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Future Liquid Metal Engineering Hub

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: November 2015 - October 2022

People

Name Telephone Email Office
Professor Shouxun Ji Professor Shouxun Ji
Professor
T: +44 (0)1895 266663
E: shouxun.ji@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266663 shouxun.ji@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 003c
Professor Dmitry Eskin Professor Dmitry Eskin
Professor
T: +44 (0)1895 265317
E: dmitry.eskin@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265317 dmitry.eskin@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 002a
Dr Ian Stone Dr Ian Stone
Director of Operations
T: +44 (0)1895 267826
E: ian.stone@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267826 ian.stone@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 001b
Dr Yan Huang Dr Yan Huang
Senior Lecturer
T: +44 (0)1895 266976
E: yan.huang@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266976 yan.huang@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 003a
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
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 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

Salloum-abou-jaoude, G., Eskin, D., Lebon, B., Barbatti, C., Jarry, P. and Jarrett, M. (2019) 'Altering the Microstructure Morphology by Ultrasound Melt Processing during 6XXX Aluminium DC-Casting'.TMS 2019 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. San Antonio, Texas. 16 - 14 March. Springer International Publishing. pp. 1605 - 1610. ISSN: 2367-1181 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Tzanakis, I., Lebon, B., Subroto, T., Eskin, D. and Pericleous, K. (2019) 'Acoustic cavitation measurements and modeling in liquid aluminum'.TMS 2019 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. San Antonio, Texas. 1 - 14 March. Springer International Publishing. pp. 1533 - 1538. ISSN: 2367-1181 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Wang, Y., Lebon, B., Tzanakis, I., Zhao, Y., Wang, K., Stella, J., et al. (2018) 'Experimental and numerical investigation of cavitation-induced erosion in thermal sprayed single splats'. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 52. pp. 336 - 343. ISSN: 1350-4177 Open Access Link

Journal article

Li, L., Ji, S., Zhu, Q., Wang, Y., Dong, X., Yang, W., et al. (2018) 'Effect of Zn Concentration on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al-Mg-Si-Zn Alloys Processed by Gravity Die Casting'. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 49 (8). pp. 3247 - 3256. ISSN: 1073-5623 Open Access Link

Journal article

Peng, GS., Wang, Y. and Fan, Z. (2018) 'Competitive Heterogeneous Nucleation Between Zr and MgO Particles in Commercial Purity Magnesium'. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 49 (6). pp. 2182 - 2192. ISSN: 1073-5623

Journal article

Dybalska, A., Eskin, DG. and Patel, JB. (2018) 'Validation of the Physical Simulations of a Stirred Molten Metal Using Particle Image Velocimetry Data'. JOM, 70 (7). pp. 1256 - 1260. ISSN: 1047-4838 Open Access Link

Journal article

Fan, Z., Gao, F., Zhou, L. and Lu, SZ. (2018) 'A new concept for growth restriction during solidification'. Acta Materialia, 152. pp. 248 - 257. ISSN: 1359-6454 Open Access Link

Journal article

Que, Z., Wang, Y. and Fan, Z. (2018) 'Formation of the Fe-Containing Intermetallic Compounds during Solidification of Al-5Mg-2Si-0.7Mn-1.1Fe Alloy'. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 49 (6). pp. 2173 - 2181. ISSN: 1073-5623 Open Access Link

Journal article

Lebon, B., Tzanakis, I., Pericleous, K. and Eskin, D. (2018) 'Experimental and numerical investigation of acoustic pressures in different liquids'. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 42 (April). pp. 411 - 421. ISSN: 1350-4177 Open Access Link

Journal article

Khvan, AV., Eskin, DG., Starodub, KF., Dinsdale, AT., Wang, F., Fang, C., et al. (2018) 'New insights into solidification and phase equilibria in the Al-Al3Zr system: theoretical and experimental investigations'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 743. pp. 626 - 638. ISSN: 0925-8388 Open Access Link

