Research topics

PhD, MPhil, MSc by research and EngD topics currently available, listed in Supervisor order.

Supervisor: Dr Andrey P Jivkov, Prof John Yates

• Lattice models for quasi-brittle materials (PhD)
• Thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling of fracture propagation in geological materials (PhD)
• Particle methods for modelling distributed micro-cracks (PhD)
• Mechanistic modelling of cleavage fracture - a discrete lattice approach (EngD)
• Micro-polar mechanics of solid materials (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr Jyoti Sinha

• Estimation of Damping Matrix of Structures (MSc by research)
• Vibration Based Health Monitoring of Composite Structure (MSc by research)

Supervisor: Prof John Yates, Dr Andrey P Jivkov

• Modelling void growth and coallescence in ductile materials (PhD)




Information on research degrees Fees and Funding.

 

 

Current PhD projects

Supervisor: Dr Teresa Alonso-Rasgado

• Reliability & Maintainability of High Speed Packaging    Student: Sibson Dalgo Edakara
• Reliability and Maintainability of Production System    Student: Arpit Shrivastava
• Reliability of a Production System     Student: Palecanda Vijaykumar Ponnanna
• Detection, Prevention and Maintenance of Mild Steel Leg of the Storage Tank over the surface under Corrosion     Student: Moizuddin Khan
• Corrosion Detection Prevention and Maintenance     Student: Vasu Praveen Reddy Gadi
• Detection, Prevention and Maintenance of Mild Steel Assets under Corrosion     Student: Iqtidar Ahmed Gul