Multiscale x-ray imaging facility for monitoring and modelling structural evolution in situ
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Materials
Abstract
This proposal is a collaborative effort forming part of the Univ. of Manchester's initiative to establish a multidisciplinary X-ray imaging room housing a number of open 'beamlines/hutches' in the Unit for Stress & Damage Characterisation. Although the system will be open beamlines as with synchrotron sources, magnification will be achieved using spot sources and geometric enlargement. This adds many challenges when designing in situ rigs to load, heat and provide special environments for testing on these laboratory beamlines. Unlike synchrotron sources where the specimen is meters away from the source with room on all sides, the highest magnifications can only be obtained in laboratory sources if the specimen is only a few millimetres from the source. The objective of the research at Imperial College is to design, build and commission a rig to apply programmed tension, compression and thermal loading whilst rotating specimens with very high accuracy. The control systems for the instrument will be designed so that it may also be used at synchrotron sources (e.g. Diamond, ESRF) if the finer temporal resolution available at these high flux sources is required for specific experiments.A landmark experimental investigation of damage evolution in semi-solid Al-Cu alloy will be performed to demonstrate the capabilites of the apparatus.This new instrument, coupled with the high resolution (and phase contrast) tomography, will allow the direct observation of damage accumulation in a range of materials whilst under load and at temperatures as high as 1000C. Further, as the loading/thermal profiles applied will be programmable, the three dimensional evolution of phases within the material will be directly quantifiable and attributable to either thermal or strain driving forces. This in situ observation instrument will complement existing electron microscopy techniques by allowing phases in the 1 to 100 micron size range to be observed in 3D. The many applications of such an instrument are listed in the main proposal, including: damage and phase evolution during semi-solid processing, sintering processes (both metal and ceramic), fatigue crack propagation at elevated temperature, processing of bio-materials, and void nucleation and coalescence during creep.
Organisations
Publications
Jespersen K.M.
(2016)
Ex-situ time-lapse x-ray ct study of 3d micro-structural fatigue damage evolution in uni-directional composites
in ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials
Jørgensen J
(2021)
Core Imaging Library - Part I: a versatile Python framework for tomographic imaging
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Kareh K
(2012)
In situ , time-resolved tomography for validating models of deformation in semi-solid alloys
in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Kim T
(2014)
Additive manufactured porous titanium structures: Through-process quantification of pore and strut networks
in Journal of Materials Processing Technology
Larrosa N
(2018)
Linking microstructure and processing defects to mechanical properties of selectively laser melted AlSi10Mg alloy
in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
Lewis J
(2018)
Chondrule porosity in the L4 chondrite Saratov: Dissolution, chemical transport, and fluid flow
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Liang Y
(2015)
Progressive damage in satin weave carbon/epoxy composites under quasi-static punch-shear loading
in Polymer Testing
Lopez-Crespo P
(2018)
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction based method for stress intensity factor evaluation in the bulk of materials
in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
Lowe T
(2018)
3D Imaging of Indentation Damage in Bone
in Materials
Lu X
(2018)
Effect of hydration and crack orientation on crack-tip strain, crack opening displacement and crack-tip shielding in elephant dentin.
in Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials
Mahmood S
(2024)
Correlating X-ray computed tomography observations with respirometric measurement of aluminium alloy 6063 corrosion under FeCl3 droplets
in Corrosion Science
McDonald S
(2021)
Tracking polycrystal evolution non-destructively in 3D by laboratory X-ray diffraction contrast tomography
in Materials Characterization
McDonald SA
(2019)
Tracking capsule activation and crack healing in a microcapsule-based self-healing polymer.
in Scientific reports
Newton VL
(2017)
Novel approaches to characterize age-related remodelling of the dermal-epidermal junction in 2D, 3D and in vivo.
in Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI)
Nicu C
(2021)
Dermal Adipose Tissue Secretes HGF to Promote Human Hair Growth and Pigmentation.
in The Journal of investigative dermatology
O'Driscoll B
(2018)
Platinum-group element remobilization and concentration in the Cliff chromitites of the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland
in Mineralogical Magazine
O'Mahoney T
(2022)
Endostructural and periosteal growth of the human humerus
in The Anatomical Record
O'Sullivan JDB
(2021)
Morphological variability in the mucosal attachment site of Trichuris muris revealed by X-ray microcomputed tomography.
in International journal for parasitology
Ou X
(2017)
X-ray micro computed tomography characterization of cellular SiC foams for their applications in chemical engineering
in Materials Characterization
Pei R
(2017)
Crack healing behaviour of Cr 2 AlC MAX phase studied by X-ray tomography
in Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Phillion A
(2011)
In situ X-ray observation of semi-solid deformation and failure in Al-Cu alloys
in Acta Materialia
Puncreobutr C
(2012)
Quantifying damage accumulation during the hot deformation of free-cutting steels using ultra-fast synchrotron tomography
in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Puncreobutr C
(2012)
Quantitative 3D Characterization of Solidification Structure and Defect Evolution in Al Alloys
in JOM
Rad M
(2015)
Effects of Grain and Pore Size on Salt Precipitation During Evaporation from Porous Media
in Transport in Porous Media
Saucedo-Mora L
(2016)
In situ observation of mechanical damage within a SiC-SiC ceramic matrix composite
in Journal of Nuclear Materials
Saucedo-Mora L
(2016)
Three-dimensional measurement and cohesive element modelling of deformation and damage in a 2.5-dimensional woven ceramic matrix composite
in Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
Simeonova M
(2009)
Physicochemical characterization and in vitro behavior of daunorubicin-loaded poly(butylcyanoacrylate) nanoparticles.
