PhD in Metallurgy

Rapid heating processes such as induction heating are increasingly used in modern and sustainable manufacturing, offering reduced energy consumption, shorter processing times, and improved material efficiency compared with conventional heat treatments./nThis PhD project aims to address this gap by studying phase change behaviour in rapidly heated steel sections./nThe project will focus on steels (plain carbon, high carbon and HSLA) heated above their austenitising temperature under short, high-rate thermal cycles representative of industrial processing routes./nThe student will be based at Cranfield University in the Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre, part of the Manufacturing, Materials and Design theme, with regular collaboration with BAE Systems Land UK and access to induction furnaces and related equipment./nAccess to necessary experimental facilities including advanced microscopy, materials characterization and relevant simulation tools will be provided.