Publications

PLANT CONDITION MONITORING

Hilson G., Hallam K.R. and Flewitt P.E.J. ‘The measurement of stresses within oxides produced on austenitic and ferritic steels using raman spectroscopy’ Materials Science Forum, 524-525, pp. 957-962 2006 and Proc. of 7th European Conference on Residual Stresses, Berlin, Germany, 2006

Constantinou P., Mellor P.H. and Wilcox P.D. ‘Model of an electromagnetic vibration generator’  Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), Newcastle, Northumbria University, UK, 2006

Konstantinidis G., Drinkwater B.W. and Wilcox P.D. ‘The temperature stability of guided wave structural health monitoring systems’ Smart Materials and Structures 15(4), pp. 967-976, 2006  

Konstantinidis G., Drinkwater B.W. and Wilcox P.D. ‘The long-term stability of guided wave structural health monitoring systems’ Annual Review of Progress QNDE, eds. Chimenti D.E., Thompson D.O.,  Vol. 820, pp. 1702-1709, 2006 and the American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2006

Wilcox P.D., Konstantinidis G. and Drinkwater B.W. ‘Structural health monitoring using sparse distributed networks of guided wave sensors’  Proc. of SPIE Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, ed. Matsuzaki Y,  Vol. 6173, 2006

Constantinou P., Mellor P.H. and Wilcox P.D. ‘A model of a magnetically sprung vibration generator for power harvesting applications’  Proc. of International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC'07) Antalya, Turkey, 2007

Konstantinidis G., Drinkwater B.W. and Wilcox P.D. ‘An investigation into the temperature stability of a guided wave structural health monitoring system using permanently attached sensors’ IEEE Sensors, 7(5), pp. 905-912, 2007  

Wilcox P.D., Konstantinidis G., Drinkwater B.W. and Croxford A.J. ‘Strategies for guided wave structural health monitoring’ Annual Review of Progress QNDE, eds. Chimenti D.E., Thompson D.O., Vol. 26 and the American Institute of Physics,  Melville, New York, 2007

Croxford A.J., Wilcox,  P.D., Drinkwater B.W. and Konstantinidis G. ‘Strategies for guided-wave structural health monitoring' Proc. Roy. Soc. A., 463, pp. 2961-2981, 2007  

Wilcox P.D., Croxford, A.J., Konstantinidis G. and Drinkwater B.W. ‘Sensitivity limitations for guided wave structural health monitoring’  Proc. of SPIE: Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007, Vol. 6532, pp. 65320A1-65320A9, SPIE, Bellingham WA, USA, 2007

Croxford A.J., Wilcox P.D.,  Konstantinidis G. and Drinkwater B.W. ‘Strategies for overcoming the effect of temperature on guided wave structural health monitoring’  Proc. of SPIE: Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007, Bellingham, W.A, USA,  Vol. 6532, pp. 65321T1-65321T10

Ficquet X., Smith D.J. and Truman C.E. ‘Residual stress measurement using a miniaturised deep hole drilling method’  Proc. of 13th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Alexandroupolis, Greece, 2007, paper 386, CD

Sun W., Hyde T. H. and Brett S. J. ‘Application of impression creep data in life assessment of power plant materials at high temperatures’ Journal of Materials: Design & Applications,  222, pp. 175-182, 2008  

Hyde T.H.,Miroslav S. ,Sun W. and Hyde C.J. ‘On the interpretation of results from small punch creep tests' Journal of Strain Analysis, 45(3), pp. 141-164, 2010  

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘Some considerations on specimen types for small sample creep tests’  Proc. of Int. Conf. WELDS 2009: Design, Testing, Assessment and Safety of High Temperature Welded Structures, June 2009, Fort Myers, Florida, USA.

