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Aluminium alloys for elevated temperatures in automotive engines

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

The overall aim is to meet or exceed current and future CO2 legislation by adopting the new Al-Si alloys for improved performance for vehicle engines at elevated temperatures.

People

Name Telephone Email Office
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

Rahimian, M., Amirkhanlou, S., Blake, P. and Ji, S. (2018) 'Nanoscale Zr-containing precipitates; a solution for significant improvement of high-temperature strength in Al-Si-Cu-Mg alloys'. Materials Science and Engineering A, 721. pp. 328 - 338. ISSN: 0921-5093 Open Access Link

Journal article

Rahimian, M., Ji, S., Fan, Z., Blake, P. and Watson, D. (Accepted) 'A casting alloy'.Open Access Link

Patent