Professor Christopher Truman

Professor Christopher Truman
BSc(Manc), CertAStud(Cantab), PhD(NottTrent), CPhys, CEng, CMath, FInstP

Professor of Solid Mechanics

Office Room 2.51
Queen's Building,
University Walk, Clifton BS8 1TR
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 331 5911
c.e.truman@bristol.ac.uk

Research summary

Research interests are primarily focussed on measuring and modelling residual stress, and fracture of structural materials. Residual stresses are self-equilibrating stresses existing in materials or components under uniform temperature conditions and no applied loads. Residual stresses are introduced into components by processes which cause the material to undergo some form of inelastic response, such as welding, quenching and rolling. The presence of residual stresses can have a significant effect on the subsequent failure characteristics of engineering components and structures.

Biography

I am a Professor of Solid Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol. I am also an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow (ARF) until 2010. My official Departmental page is located here.

Recent publications

Oikonomidis, F, Shterenlikht, A & Truman, CE 2013, ‘Prediction of crack propagation and arrest in X100 natural gas transmission pipelines with the strain rate dependent damage model (SRDD). Part 1: a novel specimen for the measurement of high strain rate fracture properties and validation of the SRDD model parameters’. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, vol 105-106., pp. 60-68
Hossain, S, Truman, CE & Smith, DJ 2012, ‘Finite element validation of the deep hole drilling method for measuring residual stresses’. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, vol 93-94., pp. 29-41

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