Hyde T. H., Sun W. and Brett S. J. ‘Some recommendations on standardization of impression creep testing’  Proc. of ECCC Conf. on Creep and Fracture in High Temperature Components - Design and Life Assessment, April 2009, Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘Evaluation of the conversion relationship for impression creep testing’ International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 86 (11), pp. 757-763, 2009  

Thomson R.C. ‘Extending the life of power plants - future for fossils' Materials World, 17(8), pp. 28-30, 2009  

Skouras, A., Pavier, M.J., Shterenlikht, A. 'A spatial resolution of residual stress measurements using the deep hole drilling technique'  Proc. of the ASME 2010 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, PVP2010 July 18-22, 2010, Bellevue, Washington, USA

Aird, C.J., Pavier, M.J., Smith, D.J. 'A fundamental study of the interaction of residual stress and applied loading on fracture'  Proc. of the ASME 2010 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, PVP2010 July 18-22, 2010, Bellevue, Washington, USA

Hyde T.H., Sun W. and Brett S.J. ‘Application of impression creep test data for the assessment of service-exposed power plant components’  1st Int. Conf. on Determination of Mechanical Properties of Materials by Small Punch and Other Miniature Testing Techniques. 31 August to 2nd September 2010, Ostrava, Czech Rep.  and Metallurgical Journal, Vol. LXIII,138-145, 2010.

Hyde T.H. and Sun W., ‘Interpretation of small punch creep test data for ductile materials’.  1st Int. Conf. on Determination of Mechanical Properties of Materials by Small Punch and Other Miniature Testing Techniques’. 31 August to 2nd September 2010, Ostrava, Czech Rep. and Metallurgical Journal, Vol. LXIII, 25-33, 2010. 

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Simms N.J., Heikinheimo L., Kilgallon P.J., Encinas-Oropesa A., Tuurna S. and Oakey J.E. ‘Heat exchanger corrosion in biomass and coal co-fired power plants’  Proc. of Eurocorr 2005

Simms N.J., Kilgallon P.J. and Oakey J.E. ‘Heat exchanger corrosion in biomass and coal co-fired power plants’ Materials for Advanced Power Engineering, pp. 1513-1522, ISBN 3-89336-436-6, 2006  

Simms N.J., Kilgallon P.J. and Oakey J.E. ‘Fireside issues in advanced power generation systems’  Proc. of 7th Charles Parsons Turbine Conference, 2007, in ‘Power Generation in an Era of Climate Change’  Eds A Strang et al, pp. 603-614, 2007

Simms N.J., Kilgallon P.J. and Oakey J.E. ‘Degradation of heat exchanger materials under biomass co-firing conditions’ Materials Issues Governing the Performance of Advanced 21st Century Energy Systems,  Eds T Levi et al (Science Reviews, 2008) pp225-234  and  Materials at High Temperatures, 24 (4), pp. 333-342, 2007  

Nicholls J.R., Simms N.J. and Encinas-Oropesa A. ‘Modelling hot corrosion in industrial gas turbines’ Materials at High Temperatures, 24(3), pp. 149-162, 2007  

Mabbutt S., Simms N.J. and Oakey J. ‘High temperature corrosion monitoring by electrochemical noise techniques’  Proc. of Eurocorr 2008

Coleman, K., Simms N.J., Kilgallon P.J. and Oakey J. E. ‘Corrosion in biomass combustion systems’ Materials Science Forum, 595-598, pp. 377-386, 2008  

Simms, N.J., Encinas-Oropesa, A. and Nicholls, J.R. ‘Modelling the development of type I hot corrosion on coated and uncoated single crystal superalloys’ Materials Science Forum, 595-598, pp. 689-698, 2008  

Oakey J.E., Kilgallon P.J. and Simms N.J., ‘Effects of biomass and coal co-combustion on degradation of heat exchanger materials’  Proc. of EPRI International Conference on Advances in Condition and Remaining Life Assessment for Fossil Power Plants 2006, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2006

HIGH TEMPERATURE PARENT MATERIALS

Sanchez-Hanton J.J. and Thomson R.C. ‘The effect of initial heat treatment on creep behaviour of P91 steels’  Proc. of the EPRI International Conference on Advances in Condition and Remaining Life Assessment for Fossil Power Plants, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 2006

