by thermomechanical processing during manufacture, offering...
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Influence of Process Variables upon Microstructure and Texture of Dual Phase Zirconium Alloys
Dual phase Zr-2.5Nb alloys have superior strength and fracture toughness compared to single phase Zr alloys. Optimising the...
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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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Investigating cold dwell in Ti-834 and Ti6-4 for compressor disk components within the aerospace industry
Cold dwell causes creep deformation to occur at room temperature, lowering the overall fatigue life of the compressor disk....
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Lab scale simulation for thermo-mechanical processing of dual-phase Ti alloys
Thermo-mechanical testing is routinely used for replicating the exact thermal and mechanical processes that a material is subjected to...
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Microstructure and texture development during hot forming of titanium alloys
Thermo-mechanical processing, such as hot-rolling or forging, are established processes to improve mechanical properties and to homogenize the microstructure...
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Modelling warm deformation and recrystallization in metals
The warm deformation performs below the recrystallization temperature which leads less additional softening due to recrystallization. The texture changes...
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Novel zirconium refined magnesium alloys
The microstructures of novel rare earth containing magnesium alloys are being controlled through heat treatments and characterised using SEM...
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Texture Evolution of Hot Rolled Titanium Alloys
This project aims to investigate the texture evolution mechanism of Ti-6Al-4V during hot rolling. The materials provided...
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The effects of microstructure on the ductility of aerospace titanium alloys
Titanium alloys are used in a wide variety of components throughout the fan and compressor stages of an aero-engine....
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The Influence of Combined Oxidation and Fatigue Conditions on the Endurance of Titanium Alloys
High performance titanium alloys are being increasingly used in advanced airframes, particularly where elevated temperatures are experienced (e.g....