17 datasets found

Recent work on bonded crack retarders for aerospace structures has demonstrated how they offer advantages in improvement in fatigue life. We have previously studied the residual...

We request three days of beam-time on POLARIS to investigate the influence of thermally-induced twinning on the thermal expansion behaviour of polycrystalline calcite....

This experiment will determine the influence of second phase precipitation on subsequent post heat treatment cold compression for heat treatable aluminium alloys. Immersion...

Residual stresses introduced into large aerospace aluminium components after the queching procedure carried out to form the desired microstructure can result in large, costly...

Bonded crack retarders are a novel technology for providing improved damage tolerance in aerospace structures. They can be applied either where mechanical fastening is being...

Surface stress engineering processes aim to improve the life of components through the generation of favorable compressive residual stress fields by locally plastically...

A novel analytical approach has been developed to assess the plasticity induced error in residual stress (RS) distributions measured by the contour method (CM) for which...

High-pressure research is one of the fastest-growing areas of natural science. The European Commission is funding the Sample Environment Joint Research Activity (JRA) between...

Repair welding of nickel superalloys is being investigated at Cranfield University to determine repair techniques which minimise liquation and post-weld heat treatment cracking...

Ultrasonic peening (UP) can improve the fatigue resistance of welded joints by introducing compressive residual stresses at the toe of the welds, and offers significant...

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...

Welds in safety critical applications are subject to structural integrity assessments where residual stress plays a key part. Dissimilar welds are often used in service without...

Aim: The strengthening mechanisms of a creep resistant bainitic 1%CrMoV steel at both ambient and elevated temperatures are governed by the complex microstructure comprising...

TWIP (TWinning-Induced Plasticity) steels are a class of Mn-containing steels that display excellent elongation to fracture even at high strain rates, making them very...

Reheat cracking is a failure mechanism seen in welds fabricated from high temperature creep resistant materials. A new feature test specimen (ring-weld) has been designed to...

Bonded crack retarders are a novel technology for improving the damage tolerance of structures. They are of particular interest in aerospace applications, where they offer the...

Stainless steel-titanium tube bimetallic adapters are being considered for use in superconducting radiofrequency cavities of the future International Linear Collider using...