Professor David Knowles
BA, MA, PhD, F.R.ENG
Current positions
Professor of Nuclear Engineering/Director (Engineering) of South West Hub
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Research interests
My research interests are in the area of mechanical properties of materials and their interrelation with the structural integrity of components. Specifically much of my work addresses fitness for service of static and rotating components operating at high temperature or within aggressive environments in the Energy Sector.
Particular areas in which I have worked in recent years include:
- creep and creep-fatigue of high temperature components in gas turbines, petrochemical, conventional and nuclear power plant
- fatigue in offshore steel structures
- thermomechanical fatigue in petrochemical plant and gas turbine blades
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8036 EPSRC via University of Birmingham
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/03/2019 to 31/10/2019
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024Life Assessment of Metals Used in Fusion Using R5 and RCC-MRX
ASME 2024 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference
A correlative approach to evaluating the links between local microstructural parameters and creep initiated cavities
Materials and Design
Effect of grain boundary misorientation and carbide precipitation on damage initiation
International Journal of Plasticity
Thermomechanical analysis of tungsten-copper joints for fusion applications using digital image correlation
Fusion Engineering and Design
A method to extract slip system dependent information for crystal plasticity models
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