Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (MBM)
Aerospace Materials and Structures
Head of Group - Professor J Tong
Academic: |
Research: |
| Dr A Karabela | Dr B Lin |
| Dr S Simandjuntak | Dr C Cornet |
| Emeritus Professor J Byrne | Dr Y-W Lu |
| Professor G Harrison | Mr C Lupton |
Research Activities
Applied research into fatigue and fracture of aerospace materials and components has been carried out for over 30 years with industrial collaborators including Rolls Royce, the US Air Force, the MOD, QinetiQ, Astrium, Westland Aerostructures amongst others.
Materials studied include Nickel, Titanium and Aluminium alloys for aeroengines and aeroframes, and composites for satellites and wind turbines. In recent years, the studies of constitutive models and finite element analysis have further strengthened our analytical and numerical capabilities.
Examples of our research:
- Finite element simulation of fatigue crack growth
- Combined low cycle (LCF) and high cycle (HCF) fatigue
- The effect of foreign object damage (FOD) on crack growth of aerofoil
- Prediction of creep-fatigue interaction using constitutive model
We have a well equipped laboratory with a wide range of facilities for fatigue and fracture studies at room and elevated temperature.