Sanchez-Hanton J.J. and Thomson R.C. ‘Characterization of isothermally aged modified P91 (9Cr-1mo-Nb-V) steel by electron backscatter diffraction’ Materials Science and Engineering A, 460-461, pp. 261-267, 2007  

West, G. and Thomson, R.C. ‘Microstructural evolution in a 10 Cr MoV NbN steel after long term aging and creep’ Power Generation in an Era of Climate Change, pp. 521-532, ISBN 1-86125-168-8, 2007  

Sanchez-Hanton, J., Thomson, R.C. and Brett, S.J. ‘The Role of AIN on the Microstructural Evolution of Ex-service P91 Steel’  Proc. of the EPRI Workshop on Grade 91/92 Steels Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), Florida, USA,  2008 pp 1-11

Smith S.A., West G.D., Chi K., Gamble W. and Thomson R.C. ‘Microstructural Evolution in Nimonic 263 in High Temperature Power Plant’  Proc. of the 6th EPRI International Conference on Advances in Materials Technology for Fossil Power Plants, La Fonda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, August 31st - September 3rd, 2010

HIGH TEMPERATURE WELDS

Hyde T.H., Jones I.A., Peravali S., Sun W., Wang J.G. and Leen S.B. ‘Anisotropic creep behaviour of Bridgman notch specimens’ Proc. I Mech E, Part L: Journal of Materials Design & Applications, 219(L3), pp. 163-175, 2005  

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘A unit cell approach to the analysis of the anisotropic creep of a 9CrMoNbV weld metal’  Proc. of Int. Conf. on Creep & Fracture in High Temperature Components – Design & Life Assessments Issues, DEStech Publications Inc, USA, Sept 2005, pp. 499-509

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘A study of anisotropic creep behaviour of a 9CrMoNbV weld metal using damage analyses with a unit cell model’ IMechE Part L: Journal of Materials: Design & Applications, 219(4), pp. 193-206, 2006  

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘Creep failure behaviour of a 9CrMoNbV weld metal with anisotropy under a biaxial loading state’ Journal of Strain Analysis, 41(5), pp. 369-380, 2006  

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘Creep failure behaviour of a P91 pipe weldment with an anisotropic weld metal under internal pressure and end load’ IMechE Part L: Journal of Materials: Design & Applications, 220(2), pp. 147-162, 2006  

Simandjuntak S., Ficquet X., Pavier M.J., Truman C.E. and Smith D.J. ‘Residual stress measurement and finite element mapping for a welded P91 pipe’  Proc. of  3rd Int. Conf. on Integrity of High Temp. Welds, April 2007, IoM Communications, London,  pp. 77-87

Sanchez-Hanton J.J. and Thomson R.C. ‘Microstructural characterization of power plant grade 91 (9Cr-1Mo-Nb-V) steel welds’  Proc. of  3rd Int. Conf. on Integrity of High Temp. Welds, IoM Comms, London, 2007

Zhang Y., Shipway P.H., Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘Anisotropic creep behaviour of P91 weld metal - a microstructural study’  Proc. of  3rd Int. Conf. on Integrity of High Temp. Welds, IoM Comms, London, 2007

Peravali S., Hyde T.H., Cliffe A. and Leen S.B ‘Development of an anisotropic damage model for creep of welds’  Proc. of  3rd Int. Conf. on Integrity of High Temp. Welds, April 2007,  IoM Communications, London, pp. 267-283.

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘Determining creep properties for columnar and equiaxed regions of a 9CrMoNbV weld metal at 650oC using bulk uniaxial creep test data’ Proc. of  3rd Int. Conf. on Integrity of High Temp. Welds, 2007, IoM Communications, London, pp. 139-148

Hyde T.H., Peravali S. and Leen S.B. ‘The effect of weld metal anisotropy on the creep of a pressurised, circumferentially welded pipe’ IMechE Part L: Journal of Materials: Design & Applications, 221(L2), pp. 77-92, 2007  

