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Gas turbine engines –structural materials solutions supporting a reduced carbon future

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Submitting institution
Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
Unit of assessment
12 - Engineering
Summary impact type
Technological
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Is this case study continued from a case study submitted in 2014?
No
Underpinning research subjects
  • Civil Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

1. Summary of the impact

2. Underpinning research

3. References to the research

4. Details of the impact

5. Sources to corroborate the impact

Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number Value of grant
GR/R80926/01 £362,764
RR PV JSF £420,000
SAMULET £180,000
EP/E043917/1 £281,517
EP/F028830/1 £230,993
EP/H500383/1 £1,791,426
TS/G000484/1 £254,217
SILOET 2 WP19 CMCs £1,138,012
Countries
  • England
  • England, United States of America
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
Formal partners
  • DSTL, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce Plc (UK)
  • Rolls-Royce plc
  • Rolls-Royce plc
  • Rolls-Royce Plc (UK), Timet UK Ltd, University of Birmingham, University of Manchester, Imperial College London, University of Oxford
  • Airbus Group Limited, Metal Improvement Company, Rolls-Royce Plc (UK), University of Oxford
  • Rolls-Royce plc, University of Birmingham, Cambridge University, University of Sheffield
  • Rolls-Royce plc, UMECO Ltd, University of Birmingham
  • Rolls-Royce plc
Funding programmes
  • High Temperature Fatigue/Creep/Environment Interactions at Notches in Titanium and Nickel Disc Alloys
  • Characterisation of the Titanium Alloy Ti6-4
  • Strategic Affordable Manufacturing in the UK Through Leading Environmental Technologies (SAMULET WP1.2)
  • Effective Structural Unit Size in Polycrystals: Formation, Quantification and Micromechanical Behaviour
  • Structural Integrity of Components with Deep Compressive Residual Stresses
  • Structural Metallic Systems For Advanced Gas Turbine Applications
  • Advanced ceramic matrix composites for energy generating gas turbine applications
  • Strategic Investment in Low Carbon Engine Technology (SILOET WP2)
Global research identifiers
  • grid.421091.f
  • grid.1121.3
  • grid.1121.3
  • grid.421091.f
  • grid.421091.f
  • grid.421091.f
  • grid.421091.f
  • grid.1121.3
Name of funders
  • EPSRC
  • Rolls-Royce plc
  • Rolls-Royce plc
  • EPSRC
  • EPSRC
  • EPSRC
  • EPSRC
  • Rolls-Royce plc
Researcher ORCIDs
  • 0000-0002-5854-0726
  • 0000-0001-6932-7560
  • 0000-0001-6932-7560
  • 0000-0001-6932-7560
  • 0000-0002-5854-0726
  • 0000-0001-6932-7560
  • 0000-0001-6932-7560