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  Computational modelling to enhance safety of operating nuclear power plants

  Mathew, J., Christopoulos, S., Chroneos, A., Parfitt, D. & Fitzpatrick, M., 13 Oct 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

• Disordered Ionic Conductors

  Kordatos, A., Christopoulos, S., Fitzpatrick, M. & Chroneos, A., 8 Sep 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  • conductors
  • solid oxide fuel cells
  • energy storage
  • electric power
  • electric batteries

• Stabilization of Zrn+1AlCn MAX Phases: Issues and Achievements

  Zapata-Solvas, E., Christopoulos, S., Fitzpatrick, M., Chroneos, A. & Lee, W. E., 23 Oct 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nuclear reactors
  • Stabilization
  • Accidents
  • Phase stability
  • Zircaloy
• Article

  A comparison of neutron diffraction and hole-drilling residual strain measurements in thermally sprayed coatings

  Ahmed, R., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Faisal, N. H., 25 May 2012, In: Surface and Coatings Technology. 206, 19-20, p. 4180-4185 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Neutron diffraction
  • Sprayed coatings
  • sprayed coatings
  • Strain measurement
  • strain measurement
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Activation volumes of oxygen self-diffusion in fluorite structured oxides

  Christopoulos, S-R. G., Kordatos, A., Cooper, M. W. D., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Chroneos, A., 27 Oct 2016, In: Materials Research Express. 3, 10, 105504.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fluorspar
  • Oxides
  • Chemical activation
  • Oxygen
  • Molecular dynamics
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Anelasticity in austenitic stainless steel

  Ashwin Rao, P., Bouchard, J., Northover, S. M. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Nov 2012, In: Acta Materialia. 60, 19, p. 6851–6861

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Austenitic stainless steel
  • Creep
  • Neutron diffraction
  • Unloading
  • Strain rate
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Application of the eigenstrain approach to predict the residual stress distribution in laser shock peened AA7050-T7451 samples

  Coratella, S., Sticchi, M., Toparli, M. B., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Kashaev, K., 15 Jul 2015, In: Surface and Coatings Technology. 273, p. 39-49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • stress distribution
  • residual stress
  • Residual stresses
  • Stress concentration
  • shock
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  214 Downloads (Pure)

• Describing oxygen self-diffusion in PuO2 by connecting point defect parameters with bulk properties

  Chroneos, A., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Tsoukalas, L. H., 2015, In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 26, 5, p. 3287-3290

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Point defects
  • point defects
  • Oxygen
  • oxygen
  • nuclear fuels
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Determination of multiple near-surface residual stress components in laser peened aluminium alloy via the contour method

  Toparli, M. B., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Gungor, S., 2015, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 46, 9, p. 4268-4275

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • aluminum alloys
  • residual stress
  • Aluminum alloys
  • Residual stresses
  • Lasers
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  31 Downloads (Pure)

• Determination of normal and shear residual stresses from fracture surface mismatch

  Araujo de Oliveira, J., Kowal, J., Gungor, S. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 15 Oct 2015, In: Materials & Design. 83, p. 176-184

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Shear stress
  • Residual stresses
  • Plasticity
  • Stress measurement
  • Forging
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  81 Downloads (Pure)

• Development and application of the contour method to determine the residual stresses in thin laser-peened aluminium alloy plates

  Toparli, M. B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 8 Oct 2015, In: Experimental Mechanics. 56, 2, p. 323-330

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Aluminum alloys
  • Residual stresses
  • Lasers
  • Splines
  • Glues
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  103 Downloads (Pure)

• Effect of frequency on high-temperature fatigue crack growth in a silicon carbide reinforced silicon nitride composite

  Moffatt, J. E., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Edwards, L., Feb 2013, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 47, February 2013, p. 319-329

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Silicon Nitride
  • Fatigue Crack Growth
  • silicon nitride
  • silicon carbide
  • Silicon
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of grain size on domain structures, dielectric and thermal depoling of Nd-substituted bismuth titanate ceramics

