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Chlorine-induced high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based alumina and chromia forming coatings (2017)
Journal Article
Sadeghimeresht, E., Reddy, L., Hussain, T., Markocsan, N., & Joshi, S. (2018). Chlorine-induced high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based alumina and chromia forming coatings. Corrosion Science, 132, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2017.12.033

Chlorine-induced corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni21Cr and Ni5Al coatings was investigated in 5 vol.% O2 + 500vppm HCl + N2 with and without KCl at 600 °C up to 168 h. Both coatings were protective in the absence of KCl. With KCl, Ni21Cr degraded through... Read More about Chlorine-induced high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based alumina and chromia forming coatings.

Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme (2017)
Journal Article
Brett, S., Dyson, C. N., Purdy, D., Shingledecker, J., Rantala, J., Eaton-Mckay, J., & Sun, W. (2018). Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme. Materials at High Temperatures, 35(6), 529-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2017.1410330

The process of standardisation of small specimen creep testing techniques, specifically the impression creep test requires the repeatability of the test method. In this study it is accomplished through a round robin programme involving four different... Read More about Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme.

Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor (2017)
Journal Article
Benaarbia, A., Rae, Y., & Sun, W. (2018). Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.12.008

This paper presents an elasto-visco-plastic finite element modelling framework including the associated UMAT codes to investigate the high temperature behaviour of gas turbine rotor steels. The model used in the FE study is an improved and unified mu... Read More about Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor.

Generalization and modelling of rigid polyisocyanurate foam reaction kinetics, structural units effect, and cell configuration mechanism (2017)
Journal Article
Xu, J., Wu, T., Sun, W., & Peng, C. (2017). Generalization and modelling of rigid polyisocyanurate foam reaction kinetics, structural units effect, and cell configuration mechanism. Cellular Polymers, 36(6),

PIR/PUR ratio was derived from differential manipulation of generalized polyisocyanurate kinetic model. The structural unit effects on polymerization of isocyanurate, urethane and urea linkages were evaluated based on Mayo-Lewise tercopolymerization... Read More about Generalization and modelling of rigid polyisocyanurate foam reaction kinetics, structural units effect, and cell configuration mechanism.

Heat treatment of cold-sprayed C355 Al for repair: microstructure and mechanical properties (2017)
Journal Article
Murray, J., Zuccoli, M., & Hussain, T. (in press). Heat treatment of cold-sprayed C355 Al for repair: microstructure and mechanical properties. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-017-0665-z

Cold gas dynamic spraying of commercially pure aluminum is widely used for dimensional repair in the aerospace sector as it is capable of producing oxide-free deposits of hundreds of micrometer thickness with strong bonding to the substrate, based on... Read More about Heat treatment of cold-sprayed C355 Al for repair: microstructure and mechanical properties.

Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components (2017)
Journal Article
Everton, S. K., Dickens, P., Tuck, C., & Dutton, B. (in press). Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components. JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-017-2661-7

Laser powder bed fusion offers many advantages over conventional manufacturing methods, such as the integration of multiple parts which can result in significant weight-savings. The increased design freedom that layer-wise manufacture allows has also... Read More about Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components.

Strategies for functionally graded lattice structures derived using topology optimisation for additive manufacturing (2017)
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Panesar, A., Abdi, M., Hickman, D., & Ashcroft, I. (2018). Strategies for functionally graded lattice structures derived using topology optimisation for additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.11.008

A number of strategies that enable lattice structures to be derived from Topology Optimisation (TO) results suitable for Additive Manufacturing (AM) are presented. The proposed strategies are evaluated for mechanical performance and assessed for AM s... Read More about Strategies for functionally graded lattice structures derived using topology optimisation for additive manufacturing.

On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V (2017)
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Oyelola, O., Crawforth, P., M’Saoubi, R., & Clare, A. T. (2018). On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V. Additive Manufacturing, 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.11.005

Current class Directed Energy Deposition (DED) techniques used for component manufacture and repair have inherently poor geometrical tolerance. Hence, there remains a requirement to apply conventional machining strategies post build in order to achie... Read More about On the machinability of directed energy deposited Ti6Al4V.

Comparative LCA of different graphene production routes (2017)
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Cossutta, M., McKechnie, J., & Pickering, S. J. (in press). Comparative LCA of different graphene production routes. Green Chemistry, 19(24), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02444D

This study is an LCA of three graphene production routes: electrochemical exfoliation of graphite rods, chemical oxidation and subsequent chemical or thermal reduction and chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Different processes for each route are analy... Read More about Comparative LCA of different graphene production routes.

Thermal management of electronics devices with PCMs filled pin-fin heat sinks: a comparison (2017)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Ali, H. M., Jabbal, M., & Verdin, P. (in press). Thermal management of electronics devices with PCMs filled pin-fin heat sinks: a comparison. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.10.065

The present paper covers the comparison of two different configurations (square and circular) pinfin heat sinks embedded with two different phase change materials (PCMs) namely paraffin wax and n-eicosane having different thermo-physical properties w... Read More about Thermal management of electronics devices with PCMs filled pin-fin heat sinks: a comparison.