PhD in Metallurgy

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded and home students are eligible to apply./nMetal components subject to high rates of deformation can fail catastrophically by fragmentation. Understanding and predicting this fragmentation process is critical to protecting structures and people from the damage it can cause. This has applications including defence and space./nThis project will involve developing better models for fragmentation of metals that include a consideration of the structure at the micro-scale, linking this to fragment formation at the macro-level. This will build on work in crystal plasticity modelling at Manchester. The models will be informed by advanced characterization of the microstructures of relevant alloys using electron microscopy. Validation will be performed through trials with the project partner./nThe candidate will join a vibrant research group at Manchester and will be based in the Sir Henry Royce institute in Manchester. The work is carried out in collaboration with Dstl, an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence.