| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/M005607/1 |
| Title: |
Strategic Partnership in Structural Metallic Systems for Gas Turbines |
| Principal Investigator: |
Stone, Professor H |
| Other Investigators: |
| Prakash, Dr L |
Perkins, Dr KM |
Whittaker, Dr MT |
| Preuss, Professor M |
Bache, Professor Emeritus M |
Clegg, Professor WJ |
| Rae, Professor C |
Dye, Professor D |
Birosca, Professor S |
| Johnston, Professor RE |
Lancaster, Professor RJ |
Tsakiropoulos, Professor P |
| Bhadeshia, Professor H |
Reed, Professor RC |
Bowen, Professor P |
| Quinta da Fonseca, Professor J |
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| Department: |
Materials Science & Metallurgy |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
01 October 2014 |
Ends: |
30 September 2019 |
Value (£): |
7,939,564
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Processing |
| Materials testing & eng. |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
| Energy |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The UK aerospace industry is the largest in Europe and, worldwide, second only to the US. The aerospace sector directly
supports more than 3,000 companies and provides 230,000 jobs in the UK. Importantly, most of this employment falls
outside the south-east and the average wage is above the national average. In the UK, the manufacture of gas turbine
engines represents 32% of the aerospace business and is dominated by Rolls-Royce, with 114,000 jobs supported by
Rolls-Royce and its supply chain.
This research programme brings together the universities of Birmingham, Cambridge, Imperial College, Manchester,
Oxford, Sheffield and Swansea, to perform the fundamental research required to realise new materials technologies that
will provide step-changes in the efficiency of gas turbines. This will help secure the commercial competitiveness of much of
the UK aerospace industry whilst simultaneously serving to reduce UK CO2 emissions, thereby satisfying international
legislation and decreasing the likelihood of irreversible climate change.
The research will focus on the development of the new, high performance steels, nickel, cobalt, titanium and niobium-based
alloys required for the most demanding applications with gas turbine engines. It will also seek to obtain the
fundamental understanding of the performance and degradation of these materials needed to ensure that they may be
used safely, without compromising engine performance. It will also include additional activities investigating key enabling
technologies, such as advanced joining methods and materials for turbine blade seals.
These materials technologies will be developed in close collaboration with the industrial partners to ensure that they are
matched to industrial need and that a route for commercial exploitation is available.
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