in Acta biomaterialia
Siriruk A
(2017)
Damage evolution in VARTM-based carbon fiber vinyl ester marine composites and sea water effects
in Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials
Sloof WG
(2016)
Repeated crack healing in MAX-phase ceramics revealed by 4D in situ synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy.
in Scientific reports
Smith A
(2019)
On the Application of Xe+ Plasma FIB for Micro-fabrication of Small-scale Tensile Specimens
in Experimental Mechanics
Snell R
(2019)
Methods for Rapid Pore Classification in Metal Additive Manufacturing
in JOM
Starborg T
(2019)
Experimental steering of electron microscopy studies using prior X-ray computed tomography
in Ultramicroscopy
Streng M
(2016)
A new family of C ambrian rhynchonelliformean brachiopods ( O rder N aukatida) with an aberrant coral-like morphology
in Palaeontology
Sun Y
(2016)
Determination of the constitutive relation and critical condition for the shock compression of cellular solids
in Mechanics of Materials
Sun Y
(2016)
The variation in elastic modulus throughout the compression of foam materials
in Acta Materialia
Sutton Mark D.
(2012)
SPIERS and VAXML; A software toolkit for tomographic visualisation and a format for virtual specimen interchange
in PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA
Sykes D
(2019)
Time-lapse three-dimensional imaging of crack propagation in beetle cuticle.
in Acta biomaterialia
Tammas-Williams S
(2016)
The Effectiveness of Hot Isostatic Pressing for Closing Porosity in Titanium Parts Manufactured by Selective Electron Beam Melting
in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
Tammas-Williams S
(2016)
Porosity regrowth during heat treatment of hot isostatically pressed additively manufactured titanium components
in Scripta Materialia
Tian Y
(2016)
Process Optimization of Dual-Laser Beam Welding of Advanced Al-Li Alloys Through Hot Cracking Susceptibility Modeling
in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
Turner T
(2020)
Measuring the Particle Packing of l -Glutamic Acid Crystals through X-ray Computed Tomography for Understanding Powder Flow and Consolidation Behavior
in Crystal Growth & Design
Van Eyndhoven G
(2015)
An Iterative CT Reconstruction Algorithm for Fast Fluid Flow Imaging.
in IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
Vignjevic R
(2019)
Soft body impact resistance of composite foam core sandwich panels with unidirectional corrugated and tubular reinforcements
in International Journal of Impact Engineering
Wacey D
(2016)
Advanced analytical techniques for studying the morphology and chemistry of Proterozoic microfossils
in Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Walton LA
(2015)
Morphological Characterisation of Unstained and Intact Tissue Micro-architecture by X-ray Computed Micro- and Nano-Tomography.
in Scientific reports
WANG J
(2009)
The kinetics of Fe-rich intermetallic formation in aluminium alloys: In situ observation
in Scripta Materialia
Wang Y
(2021)
Damage accumulation during high temperature fatigue of Ti/SiCf metal matrix composites under different stress amplitudes
in Acta Materialia
Description | This research helped lead to new developments in terms of both instruments to simulate a range of processes from biological (e.g. joint motion) to natural (e.g. volcanic eruptions) to man made (e.g. a jet engine) whilst taking 3D x-ray images in real time. Via the instruments, techniques and software developed, new insights into a range of processes have been developed improving our understanding of healthcare products (e.g. 3D laser printed implants for joint replacement) to understanding the performance of aeroengine components. |
Exploitation Route | The techniques, instruments and software are now being used by dozens of industrial and academic groups worldwide. |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
Description | This proposal had two key outcomes. The first was a series of techniques for quantifying three dimensional structures from microCT images. This software has since been used for a wide range of applications from quantifying (and patenting) biomedical implant structures through to improving the production of components for transport applications. The second outcome was the design and production (also supported by a Royal Society Grant) of a precision tester that simulates environments from those inside a jet engine to the inside of a volcano to walking, whilst allowing real time cat scans to be taken (using a synchrotron source). |
First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
Description | High Resolution 4D imaging of degradation and self-repair processes - Resources |
Amount | £102,171 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K004530/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2012 |
End | 06/2016 |
Description | Structural evolution across multiple time and length scales |
Amount | £231,689 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/I02249X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2011 |
End | 04/2016 |
Description | Structural evolution across multiple time and length scales - EPSRC Research Complex at Harwell grant |
Amount | £1,656,509 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/I02249X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2011 |
End | 03/2017 |
Description | Tomographic Imaging |
Amount | £469,584 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/J010456/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2012 |
End | 09/2015 |
Description | Queen's Anniversary Prize for 'New techniques in x-ray imaging of materials critical for power, transport and other key industries.' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | A half day event was held to celebrate the University of Manchester being awarded the 2013 Queen's Anniversary Prize, in recognition of our 'New techniques in x-ray imaging of materials critical for power, transport and other key industries.' By working collaboratively, both internally and externally with industry and facilities, Manchester has distinguished itself as having contributed via helping to develop a world leading UK capability, which includes the establishment of the Diamond Manchester Collaboration, Directed by Prof. Peter Lee. Of particular note was that during the past few years, Manchester has supported imaging activities, via the MXIF, with over 90 industries, 35 different UK Universities, and visitors from over 26 countries worldwide. The collaboration with Diamond, and the extensive activities at synchrotrons worldwide was also highlighted. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/news/winners-announced-2013 |