  Viola, G., Boon Chong, K., Eriksson, M., Shen, Z., Zeng, J., Yin, Q., Kan, Y., Wang, P., Ning, H., Zhang, H., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Reece, M. J. & Yan, H., 2013, In: Applied Physics Letters. 103, 182903 (

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • titanates
  • bismuth
  • grain size
  • ceramics
  • domain wall
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of impact damage on fatigue performance of structures reinforced with GLARE bonded crack retarders

  Syed, A. K., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Moffatt, J. E., Doucet, J. & Durazo-Cardenas, I., Nov 2015, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 80, p. 231-237 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Fatigue
  • Damage
  • Crack
  • Fatigue of materials
  • Cracks
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Effect of laser shock peening on residual stress and fatigue life of clad 2024 aluminium sheet containing scribe defects

  Dorman, M., Toparli, M. B., Smyth, N., Cini, A., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Irving, P. E., 30 Jun 2012, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. 528, p. 142-151 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • peening
  • fatigue life
  • Aluminum sheet
  • Shot peening
  • residual stress
  71 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of ultrasonic peening and accelerated corrosion exposure on the residual stress distribution in welded marine steel

  Ahmed, B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2015, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 46, 3, p. 1214-1226

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • peening
  • Shot peening
  • Steel
  • stress distribution
  • residual stress
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  65 Downloads (Pure)

• Experimental study of room-temperature indentation viscoplastic ‘creep’ in zirconium

  Storer, S. C., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Hainsworth, S. V. & Rist, M. A., 2016, In: Philosophical Magazine. 96, 24, p. 2547-2563

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • nanoindentation
  • indentation
  • strain rate
  • room temperature
  • creep tests
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)

• Fatigue and fracture of a 316 stainless steel metal matrix composite reinforced with 25% titanium diboride

  Bacon, D. H., Edwards, L., Mofffatt, J. E. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Mar 2013, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 48, 2013, p. 39-47

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • titanium boride
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Stainless Steel
  • Titanium
  • Fatigue
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Fatigue performance of friction stir welded marine grade steel

  Polezhayeva, H., Toumpis, A. I., Galloway, A. M., Molter, L., Ahmed, B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Dec 2015, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 81, p. 162–170

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Fatigue
  • Steel
  • Friction Stir Welding
  • Friction
  • S-N Curve
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  89 Downloads (Pure)

• Finite Element Analysis of Laser Peening of Thin Aluminum Structures

  Langer, K., Spradlin, T. & Fitzpatrick, M., 6 Jan 2020, In: Metals. 10, 1, 16 p., 93.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Shot peening
  • Aluminum
  • Lasers
  • Finite element method
  • Surface treatment
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Germanium diffusion in aluminium: connection between point defect parameters with bulk properties

  Ganniari-Papageorgiou, E., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Chroneos, A., 28 Jul 2015, In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 26, 11, p. 8421-8424

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Germanium
  • Point defects
  • Aluminum
  • point defects
  • germanium
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  17 Downloads (Pure)

• High strain-rate material model validation for laser peening simulation

  Langer, K., Olson, S., Brockman, R., Braisted, W., Spradlin, T. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2015, In: The Journal of Engineering. September 2015

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Shot peening
  • Strain rate
  • Lasers
  • Compression testing
  • Residual stresses
  78 Downloads (Pure)

• Improvement of the Contour Method for Measurement of Near-Surface Residual Stresses from Laser Peening

  Torpali, M. B., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Gungor, S., May 2013, In: Experimental Mechanics. 53, 9, p. 1705-1718

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Shot peening
  • Residual stresses
  • Lasers
  • X ray diffraction
  • Splines
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• In situ observation of strain and phase transformation in plastically deformed 301 austenitic stainless steel

  Das, Y. B., Forsey, A. N., Simm, T. H., Perkins, K. M., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Gungor, S. & Moat, R. J., 15 Dec 2016, In: Materials & Design. 112, p. 107-116

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Phase transitions
  • Austenitic stainless steel
  • Transformation Induced Plasticity steel
  • Electron diffraction
  • Martensitic transformations
  35 Citations (Scopus)

