Professor Roger Reed

 

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director of Research

School of Metallurgy and Materials

Professor Roger Reed

Contact details

Telephone (+44) (0) 121 414 7080

Fax (+44) (0) 121 414 7468

Email r.reed@bham.ac.uk

School of Metallurgy and Materials
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

Roger Reed is Professor and Director of Research of the School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham.

His expertise relates to the physical metallurgy of high temperature materials, particularly those employed in the gas turbines used for jet propulsion and power generation.

He has taught widely in the field at a number of different universities: Cambridge, Imperial College London, The University of British Columbia and now Birmingham.

He is the author of the textbook ‘The Superalloys: Fundamentals and Applications’ published by CUP in 2006.  

Qualifications

  • PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge, 1990
  • BA in Natural Sciences, Cambridge, 1987

Research

RESEARCH THEMES

The structure, constitution, processing and performance of high temperature alloys for gas turbine applications, particularly the nickel-based superalloys, titanium alloys and coatings used for them

Other activities

  • Director, Partnership for Research in Simulation of Manufacturing and Materials.
  • Chair, Programme Committee for International Symposium for Superalloys. 
  • Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Publications

Book:

R C Reed, `The Superalloys: Fundamentals and Applications', Cambridge University Press, (2006).

Papers:

R. Turner, J-C. Gebelin, R.M. Ward and R.C.Reed, ‘Linear Friction Welding of a Titanium Alloy: Process Modelling and Validation’, Acta Materialia, 59, 10, 3792 – 3803 (2011).

A. Sato, Y-L. Chiu and R.C. Reed, ‘On The Oxidation of Nickel-Based Single Crystal Superalloys for Industrial Gas Turbine Applications', Acta materialia, 59, 225-240, (2011).

A. Mottura, N. Warnken, M.K. Miller, M.W. Finnis and R.C. Reed, ‘Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of the Distribution of Rhenium in Nickel Alloys', Acta materialia, 58, 931-942, (2010).

R.C. Reed, T. Tao and N. Warnken, ‘Alloys by Design: Application to Nickel-Based Single Crystal Superalloys', Acta materialia, 57, 5898-5913, (2009)

N. Warnken, D. Ma, S.G. Fries, I. Steinbach and R.C. Reed, ‘A Phase Field Simulation of As-Cast Microstructure Formation in Nickel-Based Superalloys', Acta materialia, 57, 5862-5875, (2009).

R.C. Reed, M.S. Hook and C.M.F. Rae, ‘Effects of Platinum Surface Modification on the Oxidation Behaviour of the Superalloy CMSX-4', Materials Science and Technology, 25, 276-286, (2009).

N. Warnken, H. Larsson and R.C. Reed, ‘Coupled Modelling of Solidification and Subsequent Heat Treatment of an Advanced Single Crystal Superalloy', Materials Science and Technology, 25, 179-185, (2009).

J.J. Moverare, S. Johansson and R.C. Reed, `Deformation and Damage Mechanisms during Thermal-Mechanical Fatigue of a Single Crystal Superalloy', Acta materialia, 57, 2266-2276, (2009).

R.T. Wu, K. Kawagishi, H. Harada and R.C. Reed, `The Retention of Thermal Barrier Coating Systems on Single Crystal Superalloys: Effects of Substrate Composition', Acta materialia, 56, 3622-3629, (2008).

H. Larsson and R.C. Reed, `On The Numerical Simulation of Diffusion-Controlled Reactions Under Local Equilibrium Conditions', Acta materialia, 56, 3754-3760, (2008).

A. Mottura, M. Finnis, R.T. Wu and R.C. Reed, `A Critique of Rhenium Clustering in Ni-Re Alloys Using Extended X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy', Acta materialia, 56, 2669-2675, (2008).

A. Ma, R.C. Reed and D. Dye, `A Model for the Creep Deformation Behaviour of Single Crystal Superalloy CMSX-4', Acta materialia, 56, 1657-1670, (2008).

R.T. Wu and R.C. Reed, `On The Compatibility of Single Crystal Superalloys With A Thermal Barrier Coating System', Acta materialia, 56, 313-323, (2008)

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