Description The Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) at the University of Strathclyde works with a number of UK and international aerospace manufacturers and their supply chains. A key aim of a number of industrial members of the AFRC is to understand the impact of different processing routes (i.e., temperature of deformation, amount of deformation applied, how fast the material was heated up or cooled down) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of new advanced titanium alloys in order to understand if they would be appropriate to be put into service. In this project(s) you will be working with AFRC researchers and engineers and the AFRC industrial members to characterise in detail the impact of different processing routes on advanced beta titanium alloys (mostly used for landing gear) using a range of characterising techniques, software tools, and statistical methods. The outcomes would then feed into the broader AFRC/Industry titanium programme. Note, a significant amount of the work will be undertaken at the AFRC, which is located near Glasgow airport. Key Objectives
- Detailed understanding of titanium alloys in the context of aerospace.
- Detailed understanding of beta titanium microstructures and how they influence properties and performance in-service.
- Use of microstructure characterising software for quantifcation of microstructure
- Detailed analysis of microstructure results
- Correlation of microstructures observed with processing