  152 Downloads (Pure)

• Investigation of oxygen self-diffusion in PuO2 by combining molecular dynamics with thermodynamic calculations

  Saltas, V., Chroneos, A., Cooper, M. W. D., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Vallianatos, F., 26 Oct 2016, In: RSC Advances. 6, 105, p. 103641-103649 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Molecular dynamics
  • Chemical activation
  • Thermodynamics
  • Oxygen
  • Plutonium
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Minimization and Mitigation of Wire EDM Cutting Errors in the Application of the Contour Method of Residual Stress Measurement

  Ahmed, B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Jan 2016, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 47, 1, p. 301-313

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Stress measurement
  • stress measurement
  • residual stress
  • Residual stresses
  • Wire
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  101 Downloads (Pure)

• Modelling of an imaging beamline at the ISIS pulsed neutron source

  Burca, G., Kockelmann, W., James, J. A. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2013, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 8, October 2013

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Neutron sources
  • Neutron
  • Imaging
  • Neutrons
  • neutron sources
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Modelling oxygen self-diffusion in UO2 under pressure

  Cooper, M. W. D., Grimes, R. W., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Chroneos, A., 1 Dec 2015, In: Solid State Ionics. 282, p. 26-30

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Oxygen
  • oxygen
  • Hydrostatic pressure
  • nuclear fuels
  • Nuclear fuels
  37 Citations (Scopus)

  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Neutron diffraction residual stress measurements on girth-welded 304 stainless steel pipes with weld metal deposited up to half and full pipe wall thickness

  Haigh, R. D., Hutchings, M. T., Games, J. A., Ganguly, S., Mizuno, R., Ogawa, K., Okido, S., Paradowska, A. M. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Jan 2013, In: International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 101, January 2013, p. 1-11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Neutron diffraction
  • Stress measurement
  • Steel pipe
  • Austenitic stainless steel
  • Metals
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Oxygen self-diffusion in ThO2 under pressure: connecting point defect parameters with bulk properties

  Cooper, M. W. D., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Tsoukalas, L. H. & Chroneos, A., 2016, In: Materials Research Express.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Point defects
  • Hydrostatic pressure
  • Oxygen
  • Nuclear fuels
  • Molecular dynamics
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Residual stress characterization of single and triple-pass autogenously welded stainless steel pipes

  Haigh, R. D., Hutchings, M. T., Fitzpatrick, M. E., James, J. A., Okido, S., Mizuno, R., Ogawa, K. & Hughes, D. J., Aug 2016, In: International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 144, p. 1–10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Stainless Steel
  • Steel pipe
  • Residual stresses
  • Stainless steel
  • Pipe
  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Residual stresses in aerospace structures reinforced with bonded crack retarders

  Syed, A. K., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Moffatt, J. E., 2016, In: Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design. 51, 2, p. 170-175

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Residual Stress
  • Crack
  • Residual stresses
  • Cracks
  • Fatigue
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  56 Downloads (Pure)

• Residual stresses induced by laser shock peening in orthopaedic Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy

  Shen, X., Shukla, P., Subramaniyan, A. K., Zammit, A., Swanson, P., Lawrence, J. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Nov 2020, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 131, 106446.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy
  • peening
  • orthopedics
  • Shot peening
  • Orthopedics
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Surface preparation for residual stress measurement of an accelerated corrosion tested welded marine steel

  Ahmed, B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2015, In: Corrosion Science. 91, p. 357–360

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Stress measurement
  • Steel
  • Residual stresses
  • Corrosion
  • Neutron diffraction
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  112 Downloads (Pure)

• The effect of compressive fatigue loads on fatigue strength of non-load carrying specimens subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment

  Polezhayeva, H., Howarth, D., Kumar, M., Ahmed, B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2015, In: Welding in the World. 59, 5, p. 713-721

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Compressive stress
  • Ultrasonics
  • Fatigue of materials
  • Ocean structures
  • Residual stresses
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• The Effect of Hot Deformation Parameters on Microstructure Evolution of the α-Phase in Ti-6Al-4V

