University of Nottingham
Structural Integrity and Dynamics Research Group
Head of research group: Professor A A Becker
Company web site: www.nottingham.ac.uk
General Research Area:
- High Temperature Creep Analysis
- Computational Stress Analysis
- Experimental Stress Analysis
- Fatigue, Fracture and Life Assessment
- Material and Component Testing
- Gas Turbine Transmissions Systems (Rolls-Royce UTC)
- Vehicle Dynamics
- Rotating Machinery
- Structural Dynamics
- Micro-system Technology
- Sports Engineering
Specific Research subject:
- Weld Structural integrity
- Weld repair
- Pipe welds
- Creep of welds
- Creep fatigue interaction
- Fracture mechanics
Subject Area: Mechanical engineering
Specific Facilities: Experimental equipment:
- Creep/fatigue testing machines
- Photoelastic casting facilities, hot air ovens, polariscopes, etc.
- Moiré interferometry equipment
- Potential drop crack measurement equipment
- Grips and instrumentation for elevated temperature testing
- Material testing machines
Computer codes:
- Commercial FE codes (ABAQUS, FEMGV)
- In-house FE continuum damage mechanics code
- In-house Boundary Element code
Location: East Midlands, England
Specific Expertise:
- Analysis of welds at high temperature
- Weld repair
- Continuum Damage mechanics using FE
- Experimental testing at high temperatures
- Measurement of creep strains
- Creep of pipe branches