Peravali S., Hyde T.H., Cliffe A. and Leen S.B ‘An anisotropic creep damage model for anisotropic weld metal’ Trans ASME, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology 131(2), 021401, DOI: 10.1115/1.3007429, 2009 and Proc. of 8th Int. Conf. on Creep and Fatigue at Elevated Temperatures, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2007

Hu Z.J., Hyde T.H., Sun W. and Halighongde S. ‘A general formulation for determining the deformation rate of two-material CT specimens with an interface crack and its application in predicting C* integral’  Proc. of 9th Int. Conf. on Engineering Structural Integrity (ESIA9), pp. 195-199, Beijing, 2007

Hyde T.H., Sun W. and Yaghi A.H. ‘Structural integrity analysis of power plant welds subjected to high temperature creep’  Proc of 9th Int. Conf. on Engineering Structural Integrity (ESIA9), pp. 735-739, Beijing, 2007

Yaghi A.H., Hyde T. H., Becker A. A. and Sun W. ‘Numerical simulation of P91 pipe welding including the effects of solid state phase transformation on residual stresses’ Journal of Materials: Design & Applications, 221, pp. 213-224, 2007  

Hyde T.H. ‘Finite element modelling of the welding and subsequent creep damage analyses of P91 pipe welds’  Proc. of  3rd Int.Conf. on Integrity of High Temp. Welds, IoM Communications, London, pp. 227-243.

Yaghi A.H., Hyde T. H., Becker A. A. and Sun W. ‘FE simulation of welding and residual stresses in a P91 steel pipe incorporating solid-state phase transformation and PWHT’ Journal Strain Analysis 43(5), pp. 275-294, 2008  

Peravali S., Hyde T.H., Cliffe A. and Leen S.B ‘Development and use of an anisotropic damage model for the life assessment of a P91 weldment’ Journal of Strain Analysis, 43, pp. 361-382, 2008  

Leen S.B., Peravali S., Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘A comparative study of a single damage parameter life prediction method and a physically-based damage mechanics method’  Proc. of PVP2008 (ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference), Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2008

Hilson G., Simandjuntak S., Flewitt P.E.J., Hallam K.R., Pavier M.J. and Smith D.J. ‘Spatial variation of residual stress in a welded pipe for high temperature applications’ International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 86, pp. 748-756, 2009  

Zhang Y., Shipway P.H., Boue-Bigne F. ‘Characterisation of creep-weak zones (white-bands) in grade 91 weld metal' Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 14(6) pp. 542, 2009  

Sun W., Hyde T.H., Becker A.A. and Williams J.A. ‘Effects of prior damage on the creep failure behaviour of similar and dissimilar welded CrMoV main steam pipes incorporating a partial repair’ International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 86(10), pp. 699-710, 2009  

Hyde T.H., Yaghi A.H., Tanner D.W.J., Bennett C., Becker A.A., Williams E.J. and Sun W. ‘Current capabilities of thermo-mechanical modelling of welding processes’ Journal of Multiscale Modelling, 1(3-4), pp. 451-478, 2009  

Hyde T.H., Sun W., Yaghi A.H. and Leen S.B. ‘Some issues on structural integrity analysis of P91 welds in power plants subjected to high temperature creep’ Fatigue and Fracture of Eng. Mats. & Structures Structures, 32, pp. 926-935, 2009  

Hyde T. H., Saber M. and Sun W. ‘Compact tension creep crack growth testing of a P91 weldment at 650oC'  Proc. of Int. Conf. WELDS 2009: Design, Testing, Assessment and Safety of High Temperature Welded Structures, Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Yaghi A. H, Hyde T. H., Becker A. A., Sun W., Hilson G., Simandjuntak S.,  Flewitt P., Pavier M. and  Smith D. J. ‘A comparison between measured and modelled residual stresses in a circumferentially butt-welded P91 pipe' Trans ASME, J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 132, 011206, 2010

Hyde T.H., Sun W., Becker A.A., Leen S.B., Shipway P.H., Thomson R.C., Yaghi A.H. and Sanchez-Hanton J. ‘A holistic approach to structural integrity of high temperature welds in power plants’ Energy Materials, 4(1), pp. 17-22, 2009 and Proc. of 1st Int. Conf. on SUPERGEN, Nanjing China, 2009

