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
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Professor of Nuclear Engineering/Director (Engineering) of South West Hub
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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
28/10/2020The role of grain boundary orientation and secondary phases in creep cavity nucleation of a 316h boiler header
Materials and Fabrication
Microstructure-informed, predictive crystal plasticity finite element model of fatigue-dwells
Computational Materials Science
A novel methodology for estimating tensile properties in a small punch test employing in-situ DIC based deflection mapping
Journal of Nuclear Materials
A novel insight into the primary creep regeneration behaviour of a polycrystalline material at high-temperature using in-situ neutron diffraction
Materials Science and Engineering: A
Development of Fatigue Testing System for in-situ Observation of Stainless Steel 316 by HS-AFM & SEM
International Journal of Fatigue
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