129 datasets found

Additive manufacturing, otherwise know as 3D printing is gaining in industrial relevance as a manufacturing technique partially due to the ability to fabricate complex...

Zeolite catalysts are highly porous materials that take up gases and vapours into their pores. Accommodating the guest molecule inside the host framework leads to distortion...

Power plant components are subjected to high temperature and cyclic loadings causing them to operate near or beyond the yield limit of the material, hence residual stresses will...

Surface treatments such as cold expansion are widely used in industry in order to introduce compressive residual stresses in the bulk of the material in the vicinity of holes,...

Deformation in polycrystalline material is inhomogeneous. Our previous study using neutron diffraction has shown due to these inhomogeneities, during high temperature cyclic...

The mechanical behaviour of porous granular rocks is highly complex due to the fact that they exhibit a multiscale interaction of three different phases: grains, cement and...

Oxide dispersion-strengthened steels are still being regarded as suitable choices for components in advanced nuclear power plants. It is important, then, to study how permanent...

Liquid feedstock containing sub-micron to nano-sized particles is used in suspension thermal spray to produce nanostructured ceramic coatings with improved density, strength and...

Flow forming is a cold forming process used for the production of dimensionally accurate near net shaped hollow components used in various fields of industry. Due to the nature...

Unlike casting, Selective Laser Melting (SLM) powder bed system can be applied to build near-netshape components with complex geometries in a short lead time. Recently, SLM...

The proposal aims to investigate the influence of welding process on deformation and fracture behaviour of S355ML steel, which is of the type used for offshore renewable energy...

Laser Shock Peening (LSP) is an advanced manufacturing process capable of introducing compressive residual stress within a component. Cracks in aeronautical structures can grow...

ASTM F75, a cobalt-chrome alloy, is the most dominant material used for total biomedical joint replacements due to the combination of its wear properties, corrosion resistance...

Nickel-based superalloys have excellent high-temperature properties due to the dispersion of stronger precipitates in matrix. The properties are significantly affected by the...

This project will investigate the physical aspects of improving the fatigue performance (strength) of high-strength steel welded joints, such as for the use in construction...

It is proposed that crack nucleation will be investigated at ISIS using the EnginX beam line with the IMAT imaging detector. Notched LCF specimens with varying materials and Kt...

The fact that residual stresses are redistributed or relaxed during operations shows the importance of understanding residual stress after a particular period. Elastic shakedown...

Fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites (FRCMCs) have numerous applications, such as engine components, rocket re-entry nozzles and military vehicles due to their light...

The main aim of the proposed project includes a complex analysis of the ongoing deformation mechanisms as a function of the initial texture and composition in twin-roll cast...

Graphite bricks are both the moderator and structural components at the heart of the Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) cores. Internal stress arises from the moderation role of...