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High Temperature The Open University

Department name
Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology
Qualification, duration, mode
PhD 36FT 72PT variableDL*MPhil 15FT 24PT variableDL
Months of entry
October
Entry requirements
PhD: The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree, relevant to the proposed area of study, from a recognised higher education institution in the UK. You should also have experience of academic research in the previous four years, normally in the form of either a master's degree in research methods, an undergraduate degree with a research element in the final year, or work-related experience with evidence through research reports. If you're not sure if you meet the entry requirements, please contact us (research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk). MPhil: see http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Course description
The Materials Engineering Group has an international reputation for its research activity in the fields of residual stress measurement and analysis, high temperature materials behaviour and materials characterisation. We have an excellent suite of testing facilities on-campus, ranging from X-ray residual stress measurement to state-of-the-art electron microscopy. We have invested over £1.6 million in research equipment and infrastructure, and the group's research is currently supported by around £2 million of external income. We work closely with a range of industrial partners. High temperature performance of materials is important to applications in aerospace and power generation. We have one of the largest UK university creep facilities for characterizing high-temperature deformation of materials, and are developing novel non-contact strain measurement methods for characterization of deformation in welded joints. Potential research projects Project areas are available depending on funding, but we would expect to recruit in the following general areas. - Creep of materials for future nuclear power plant - Fracture assessment methods - High-temperature weld integrity assessment. For specific details of likely projects, please contact us. Current / recent research projects Application of Digital Image Correlation to characterisaion of weld mechnical properties.
Funding
Please see The Open University website http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
New students enrolled annually
unknown
Total enrolled students
unknown
Contact name
Professor Mike Fitzpatrick
Contact email
mct-ddem-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Contact phone
+44 (0) 1908 655 799
Contact web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/

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