Micromechanics and Materials Modelling
Micromechanics and Materials Modelling
Overview
Understanding the behaviour of complex, hierarchically structured materials requires the combination of different modelling techniques. We use implicit and explicit finite element simulations of continua and microstructured alloys, ceramics and polymers, along with discrete dislocation dynamics and molecular dynamics simulations, to consider such phenomena as adiabatic shear bands, crystal slip and dislocation pile-up and interaction, twinning and phase transformations, in materials ranging from aerospace alloys to structural and functional ceramics to biological materials such as human dental tissues.
Projects
AWE. Cast uranium fracture studies. PI: Alan Cocks
CARIES. Multi-modal correlative microscopy for understanding the hierarchical structure-function relationships in human dental caries. PI: Alexander Korsunsky
CAVITY. The physics and mechanics of creep cavity nucleation and sintering in energy materials. PI: Alan Cocks
CIPS. Modelling the Intergranular gamma prime. PI: Alexander Korsunsky
ED16. Modelling microstructure evolution, creep deformation and damage development in 316H stainless steel. PI: Alan Cocks
MHI SINTERING. Life Prediction of Thermal Barrier Coatings (Sintering). PI: Alan Cocks
NeuroPulse. The role of geometric-edge specification in cell growth mechanics and morphogenesis (the BBSRC grant). PI: Antoine Jerusalem
PCD. Studies of Elastic Precursor Decay in FCC and HCP metals under shock loading. PI: Daniel Eakins
RRC. Residual Stress Measurement on Four Coated Ceramic Discs. PI: Alexander Korsunsky
TIN. Shock response of single-crystal tin. PI: Daniel Eakins.
WELX. Residual stress evaluation will be performed by the FIB-DIC micro-ring-core drilling method (microHD) on the samples containing in-fill welds in the fir tree shank of HP turbine blademade from single crystal superalloy CMSX-4. PI: Alexander Korsunsky