Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

Combined crystal plasticity–phase field fracture simulation to understanding particle cracking in recycled 6xxx aluminium alloy

Increasing the use of recycled aluminium alloys in wrought applications requires increasing tolerance to impurities such as iron. These impurities form brittle constituent particles that can crack or de-bond, leading to a reduction in formability. The fraction, size, shape, and d...

Enabling non-contact deformation measurements at cryogenic temperatures for large deformations

The growing use of cryogenic technologies in applications such as nuclear fusion and aviation has created a growing need for mechanical testing methods capable of characterising material behaviour at low temperatures. This work presents a cryogenic mechanical testing methodology...