Journal article

Yang, X., Mendis, CL., Patel, JB. and Fan, Z. (2018) 'Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of thin strip twin roll cast (TRC) Mg sheet'.TMS annual meeting & exhibition. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 28 - 15 March. Springer International Publishing. pp. 429 - 432. ISSN: 2367-1181 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Dinsdale, AT., Fang, C., Fan, Z. and Khvan, ZV. (2017) 'The critical assessment of data for Al-Fe based intermetallic phases formed during solidification of aluminium alloys'.Solidification Processing 17. Old Windsor. 1 - 28 July.Open Access Link

Conference paper

Li, HT., Zhao, P., Yang, R., Patel, JB., Chen, X. and Fan, Z. (2017) 'Grain Refinement and Improvement of Solidification Defects in Direct-Chill Cast Billets of A4032 Alloy by Melt Conditioning'. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 48 (5). pp. 2481 - 2492. ISSN: 1073-5615 Open Access Link

Journal article

Yang, X., Wang, F. and Fan, Z. (2017) 'Crystallographic study of nucleation in SiC particulate reinforced magnesium matrix composite'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 706. pp. 430 - 437. ISSN: 0925-8388

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

Salloum-Abou-Jaoude, G., Eskin, D., Barbatti, C., Jarry, P., Jarrett, M. and Fan, Z. (2017) 'Effect of ultrasonic processing on a direct chill cast AA6082 aluminium alloy'.TMS Annual Meeting. San Diego. 17 - 2 March. Springer International Publishing. pp. 997 - 1003. ISSN: 2367-1181 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Yang, W., Fredriksson, H. and Ji, S. (2016) 'Halo formation of Zn-Al alloys under conventional solidification and intensive convection solidification'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 696. pp. 460 - 469. ISSN: 0925-8388 Open Access Link

Journal article

Yang, W., Liu, L., Zhang, J. and Ji, S. (2016) 'Insight into the partial solutionisation of a high pressure die-cast Al-Mg-Zn-Si alloy for mechanical property enhancement'. Materials Science and Engineering A, 682. pp. 85 - 89. ISSN: 0921-5093 Open Access Link

Journal article

Yang, X., Huang, Y., Barekar, NS., Das, S., Stone, IC. and Fan, Z. (2016) 'High shear dispersion technology prior to twin roll casting for high performance magnesium/SiCp metal matrix composite strip fabrication'. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 90. pp. 349 - 358. ISSN: 1359-835X Open Access Link

Journal article

Huang, Y. (2016) 'Substructural Alignment during ECAE Processing of an Al-0.1Mg Aluminium Alloy'. Metals, 6 (7). pp. 158 - 158. ISSN: 2075-4701 Open Access Link

Journal article

Huang, Y. (2016) 'Solute effect on grain boundary migration in ultrafine/nanostructured materials'.International conference and exhibition on materials chemistry. Valencia, Spain. 31 - 1 April.

Conference paper

Yan, F., Yang, W., Ji, S. and Fan, Z. (2015) 'Effect of solutionising and ageing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a high strength die-cast Al-Mg-Zn-Si alloy'. MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 167. pp. 88 - 96. ISSN: 0254-0584 Open Access Link

Journal article

Ji, SX., Yan, F. and Fan, ZY. (2015) 'Casting development with a high strength aluminium alloy'. Materials Science Forum, 828-829. pp. 9 - 14. ISSN: 0255-5476 Open Access Link

Journal article

Que, ZP., Wang, Y., Zhou, YP., Liu, L. and Fan, Z. (2015) 'Effect of Al-5Ti-1B grain refiner addition on the formation of intermetallic compounds in Al-Mg-Si-Mn-fe alloys'. Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.. pp. 53 - 57. ISSN: 0255-5476

Conference paper

Ji, S., Fan, Z., Yang, W. and Jiang, B. (2013) 'Improvement of mechanical properties of HPDC A356 alloy through melt quenching process.'.Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Liquid Metal Processing. Austin, USA. 20 - 25 September. Springer International Publishing. pp. 273 - 276.Open Access Link

Conference paper