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Aluminum alloys with improved modulus

Funder: Jaguar Land Rover
Duration: September 2015 - September 2018

This work stream is focused on the material modulus and what alterations can be made to the material system to deliver advantageous changes to the high modulus characteristic of the cast aluminium alloys.

People

Name Telephone Email Office
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
Professor Shouxun Ji Professor Shouxun Ji
Professor
(Principal investigator)
T: +44 (0)1895 266663
E: shouxun.ji@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266663 shouxun.ji@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 003c
Professor Zhongyun Fan Professor Zhongyun Fan
Director - BCAST - (Professor)
T: +44 (0)1895 266406
E: zhongyun.fan@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266406 zhongyun.fan@brunel.ac.uk Gardiner Building 001d

Outputs

Amirkhanlou, S., Zhang, Y., Ji, S. and Fan, Z. (2017) 'Young's Modulus of Al-Si-Mg-Cu Based Alloy Under Different Heat Treatment Processes'.146th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition / Conference on Light Metals. San Diego, CA. 1 - 2 March. Springer International Publishing. pp. 335 - 342. ISSN: 2367-1181

Conference paper

Amirkhanlou, S., Ji, S., Zhang, Y., Watson, D. and Fan, Z. (2016) 'High modulus Al[sbnd]Si[sbnd]Mg[sbnd]Cu/Mg2Si[sbnd]TiB2hybrid nanocomposite: Microstructural characteristics and micromechanics-based analysis'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 694. pp. 313 - 324. ISSN: 0925-8388 Open Access Link

Journal article