Structural Integrity assessments in steam turbine power generation blade materials

Research project

Structural Integrity assessments in steam turbine power generation blade materials

Research groups:

Institute for Life Sciences

Engineering Materials and Surface Engineering Group
Lead researchers:

Professor Philippa Reed
Other researchers:

Dr Andrew Hamilton,

Dr Benjamin Cunningham
Status:

Not active

Project overview

Fatigue in steam turbine blade materials is a growing issue as we try to extend the latter stages of lifetime at end of life of these assets. In particular a focus on fatigue mitigation approaches such as shot peening, coatings and minor overloads on fatigue mechanisms has been studied in a range of projects

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Philippa Reed

PROFESSOR OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS

Research interests

Fatigue processes in additively manufactured high performance alloys
High temperature oxidation and creep fatigue processes in nickel based turbine disc and blade alloys
Fatigue mitigation and prediction approaches in turbine blades

Connect with Philippa

Email: P.A.Reed@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Andrew Hamilton

Associate Professor

Connect with Andrew

Email: A.R.Hamilton@soton.ac.uk

Dr Benjamin Cunningham BEng (Hons), MEng, PhD, IMechE, IEng

Mechanical Testing Consultant

Connect with Benjamin

Email: B.Cunningham@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Engineering Materials and Surface Engineering Group

Our research activities are often multidisciplinary involving collaborations with other research groups, Universities and industry partners.

Research outputs

Benjamin M.D. Cunningham, Mitchell Leering, Yuhui Fan, Chao You, Andrew Morris, Philippa A.S. Reed, Andrew R. Hamilton & Michael E. Fitzpatrick, 2023, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 46(8), 2845-2863

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Type: article

Benjamin M. D. Cunningham, Angelos Evangelou, Chao You, Andrew Morris, James Wise, Philippa A. S. Reed & Andrew R. Hamilton, 2021, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 45(2), 546-564

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Type: article

Chao You, Binyan He, Mithila Achintha & Philippa Reed, 2017, International Journal of Fatigue, 104, 120–135

DOI:

Type: article

Chao You, Mithila Achintha, Binyan He & Philippa Reed, 2017, International Journal of Fatigue, 103, 99-111

DOI:

Type: article

André Caetano Melado, Arthur Seiji Nishikawa, Hélio Goldenstein, Michael A. Giles & Philippa A.S. Reed, 2017, International Journal of Fatigue

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