  Perumal, B., Rist, M. A., Gungor, S., Brooks, J. W. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Aug 2016, In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 47, 8, p. 4128-4136 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • forging
  • Hot working
  • Forging
  • hot working
  • Microstructure
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  24 Downloads (Pure)

• The effect of laser shock peening on hardness and microstructure in a welded marine steel

  Ahmed, B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2015, In: The Journal of Engineering. July 2015

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Shot peening
  • Hardness
  • Lasers
  • Microstructure
  • Steel
  46 Downloads (Pure)

• Thermodynamic calculations of oxygen self-diffusion in mixed-oxide nuclear fuels

  Parfitt, D. C., Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M. J. D., Christopoulos, S-R. G., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Chroneos, A., 29 Jul 2016, In: RSC Advances. 6, p. 74018-74027 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Mixed oxide fuels
  • uranium dioxide
  • Thorium
  • Thermodynamics
  • Oxygen
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  28 Downloads (Pure)

• The τ-plot, a multicomponent 1-D pole figure plot, to quantify the heterogeneity of plastic deformation

  Simm, T. H., Das, Y. B., Forsey, A. N., Gungor, S., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Prakash, D. G. L., Moat, R. J., Birosca, S., Quinta da Fonseca, J. & Perkins, K. M., Feb 2020, In: Materials Characterization. 160, 110114.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Plastic deformation
  • plastic deformation
  • poles
  • Poles
  • plots
• Chapter

  Application of the Eigenstrain Theory to Predict Residual Stress around Curved Edges after Laser Shock Peening

  Coratella, S., Toparli, M. B. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., Sep 2013, Materials Science Forum. Trans Tech Publications, Vol. 768-769. p. 185-192

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • Shot peening
  • Residual stresses
  • Lasers
  • Finite element method
  • Mechanical engineering
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Atomic force microscopy (AFM) for materials characterization

  Khan, M. K., Wang, Q. Y. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2016, Materials Characterization Using Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Methods. Huebschen, G., Altpeter, I., Tschuncky, R. & Herrmann, H-G. (eds.). London: Woodhead Publishing, p. 1-16

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • atomic force microscopy
  • characterization
  • liquid air
  • stiffness
  • spatial resolution
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Nanostructural Metallic Materials-Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing

  Fitzpatrick, M. E., Caballero, F. G. & Van De Voorde, M. H., 30 Jan 2015, The Nano-Micro Interface: Bridging the Micro and Nano Worlds: Second Edition. Wiley, Vol. 1-2. p. 135-158 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Rare Earth Metals
  • Fabrication
  • Nanostructured materials
  • Rare earths
  • Alloying
• Conference proceeding

  Residual Stress Measurements and Fatigue Testing of Butt Welds Subjected to Peening Treatments

  Ahmad, B., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Howarth, D., Polezhayeva, H., Przydatek, J. & Robinson, A., 2013, Unknown Host Publication. International Institute of Welding

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding
• Paper

  Anomaly detection in time series data using a combination of wavelets, neural networks and Hilbert transform

  Kanarachos, S., Mathew, J., Chroneos, A. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  Open Access

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  • Anomaly detection
  • Time series
  • Neural networks
  • Wavelet analysis
  • Structural health monitoring
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  282 Downloads (Pure)

• Use of Bonded Crack Retarders to Improve Damage Tolerance of Wing Covers

  Heinimann, M., Maziarz, R., Castelletti, L., Boscolo, M., Naik, V., Doucet, J., Irving, P., Zhang, X., Syed, A., Liljedahl, C. D. M., Fitzpatrick, M. E. & Moffatt, J. E., 2016, (Accepted/In press).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  • retarders
  • wings
  • cracks
  • damage
  • residual stress
• Review article

  Residual strain and fracture response of Al ₂O ₃ coatings deposited via APS and HVOF techniques

  Ahmed, R., Faisal, N. H., Paradowska, A. M. & Fitzpatrick, M. E., 1 Jan 2012, In: Journal of Thermal Spray Technology. 21, 1, p. 23-40 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Plasmas
  • Coatings
  • coatings
  • air
  • Air
  15 Citations (Scopus)