Overview

We offer a Corrosion-sensitive Multiscale Fatigue Modelling degree at the Cranfield University. The application of repetitive loads results in fatigue damage that can propagate and cause catastrophic failures. The ambient conditions around a fatigue crack tip has a dramatic effect on the fate of a component—a part may survive millions of cycles in vacuum and last only a few hundreds of thousands in air and much lower in actively corrosive environments.

Features

Although there is a clear synergy between fatigue damage and corrosion, most fatigue prognosis models do not explicitly consider the role of the environment, which is usually reduced to obscured fitting coefficients.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

This research will study the effects of corrosion-induced changes in composition on fatigue damage in metallic materials.

We will employ 3-D crystal plasticity models in order to understand the role of compositional changes in fatigue damage.

We will correlate these changes with a realistic degradation from corrosion processes. The simulations will be integrated with mesoscale experimental to evaluate the constitutive response of smooth specimens degraded by corrosion.

Given the innovative nature of this research, it will represent a milestone in corrosion-fatigue research and will likely mark a path towards future degradation assessments.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cranfield, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Production and Manufacturing Engineering View 13 other PhDs in Production and Manufacturing Engineering in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants should have a first or second class UK honours degree or equivalent in a related discipline, such as computer science, mathematics, or engineering.

The candidate should be self-motivated and have excellent analytical, reporting and communication skills.

Tuition Fees

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22620 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

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Living costs

Cranfield

United Kingdom

700 - 1300 GBP / month

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