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Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Liquid Metal Engineering (LiME)

Funder: EPSRC
Duration: May 2010 - October 2015

People

Name Telephone Email Office
Dr Brian Mckay Dr Brian Mckay
Reader (Teaching & Research)
T: +44 (0)1895 266409
E: brian.mckay@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266409 brian.mckay@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 003b
Professor Geoffrey Scamans Professor Geoffrey Scamans
Head of Industrial Research
T: +44 (0)1895 268571
E: geoffrey.scamans@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268571 geoffrey.scamans@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 001i
Professor Hari Nadendla Professor Hari Nadendla
Professor
T: +44 (0)1895 265466
E: hari-babu.nadendla@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265466 hari-babu.nadendla@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 002b
Professor Zhongyun Fan Professor Zhongyun Fan
Director - BCAST - (Professor)
(Principal investigator)
T: +44 (0)1895 266406
E: zhongyun.fan@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266406 zhongyun.fan@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 001d

Outputs

Li, T., Davies, JMT. and Zhu, X. (2021) 'Effect of carrier gases on the entrainment defects within AZ91 alloy castings'. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 10 (1). pp. 129 - 145. ISSN: 2213-9567 Open Access Link

Journal article

Patel, JB., Yang, X., Mendis, CL. and Fan, Z. (2017) 'Melt Conditioning of Light Metals by Application of High Shear for Improved Microstructure and Defect Control'. JOM, 69 (6). pp. 1071 - 1076. ISSN: 1047-4838 Open Access Link

Journal article

Zhang, D., Wang, L., Xia, M., Nadendla, HB. and Li, JG. (2016) 'Misfit paradox on nucleation potency of MgO and MgAl2O4 for Al'. Materials Characterization, 119. pp. 92 - 98. ISSN: 1044-5803 Open Access Link

Journal article

Patel, JB., Lloyd, P., Peng, G. and Fan, Z. (2016) 'Development of the new high shear technology for continuous processing of Mg-alloys for ingot casting'.Magnesium Technology Symposium held during the 145th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Nashville, TN. 1 - 18 February. Wiley. pp. 29 - 33. ISSN: 1545-4150

Conference paper

Huang, Y. and Fan, Z. (2015) 'Microstructure and texture development during melt conditioned twin roll casting and downstream processing in an AZ31 magnesium alloy'.7th Light Metal Technology Conference 2015. Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 1 - 29 July.

Conference paper

Das, S., Barekar, N., El Fakir, O., Yang, X., Dear, JP. and Fan, Z. (2015) 'Influence of intensive melt shearing on subsequent hot rolling and the mechanical properties of twin roll cast AZ31 strips'. Materials Letters, 144. pp. 54 - 57. ISSN: 0167-577X Open Access Link

Journal article

Das, S., Barekar, NS., El Fakir, O., Wang, L., Prasada Rao, AK., Patel, JB., et al. (2014) 'Effect of melt conditioning on heat treatment and mechanical properties of AZ31 alloy strips produced by twin roll casting'. Materials Science and Engineering A, 620. pp. 223 - 232. ISSN: 0921-5093 Open Access Link

Journal article

Fan, Z., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Qin, T., Zhou, XR., Thompson, GE., et al. (2014) 'Grain refining mechanism in the Al/Al-Ti-B system'. Acta Materialia, 84. pp. 292 - 304. ISSN: 1359-6454

Journal article

Kotadia, HR., Patel, JB., Li, HT., Gao, F. and Fan, Z. (2014) 'Microstructure evolution in melt conditioned direct chill (MC-DC) casting of Fe-rich al-alloy'.AMI Light Metals Conference 2014. Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. 1 - 17 October. Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.. pp. 90 - 95. ISSN: 1022-6680 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Men, H. and Fan, Z. (2014) 'Atomic ordering in liquid aluminium induced by substrates with misfits'. Computational Materials Science, 85. pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 0927-0256

Journal article

Yan, F., Kumar, S., McKay, BJ., McKay, BJ. and O'Reilly, KAQ. (2014) 'Effect of Mn on Fe containing phase formation in high purity aluminium'. International Journal of Cast Metals Research, 27 (4). pp. 202 - 206. ISSN: 1364-0461

Journal article

El Fakir, O., Das, S., Stone, I., Scamans, G., Fan, Z., Wang, L., et al. (2014) 'Solution heat treatment, forming and in-die quenching of a commercial sheet magnesium alloy into a complex-shaped component: experimentation and FE analysis'. Key Engineering Materials, 622-623. pp. 596 - 602. ISSN: 1013-9826 Open Access Link

Journal article

Nadendla, H. and Nowak, M. (2013) 'Method of refining metal alloys'.

Patent

Cassinath, Z., Xia, M., Huang, Y. and Fan, Z. (2013) 'Process optimization and microstructure control for twin screw rheo-extrusion of an AZ91D magnesium alloy'.International Conference on Light Metal Technology. Old Windsor, UK. 24 - 26 July.

Conference paper

Yan, F., McKay, BJ. and Fan, Z. (2011) 'Effect of intensive shearing microstructure and mechanical properties of a Al-Mg casting alloys'.The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Solidification Processes. Aachen. 7 - 10 June. Proceedings of ICASP3.

Conference paper