All Outputs (7)

The development of a novel technique for small ring specimen tensile testing (2018)
Journal Article

The wide scale use of small specimens in routine testing programs could significantly reduce material resource requirements (factors of 10 are easily achievable). This is a major benefit to situations where there is not enough material to manufacture... Read More about The development of a novel technique for small ring specimen tensile testing.

A neural network approach for determining spatial and geometry dependent Green's functions for thermal stress approximation in power plant header components (2018)
Journal Article

The trend in power generation to operate plant with a greater frequency of on/partial/off load conditions creates several concerns for the long term structural integrity of many high temperature components. The Green's function method has been used f... Read More about A neural network approach for determining spatial and geometry dependent Green's functions for thermal stress approximation in power plant header components.

A series hybrid “real inertia” energy storage system (2018)
Journal Article

The wide scale market penetration of numerous renewable energy technologies is dependent, at least in part, on developing reliable energy storage methods that can alleviate concerns over potentially interrupted and uncertain supplies. Many challenges... Read More about A series hybrid “real inertia” energy storage system.

Stability of packed bed thermoclines (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Packed bed thermoclines have attracted considerable interest as an economical method for storing large amounts of thermal energy. They are a constituent part of a range of proposed thermo-mechanical energy storage systems, such as Adiabatic Co... Read More about Stability of packed bed thermoclines.

The Prediction of isothermal cyclic plasticity in 7175-T7351 aluminium alloy with particular emphasis on thermal ageing effects (2018)
Journal Article

Rapid thermal ageing has been observed in the literature for certain aerospace aluminium alloys under conditions which are foreseeable in their intended component applications. While several experimental programs have explored this phenomenon in the... Read More about The Prediction of isothermal cyclic plasticity in 7175-T7351 aluminium alloy with particular emphasis on thermal ageing effects.

A case study investigation into the effects of spatially dependent convection coefficients on the fatigue response of a power plant header component (2018)
Journal Article

Societal and environmental pressures are forcing thermal power plant operators to deviate greatly from the generation strategies of the past. The application of high frequency start up/shut down/partial load cycles to components that may well be outs... Read More about A case study investigation into the effects of spatially dependent convection coefficients on the fatigue response of a power plant header component.

A thermodynamically-based viscoelastic-viscoplastic model for the high temperature cyclic behaviour of 9-12% Cr steels (2018)
Journal Article

Improving the understanding of the long term rate dependent behaviour of materials is of critical importance in many engineering applications. Without this understanding, it is potentially difficult to ensure safe and effective plant operation while... Read More about A thermodynamically-based viscoelastic-viscoplastic model for the high temperature cyclic behaviour of 9-12% Cr steels.