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TARF-LCV: Towards Affordable closed-loop Recyclable Future Low Carbon Vehicle structures

Funder: EPSRC
Duration: December 2011 - May 2016

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 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 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

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

Ji, S. and Fan, Z. (2016) 'A Casting Al-Mg-Zn-Si Based Aluminium Alloy for Improved Mechanical Performance'.

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Ji, S., Fan, Z. and Yan, F. (2015) 'A high strength cast aluminium alloy for high pressure die casting'.

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Yang, L., Zhou, X., Liang, SM., Schmid-Fetzer, R., Fan, Z., Scamans, G., et al. (2015) 'Effect of traces of silicon on the formation of Fe-rich particles in pure magnesium and the corrosion susceptibility of magnesium'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 619. pp. 396 - 400. ISSN: 0925-8388

Journal article

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

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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

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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

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Peng, GS., Wang, Y., Xia, MX. and Fan, Z. (2014) 'Interaction between Zr addition and intensive melt shearing on grain refinement of commercial purity magnesium'. Materials Science Forum, 790-791. pp. 167 - 172. ISSN: 0255-5476

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Ji, S., Watson, D. and Fan, Z. (2013) 'An Al-Mg-Si-Mn alloy and a method of producing such an alloy'. Available at: https://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/patent/p-os/p-find/p-ipsum/Case/PublicationNumber/GB2500825.

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