Alec Davis

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• 2023

  Discontinuous precipitation in Mg-Al alloy studied in 3-dimensions

  Robson, J., Lawson, M., Donoghue, J., Guo, J. & Davis, A., 1 Apr 2023, In: Scripta Materialia. 227, 115265.

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  • Morphology 100%
  • Alloy 100%
  • Dislocation 100%
  • Investigation 50%
  • Network 50%
  6 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  CALPHAD-informed phase-field model for two-sublattice phases based on chemical potentials: η-phase precipitation in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys

  Liu, C., Davis, A., Fellowes, J., Prangnell, P., Raabe, D. & Shanthraj, P., 1 Mar 2022, In: Acta Materialia. 226, 117602.

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  • Alloy 100%
  • Growth 50%
  • Content 50%
  • Kinetics 50%
  • Subgroup 50%
  80 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparison of Microstructure Refinement in Wire-Arc Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo-0.1Si and Ti-6Al-4V Built with Inter-Pass Deformation

  Davis, A., Caballero, A. E., Biswal, R., Williams, S. & Prangnell, P., 5 Aug 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science.

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

  • Microstructure 100%
  • Ti-6Al-4V 80%
  • Alloy 60%
  • Texture 40%
  • Crystal Microstructure 40%

• Microstructural characterisation and mechanical properties of Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr built by Wire and Arc Additive Manufacture

  Caballero, A., Davis, A., Kennedy, J., Fellowes, J., Garner, A., Williams, S. & Prangnell, P., 8 Aug 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Philosophical Magazine.

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

  • Additive Manufacture 100%
  • Wire 100%
  • Microstructure 60%
  • Correlation 60%
  • Titanium Alloys 60%

• Modelling the Effect of Deformation on Discontinuous Precipitation in Magnesium—Aluminium Alloy

  Robson, J., Guo, J. & Davis, A., 7 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Alloys. 1, 1, p. 54-69

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  • Deformation 100%
  • Alloy 66%
  • Grain Boundary 66%
  • Model 33%
  • Growth 33%

• Optimising large-area crystal orientation mapping of nanoscale β phase in α + β titanium alloys using EBSD

  Davis, A., Zeng, X., Thomas, R., Kennedy, J., Donoghue, J., Gholinia, A., Prangnell, P. & Da Fonseca, J. Q., 7 Oct 2022, In: Materials Characterization. 112371.

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

  • Texture 100%
  • Electron Backscatter Diffraction 80%
  • Microstructure 60%
  • Ti-6Al-4V 60%
  • Datum 40%

• β Grain refinement by yttrium addition in Ti-6Al-4V Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing

  Kennedy, J., Davis, A., Caballero, A. F., Byres, N., Williams, S., Pickering, E. & Prangnell, P., 25 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 895, p. 162735

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

  • Three Dimensional Printing 100%
  • Solidification 100%
  • Particle 66%
  • Liquid 66%
  • Crystal Microstructure 66%
• 2021

  In-Situ Observation of Single Variant α Colony Formation in Ti-6Al-4V

  Davis, A., Donoghue, J., Kennedy, J., Byres, N. & Prangnell, P., 20 Sep 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 117315.

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  • Colony 100%
  • Grain Boundary 66%
  • Ti-6Al-4V 66%
  • Investigation 33%
  • In Situ 33%
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• Preageing of Magnesium Alloys

  Davis, A., Kennedy, J., Lunt, D., Guo, J., Strong, D. & Robson, J., 27 Feb 2021, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A . p. 141002

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  • Magnesium Alloys 100%
  • Nucleation 26%
  • Aluminum Alloys 20%
  • Alloy 20%
  • Alloy System 20%
  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Tailoring Equiaxed β-grain Structures in Ti-6Al-4V Coaxial Electron Beam Wire Additive Manufacturing

  Davis, A., Kennedy, J. R., Strong, D., Kovalchuk, D., Porter, S. & Prangnell, P., 2021, In: Materialia.

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  • Crystal Microstructure 100%
  • Electron Beam 66%
  • Wire 66%
  • Nucleation 66%
  • Microstructure 50%

• The evolution of abnormally coarse grain structures in beta-annealed Ti-6Al%-4V% rolled plates, observed by in-situ investigation

  Byres, N., Quinta da Fonseca, J., Daniel, C., Donoghue, J., Davis, A., Shanthraj, P., Dod, B. & Prangnell, P., 1 Dec 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 221, 117362.

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

  • Thickness 100%
  • Texture 100%
  • Crystal Microstructure 100%
  • Fiber 66%
  • Give Rise 66%

• The Potential for Grain Refinement of Wire-Arc Additive Manufactured (WAAM) Ti-6Al-4V by ZrN and TiN Inoculation

  Kennedy, J., Davis, A., Caballero, A., Williams, S., Pickering, E. & Prangnell, P., 23 Feb 2021, In: Additive Manufacturing.

