Biography
Ed is an Associate Professor in the Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering Group and a Supernumerary Fellow at St Anne's College. He develops computational models of engineering materials and completed his DPhil in Materials Science and MSc in Mathematical Modelling & Scientific Computing at Oriel College, Oxford.
Most Recent Publications
Dislocation dynamics modelling of the creep behaviour of particle-strengthened materials
Liu FX, Cocks ACF & Tarleton E (2021), PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 477(2250)
An in-situ synchrotron diffraction study of stress relaxation in titanium: effect of temperature and oxygen on cold dwell fatigue
Xiong Y et al. (2021), Acta Materialia, 213
Coupling a discrete twin model with cohesive elements to understand twin-induced fracture
Grilli N, Tarleton E & Cocks ACF (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE
Neper2CAE and PyCiGen: scripts to generate polycrystals and interface elements in Abaqus
Grilli N, Tarleton E & Cocks A (2021), SoftwareX, 13(January 2021)
Formation of prismatic dislocation loops during unloading in nanoindentation
Yu H, Cocks ACF & Tarleton E (2020), Scripta Materialia, 189, 112-116
Research Interests
- Discrete dislocation plasticity
- Crystal plasticity
- Coupled mechanical/diffusion models
- Cohesive zone modelling
HEms Project
The Hydrogen Embrittlement of Steels (HEMS) project was a consortium funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council to study the damage caused to steels by exposure to hydrogen. Upon exposure to hydrogen steels demonstrate a dramatic decrease in their tensile strength and instead of bending and stretching, the steel "cracks" in a brittle fashion. The HEMS consortium was a collaboration between a number of UK universities to study this phenomenon and elucidate the physical mechanisms underpinning it. If steels could be manufactured which are resistant to this effect it would enable a range of new technologies in the fields of energy and transport, and would be an essential step towards transforming to a hydrogen based energy economy.
Most Recent Publications
Dislocation dynamics modelling of the creep behaviour of particle-strengthened materials
Liu FX, Cocks ACF & Tarleton E (2021), PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 477(2250)
An in-situ synchrotron diffraction study of stress relaxation in titanium: effect of temperature and oxygen on cold dwell fatigue
Xiong Y et al. (2021), Acta Materialia, 213
Coupling a discrete twin model with cohesive elements to understand twin-induced fracture
Grilli N, Tarleton E & Cocks ACF (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE
Neper2CAE and PyCiGen: scripts to generate polycrystals and interface elements in Abaqus
Grilli N, Tarleton E & Cocks A (2021), SoftwareX, 13(January 2021)
Formation of prismatic dislocation loops during unloading in nanoindentation
Yu H, Cocks ACF & Tarleton E (2020), Scripta Materialia, 189, 112-116
DPhil studentship
Currently I have one fully funding DPhil studentship in Materials Modelling, open to UK citizens only due to the nature of the funding. Please contact me to discuss if interested.
Most Recent Publications
Dislocation dynamics modelling of the creep behaviour of particle-strengthened materials
Liu FX, Cocks ACF & Tarleton E (2021), PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 477(2250)
An in-situ synchrotron diffraction study of stress relaxation in titanium: effect of temperature and oxygen on cold dwell fatigue
Xiong Y et al. (2021), Acta Materialia, 213
Coupling a discrete twin model with cohesive elements to understand twin-induced fracture
Grilli N, Tarleton E & Cocks ACF (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE
Neper2CAE and PyCiGen: scripts to generate polycrystals and interface elements in Abaqus
Grilli N, Tarleton E & Cocks A (2021), SoftwareX, 13(January 2021)
Formation of prismatic dislocation loops during unloading in nanoindentation
Yu H, Cocks ACF & Tarleton E (2020), Scripta Materialia, 189, 112-116
