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Structural Integrity assessments in steam turbine power generation blade materials

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: [email protected]

Other researchers

Dr Andrew Hamilton

Associate Professor
Connect with Andrew

Email: [email protected]

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

Mechanical Testing Consultant
Connect with Benjamin

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Low cycle fatigue life prediction in shot-peened components of different geometries – Part I: residual stress relaxation
Chao You, Mithila Achintha, Katherine Soady, Niall Smyth, Michael Fitzpatrick & Philippa Reed, 2017, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 40(5), 761-775
DOI: 10.1111/ffe.12543
Type: article
Low cycle fatigue life prediction in shot-peened components of different geometries – Part II
Chao You, Mithila Achintha, Katherine Soady & Philippa Reed, 2017, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 40(5), 749-760
DOI: 10.1111/ffe.12542
Type: article
Fatigue crack growth behaviour in the LCF regime in a shot peened steam turbine blade material
Binyan He, K.A. Soady, B.G. Mellor, G Harrison & P.A.S. Reed, 2016, International Journal of Fatigue, 82, 280-291
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2015.03.017
Type: article
3-D analysis of fatigue crack behaviour in a shot peened steam turbine blade material
Binyan He, Orestis Katsamenis, Brian Mellor & Philippa A.S. Reed, 2015, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 642, 91-103
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2015.06.082
Type: article
Stress relaxation in shot–peened geometric features subjected to fatigue: experiments and modelling
Mithila Achintha, Chao You, Binyan He, K.A. Soady & P.A.S. Reed, 2014, Advanced Materials Research, 996, 729-735
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.996.729
Type: article