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  • Particle 100%
  • Powder 66%
  • Ti-6Al-4V 66%
  • Surface 33%
  • Fiber 33%
  134 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Confirmation of Rapid-Heating β Recrystallization in Wire-Arc Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V

  Davis, A., Caballero, A. & Prangnell, P., 31 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Materialia.

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

  • Recrystallization 100%
  • Texture 75%
  • Mechanisms 75%
  • Rapid Heating 75%
  • Strain 50%

• Isomorphic Grain Inoculation in Ti-6Al-4V during Additive Manufacturing

  Kennedy, J., Davis, A., Caballero, A., Garner, A., Donoghue, J., Zollinger, J., Bouzy, E., Pickering, E. & Prangnell, P., 10 Dec 2020, In: Materials Letters: X.

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  • Particle 100%
  • Inoculation 100%
  • Matrix 66%
  • Additive Manufacturing 66%
  • Nucleation 66%

• Quantification of strain fields and grain refinement in Ti-6Al-4 V inter-pass rolled wire-arc AM by EBSD misorientation analysis

  Davis, A., Hönnige, J. R., Martina, F. & Prangnell, P., 25 Sep 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Materials Characterization. p. 110673

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

  • Recrystallization 100%
  • Gaps (Geology) 100%
  • Average 100%
  • Misalignment 100%
  • Misorientation 100%

• The Effectiveness of Grain Refinement by Machine Hammer Peening in High Deposition Rate Wire-Arc AM Ti-6Al-4V

  Hönnige, J. R., Davis, A. E., Ho, A., Kennedy, J. R., Neto, L., Prangnell, P. & Williams, S., 6 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.

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

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  • Grain Refinement 100%
  • Peening 83%
  • Ti-6Al-4V 66%
  • Deposition 50%
  • Grain Size 50%

• The effect of loading direction on strain localisation in wire arc additively manufactured Ti–6Al–4V

  Lunt, D., Ho, A., Davis, A., Harte, A., Martina, F., Quinta da Fonseca, J. & Prangnell, P., 21 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructures and Processing . 139608.

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

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  • Grain Boundary 100%
  • Strain Localization 100%
  • Colony 100%
  • Heat Affected Zone 75%
  • Columnar Grain 75%

• The effect of processing parameters on rapid-heating β recrystallization in inter-pass deformed Ti-6Al-4V wire-arc additive manufacturing

  Davis, A. E., Kennedy, J. R., Ding, J. & Prangnell, P. B., 1 May 2020, In: Materials Characterization. 163, p. 110298

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

  • Deformation 100%
  • Recrystallization 66%
  • Gaps (Geology) 66%
  • Grain Size 50%
  • Wire 33%
• 2019

  Automated Image Mapping and Quantification of Microstructure Heterogeneity in Additive Manufactured Ti6Al4V

  Zhao, H., Ho, A., Davis, A., Antonysamy, A. A. & Prangnell, P., Jan 2019, In: Materials Characterization. 147, p. 131-145 14 p.

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  • Microstructure 100%
  • Variations 75%
  • Cartography 50%
  • Wire 50%
  • Distance 50%
  237 Downloads (Pure)

• Mechanical performance and microstructural characterisation of titanium alloy-alloy composites built by wire-arc additive manufacture

  Davis, A. E., Breheny, C. I., Fellowes, J., Nwankpa, U., Martina, F., Ding, J., Machry, T. & Prangnell, P. B., 23 Sep 2019, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A . 765, p. 138289

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  • Alloy 100%
  • Wire 50%
  • Titanium Alloys 50%
  • Length Scale 33%
  • Phase Composition 33%

• On the Origin of Microstructural Banding in Ti-6Al4V Wire-Arc Based High Deposition Rate Additive Manufacturing

  Ho, A., Zhao, H., Fellowes, J., Martina, F., Davis, A. & Prangnell, P., 1 Mar 2019, In: Acta Materialia. 166, p. 306-323 18 p.

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  • Heat Affected Zone 100%
  • Temperature 75%
  • Additive Manufacturing 75%
  • Microstructure 50%
  • Heating 50%

• Reducing yield asymmetry and anisotropy in wrought magnesium alloys – a comparative study

  Davis, A. E., Robson, J. D. & Turski, M., 28 Jan 2019, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. 744, p. 525-537 12 p.

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  • Alloy 100%
  • Texture 66%
  • Anisotropy 66%
  • Grain Size 50%
  • Comminution 50%
• 2018

  The effect of multiple precipitate types and texture on yield asymmetry in Mg-Sn-Zn(-Al-Na-Ca) alloys

  Davis, A., Robson, J. & Turski, M., 1 Oct 2018, In: Acta Materialia. 158

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  • Alloy 100%
  • Aging 66%
  • Rod 66%
  • Asymmetry 66%
  • Texture 66%