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Residual stress distributions and stress relaxation due to Post Weld Heat Tre...
UK power plants are following the worldwide trends in the power generating industry, in line with demands for increases in the efficiency of existing power plants and for... -
Residual Stress Measurement on Welded Stainless Steel 304 by Neutron Diffraction
Welding-induced distortions and residual stresses of structural components can result in significant increase in manufacturing costs and then limit the development of innovative... -
Effect of the welding speed on the residual stress distribution in the AA7050...
Stationary-shoulder friction stir welding (SSFSW) is a relatively new solid-state joining technique which particularly attractive for alloys which are difficult to join via... -
Stress evaluation of RAFM weld for fusion reactor
Reduced Activation Ferritic-Martensitic steels (RAFMs) are the primary candidate structuralmaterial for the FDS series LiPb blankets for fusion reactors, in particular the Dual... -
Study of cold creep stress relaxation on stainless steel welded structures
ATLAS+ is a four year, 7M Horizon 2020 project aimed at developing and validating advanced structural integrity assessment methodologies for non-RPV primary circuit pressure... -
Martensite Ductility Improvement Mechanism of High Strength Multilayered Aust...
Though the single phase martensite of low alloy steel usually has a total elongation less than 5% and cannot directly apply to the commercial steel sheets, the multilayered... -
The Influence of Post-Quench Delay on the Residual Stresses in Cold Compresse...
Residual stresses introduced into large aerospace aluminium components after the queching procedure carried out to form the desired microstructure can result in large, costly... -
Measurement of Residual Strains/Stresses in Welded Linepipes for Deep-sea Oil...
The demand for deep-sea oil and gas supply is increasing due to the higher demand on energy and security of energy supply. The pipelines for transporting oil and gas are... -
Effect of intergranular stress on creep deformation in 316H during high tempe...
Creep lifetime of high temperature power plant materials are significantly affected due to predicted and unpredicted cyclic loading during plant operation. Our previous study... -
In-situ lattice deformation measurement in a ferritic steel at elevated tempe...
In our research programme the overall goal is to explore and characterise the multiscale deformation in a high-strength ferritic power plant steel (P91/P92). A micromechanical... -
Residual strain measurements after cold expansion prior and after thermo-mech...
Previous measurements on ENGIN-X (RB1710155) performed on samples with different residual stress states after cold expansion gave good correlations between numerical and... -
Towards reliable residual stress characterization in dissimilar metal welds
The proposed experiment forms a part of a joint study by M. Rahman, an ILL PhD thesis student, and J. Brokx, a CDT thesis student supported by ISIS. In the proposed experiment,... -
Influence of multiaxial cyclic loading on residual stress stability in high-s...
In welded joints subjected to multiaxial fatigue, it is of interest to determine both the time to crack initiation and propagation to understand what controls fatigue life of... -
Intergranular stress generation during high temperature creep-fatigue loading
Intergranular stresses, generated during cyclic loading of AISI type 316H stainless steel can significantly affect the creep deformation of this material. However,... -
Redistribution of Residual Stresses in pipeline girth welds under conditions ...
Approved proposal under the ICRD Scheme Proposal ICRD0007 -
Development and Control of Residual Stress in Intersections of Large Scale Me...
Metal Additive Manufacturing can be used to build smart structural features and parts. Residual Stress and distortion is probably the biggest challenge. Lab-scale parts with... -
Characterisation of residual stresses generated by laser cladding and shock p...
Laser cladding is a process that improve the mehcanical properties of metal.It works by fusing a thin layer of additional metal to the original surface.However,tensile residual... -
Mechanical Behaviour of a Dual Phase High Manganese Steel
A newly developed dual phase high manganese steel has the potential to exceed the mechanical properties of many current state of the art advanced high strength automotive and... -
Effect of texture on generation of intergranular stresses in 316H
Intergranular stresses are generated in polycrystalline material due to anisotropic deformation during monotonic and cyclic loading. Such generated intergranular stresses can... -
Phase transformation stress in titanium alloys in additive manufacturing
Residual Stresses are a big challenge in 3D printing. They develop because the deposited material cools down, but it cannot shrink.One of the most widely used materials in 3D...
