Role of Interfaces in Fracture Resistance of Power Generating Steels: Combined Multiscale Modelling/Experimental Approach
Reference Number
GR/S45287/01
Title
Role of Interfaces in Fracture Resistance of Power Generating Steels: Combined Multiscale Modelling/Experimental Approach
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies)
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion)
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Professor JF Knott
Metallurgy and Materials
University of Birmingham
Metallurgy and Materials
University of Birmingham
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 December 2003
End Date
30 November 2006
Duration
36 months
Total Grant Value
£170,043
Industrial Sectors
Materials sciences
Region
West Midlands
Programme
Metals Programme -- Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Professor JF Knott, Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham
Recognised Researcher
Professor A Crocker, Physics, University of Surrey
Professor P Flewitt, Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol
Professor V Randle, Engineering, Swansea University
Professor P Flewitt, Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol
Professor V Randle, Engineering, Swansea University
Industrial Collaborator
Project Contact, Magnox Electric Plc
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Objectives
Abstract
Ths research proposal is based on the need, consistent with requirements identified by the EPSRC ESR21 Network, for a rigorous experimenta modelling investigation of the role of various boundaries, grain, twin, martenistic and bainistic laths and interphase boundaries, on the overall fra and fracture resistance (toughness) of low alloy steels and other alloys used in the power industry. A strength of this proposal is its interdisciplir aspect: researchers from four universities have formed a consortium to pool their diverse expertise. The Bristol Group will carry out work to esta effect of the range of boundaries and interrfaces encountered in a ferritic and austenitic steel and zircaloy on the initiation and growth of cracks. also take account of the composition and chemical state off the boundaries. These results and those obtained from model alloys will be directly integrated with the predictions of the theoretical models undertaken by the Surrey Group and the non-chemical properties measured by the Birmingham/Swansea Groups. Overall this will provide an input to the life extension and design of new power generating plant
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