Hyde T.H. and Sun W. ‘Creep damage modelling of welds with heterogeneous structures' Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 32(11), pp. 926-935, 2009 and Proc. of IRF 2009 Conference:Integrity-Reliability-Failure, Porto-Portugal

Hyde T.H., Yaghi A.H., Tanner D.W.J., Bennett C., Becker A.A., Williams E.J. and Sun W. ‘Welding processes modelling and residual stress simulation’  Proc. of ESIA10 Int. Conf. on Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment: Present Goals – Future Challenges, 19-20 May 2009, Manchester UK.

Hyde T. H., Saber M. and Sun W. ‘Creep crack growth test data and prediction of a P91 weld at 650oC International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, In Press  

Yaghi, A.H., Tanner, D.W.J., Hyde, T.H., Becker,  A.A. and Sun, W. 'Abaqus Welding Simulation Incorporating Steel Phase Transformations and Microstructural Mapping'  Proceedings of 2010 SIMULIA UK Regional User Meeting, 9-10 November 2010

Saad A.A., Hyde C.J., Sun W.and Hyde T.H. ‘Thermal-mechanical fatigue simulation of a P91 steel in a temperature range of 400-600oC'  Proc.of 5th High Temperature Defect Assessment (HIDA-5) Conference, 23-25 June 2010, Surrey, UK.

COATING SYSTEMS IN GAS TURBINES

Simms N.J., Encinas-Oropesa A. and Nicholls J.E. ‘Hot corrosion of coated and uncoated single crystal gas turbine materials’  EFC Workshop, Oct 2006, Protective Systems for High Temperature Applications: From Theory to Industrial Implementation, Frankfurt, Germany

Ogden S.L. and Thomson R.C. ‘Microstructural evolution in coated Ni-based superalloys’  Presented at the EFC Workshop, 2006, Protective Systems for High Temperature Applications: From Theory to Industrial Implementation Frankfurt, Germany

Hermosilla U., Hyde T.H. and Jones I.A. ‘Thermal analysis of EB-PVD thermal barrier coated super-alloy tensile specimens’ IMechE Part L: Journal of Materials: Design & Applications October 2007 (DOI: 10.1243/14644207JMDA164)  

Karunaratne M., Ogden, S.L., Kenny, S.D. and Thomson R.C. ‘A multicomponent diffusion model for the prediction of microstructural evolution in coated Ni-based superalloy systems’ Materials Science and Technology, 25(2), pp. 287-299, 2009  

Thomson R. C., Newman S., West G. and Karunaratne M. ‘Microstructural evolution in coated superalloy systems' Energy Materials, 4(1), pp. 11-16, 2009 and Proc. of 1st Int. Conf. on SUPERGEN, Nanjing China, 2009

Hermosilla U., Karunaratne M.S.A., Jones I.A., Hyde T.H., Thomson R.C. ‘Modelling the high temperature behaviour of TBCs using sequentially coupled microstructural-mechanical FE analyses’ Materials Science and Engineering A, 513-514, pp. 302-310, 2009  

Hermosilla U., Karunaratne M.S.A., Jones I.A., Hyde T.H., Thomson R.C. ‘MCrAlY creep behaviour modelling by means of finite element unit cells and self-consistent constitutive equations’ IMechE Part L: Journal of Materials Design and Applications, 223, pp 41-5, 2009  

Hermosilla U., Jones I. A., Hyde T. H., Karunaratne M. and Thomson R. C. ‘Finite element modelling of the development of stresses in thermal barrier coatings' Energy Materials, In Press and Proc. of 1st Int. Conf. on SUPERGEN, Nanjing China, 2009

West, G., Pace, M.T. and Thomson, R.C ‘Microstructural Characterisation of Oxide Formation from MCrAIY Coatings on Nickel-Based Superalloys' Materials at High Temperatures, 26(2), pp. 161-168, 2009