Alec Davis

This is actually 3D printed titanium. (Optical microscopy, image 10mm across). #3dprinting #titanium #opticalmicroscopy #metallurgy #materials #science #additivemanufacturing

New short story up! deathkatmedia.com/short-stories/

Perhaps your columnar-to-equiaxed transition isn't what you think it is? Follow this link for a video on whacky grain refinement in 3D printed titanium alloys: youtu.be/11SLpt3jZDs

FUNDED PhD alert! Micro-mechanical behaviour in 3D printed metal parts for aerospace aren't well understand - let's change that! ---> shorturl.at/knTfL

New paper day! Are you getting the columnar-to-equiaxed transition in titanium AM? Are you suuuuuure? Link to open-access paper: rdcu.be/dEhSP

Article from the future reporting on Manchester now.

Green dendrites!

Super excited to have received our FormAlloy alloy development feeder!🤩 Ready for installation, we can finally get a step closer to high throughput alloy design. Very pleased to be also offering access to the instrument through the @RoyceInstitute & @RoyceSheffield get in touch.

To all at #tms2024 - I'm presenting work on the fine + large-scale mechanical properties of 3D printed dissimilar Ti alloys on TUESDAY 8.50AM in room WINDERMERE X-1. Expect advanced fully automated in-situ DIC testing, linking nano/microstructure to millimetre-scale changes!

Back by popular demand - metal/METAL glossary, snippet 2.

@DrStuartR A fun text of metallurgical madness I'd like to put out into the world someday!

@alecdavis1986 And what is this glossary for, it's quite a mix of words 😂🤔

Well, this is a glossary I never thought I'd write...

Well, this is cool - mapping texture in titanium by measuring cutting forces! doi.org/10.1016/j.matc…

Metals sustainability party today (and tomorrow) and the Royal Society, London!

Some amazing work by Dr Mark Taylor comparing EBSD parent grain reconstruction in steels to REAL parent grains using in-situ SEM heating. doi.org/10.1016/j.scri…

Poser.

Joshua Collins (2019 Cohort), has been working on an open-source continuous cooling transformation (CCT) predictor to improve predictions in steel manufacturing by better reflecting experimental measurements. sheffield.ac.uk/metallicscdt/n…

It's found a new home!

Spoke too soon (melted a sample :s )

Heating Ni-based superalloys at 900C PER SECOND to just below their melting temperatures today. It's going surprisingly well... #metallurgy #materialsscience