
Professor David Knowles
BA, MA, PhD, F.R.ENG
Current positions
Professor of Nuclear Engineering/Director (Engineering) of South West Hub
Department of 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
Creep Deformation of 316H Weldments
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
04/07/2022A method to extract slip system dependent information for crystal plasticity models
MethodsX
New Correlative Microscopy Approaches to Understand the Microstructural Origins of Creep Cavitation in Austenitic Steels
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Comparing Techniques for Quantification of Creep Cavities
PROCEEDINGS ESIA15–ISSI2019
Evaluation of fracture toughness and residual stress in AISI 316L electron beam welds
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures
Influence of microstructure on synchrotron X-ray diffraction lattice strain measurement uncertainty
Metals