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Dr B Connolly
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Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
Understanding the properties of new materials is essential in order to develop new and improved products. Materials engineers work at the forefront of new technology, with designers and engineers of every discipline, to push forward the boundaries of science and engineering.
The School of Metallurgy and Materials has over 120 Postgraduate Research Students carrying out projects in a broad range of topics in materials science and engineering, often in collaboration with, or based in industry. The quality of the research work in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials has been confirmed by our outstanding performance in successive Research Assessment Exercises.
For more information please visit http://www.eng.bham.ac.uk/metallurgy/research.shtml or contact the project supervisor.
Research Interests may include:
Localised Corrosion and Environmentally Assisted Fracture
Aluminium Alloys
Stress and Microstructure Effects on Localised Corrosion in Aluminium Alloys
Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of 7xxx Friction Stir Welds
Pit to Crack Transitions and Corrosion Fatigue characterisation in an Al-Li-Cu alloy
Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Dissimilar Metal Friction Stir Welds
The School of Metallurgy and Materials has over 120 Postgraduate Research Students carrying out projects in a broad range of topics in materials science and engineering, often in collaboration with, or based in industry. The quality of the research work in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials has been confirmed by our outstanding performance in successive Research Assessment Exercises.
For more information please visit http://www.eng.bham.ac.uk/metallurgy/research.shtml or contact the project supervisor.
Research Interests may include:
Localised Corrosion and Environmentally Assisted Fracture
Aluminium Alloys
Stress and Microstructure Effects on Localised Corrosion in Aluminium Alloys
Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of 7xxx Friction Stir Welds
Pit to Crack Transitions and Corrosion Fatigue characterisation in an Al-Li-Cu alloy
Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Dissimilar Metal Friction Stir Welds
Funding Notes
This PhD is open to candidates with a minimum 2i Honours degree or its equivalent in Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics or Engineering. The University Graduate School is pleased to announce that it has ten Elite Doctoral Researcher Scholarships available for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Scholarships are available to outstanding overseas candidates of the highest academic aptitude holding an offer of a place to study on a PhD at the University of Birmingham starting in October 2012. International students can often gain funding through overseas research scholarships, Commonwealth scholarships or their home government.
References
B.J. Connolly, R.S. Lillard, J.R. Scully, G.E. Stoner, “Water Staining of AA3104-H19 Can Body Stock: A Crevice Corrosion Study Utilizing the Double Crevice Assembly Test Method,” Corrosion, 53(8), 644-656 (1997).
B.J. Connolly, J.R. Scully, “Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility in Al-Li-Cu Alloys 2090 and 2096 as a Function of Isothermal Aging Time,” Scripta Materialia, 42, 1039-1045 (2000).
C.P. Ferrer, M.G. Koul, B.J. Connolly, A.L. Moran, “Improvements in Strength and Stress Cracking Properties in Aluminum Alloy 7075 Via Low Temperature Retrogression and Re-Aging Heat Treatments,” Corrosion, 59(6), 520-528 (2003).
B.J. Connolly, K.L. Deffenbaugh, M.G. Koul, A.L. Moran, “Environmentally Assisted Crack Growth Rates of High Strength Aluminum Alloys,” Journal of Metals, 55(1), 42-52 (2003). (Invited paper)
B.J. Connolly, Q. Meng, A.L. Moran, R.L. McCaw, “Mechanical and Precorroded Fatigue Properties of Coated Aluminum Aircraft Skin System as a Function of Various Thermal Spray Processes,“ Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 39(2), 137-142 (2004).
B.J. Connolly, M.G. Koul, A.L. Moran, “A Comparison Study of Stress Corrosion Crack Growth Rates for AA7xxx Alloys as a function of Bulk Aqueous Chloride Concentrations,” Corrosion, 61(10), 976-986 (2005).
B.J. Connolly, J.R. Scully, “The Transition from Localized Corrosion to Stress Corrosion Cracking in an Al-Li-Cu-Ag Alloy,“ Corrosion, 61(12), 1145-1166 (2005).
M. Jariyaboon, A.J. Davenport, R. Ambat, B.J. Connolly, S.W. Williams, D.A. Price, “Corrosion Behaviour of a Dissimilar Friction Stir Weld Joining High Strength Aluminium Alloys 2024 and 7010,” Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 41(2), 135-142 (2006).
A.J. Davenport, M. Jariyaboon, C. Padovani, N. Tareelap, B.J. Connolly, S. Williams, E. Siggs, “Corrosion and Protection of Friction Stir Welds,” Materials Science Forum, 519-521, 699 (2006).
A.J. Davenport, Y. Yuan, R. Ambat, B.J. Connolly, M. Strangwood, A. Afseth, G. Scamans, “Intergranular Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Sensitised AA5182,” Materials Science Forum, 519-521, 641 (2006).
B.J. Connolly, “Ch 15: Effects of Applied Stress on Localised Corrosion of Aluminium Alloy Friction Stir Welds,” in Local Probe Techniques for Corrosion Research (EFC 45), edited by
B.J. Connolly, J.R. Scully, “Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility in Al-Li-Cu Alloys 2090 and 2096 as a Function of Isothermal Aging Time,” Scripta Materialia, 42, 1039-1045 (2000).
C.P. Ferrer, M.G. Koul, B.J. Connolly, A.L. Moran, “Improvements in Strength and Stress Cracking Properties in Aluminum Alloy 7075 Via Low Temperature Retrogression and Re-Aging Heat Treatments,” Corrosion, 59(6), 520-528 (2003).
B.J. Connolly, K.L. Deffenbaugh, M.G. Koul, A.L. Moran, “Environmentally Assisted Crack Growth Rates of High Strength Aluminum Alloys,” Journal of Metals, 55(1), 42-52 (2003). (Invited paper)
B.J. Connolly, Q. Meng, A.L. Moran, R.L. McCaw, “Mechanical and Precorroded Fatigue Properties of Coated Aluminum Aircraft Skin System as a Function of Various Thermal Spray Processes,“ Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 39(2), 137-142 (2004).
B.J. Connolly, M.G. Koul, A.L. Moran, “A Comparison Study of Stress Corrosion Crack Growth Rates for AA7xxx Alloys as a function of Bulk Aqueous Chloride Concentrations,” Corrosion, 61(10), 976-986 (2005).
B.J. Connolly, J.R. Scully, “The Transition from Localized Corrosion to Stress Corrosion Cracking in an Al-Li-Cu-Ag Alloy,“ Corrosion, 61(12), 1145-1166 (2005).
M. Jariyaboon, A.J. Davenport, R. Ambat, B.J. Connolly, S.W. Williams, D.A. Price, “Corrosion Behaviour of a Dissimilar Friction Stir Weld Joining High Strength Aluminium Alloys 2024 and 7010,” Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 41(2), 135-142 (2006).
A.J. Davenport, M. Jariyaboon, C. Padovani, N. Tareelap, B.J. Connolly, S. Williams, E. Siggs, “Corrosion and Protection of Friction Stir Welds,” Materials Science Forum, 519-521, 699 (2006).
A.J. Davenport, Y. Yuan, R. Ambat, B.J. Connolly, M. Strangwood, A. Afseth, G. Scamans, “Intergranular Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Sensitised AA5182,” Materials Science Forum, 519-521, 641 (2006).
B.J. Connolly, “Ch 15: Effects of Applied Stress on Localised Corrosion of Aluminium Alloy Friction Stir Welds,” in Local Probe Techniques for Corrosion Research (EFC 45), edited by
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