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Volume 6 Research & Reviews: Journal of Material Sciences
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September 19-21, 2018 Tokyo, Japan
22nd International Conference on
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Advanced Materials 2018
September 19-21, 2018
Advancement in materials engineering at Swansea University: A journey into the future
Materials engineering is considered one of the largest areas that is significantly expanding around the globe. This discipline
has seen an extensive development at Swansea University over the past years investigatingmaterials for various engineering
applications. Titanium, titanium aluminides, nickel super-alloys alongside steel alloys for aeroengine applications are amongst
those which have extensively been investigated. These high temperature materials which have typically been developed for the
Rolls-Royce gas turbine aeroengines proved to be strong enough to withstand the severe environments in the gas turbine. The
work is still ongoing at Swansea University to take these alloys into a higher level and promote their success. The various works
that has been carried out over the years in bringing that into reality as well as the potential future projects that will take place at
the materials research center at Swansea. Moreover, the current work on developing the Rolls-Royce most efficient aeroengine,
i.e. the Ultrafan®. The newly developed UltraFan® changes the whole engine architecture to allow the fan and the turbine to be
independently optimized by the introduction of a power gearbox capable of operating at anything up to 100,000 HP.
Biography
Zakaria Abdallah is the Principal and Lead Research Officer of Fatigue and Fracture in the Steel and Metals Institute at Swansea University, UK. He has worked
at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre at Swansea University and as Consultant for many industries, e.g. Airbus, TIMET, ETD, Rolls-Royce, in UK within
Swansea Materials Research and Testing (SMaRT) Ltd. His research interests are in steel and metals, composite materials, materials characterization, creep and
fatigue, life predictions of materials, thermo-mechanical testing and heat treatment optimization.
Zakaria Abdallah
Swansea University, UK
Zakaria Abdallah, Res. Rev. J Mat. Sci. 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2321-6212-C4-022