A preliminary analysis of failures in grey cast iron water pipes

Circumferential failures in grey cast iron pipes

Gas explosion model for grey cast iron pipes in Amsterdam

This thesis concerns grey cast iron gas pipelines in Amsterdam managed by the regional gas and electricity grid operator Liander. Due to brittle nature and aging process of grey cast iron, probability of explosion in this type of pipelines seems to be increasing. A model for the gas explosion probability is proposed. Multiple factors are taken into consideration, including pipe’s age, length, w...

Analysis of microstructural strain-fields in grey cast iron

With increasing engine capacity the demand on the material increases. To meet the requirements new more advanced test methods are invented. One of these test methods is the digital image correlation technique (DIC). This method analyses deformations in materials by correlating the displacement in a set of sequentially acquired images. To be able to measure the deformations the material needs to...

Auto-analysis system for graphite morphology of grey cast iron

The current method to classify graphite morphology types of grey cast iron is based on traditional subjective observation, and it cannot be used for quantitative analysis. Since microstructures have a great effect on the mechanical properties of grey cast iron and different types have totally different characters, six types of grey cast iron are discussed and an image-processing software subsys...

Niobium alloying effect in high carbon equivalent grey cast iron

Male, born in 1959. Professor and doctoral supervisor. He gained his Ph.D from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1991. His research interests mainly focus on metal solidification, new continous casting technology, cast alloys and materials, etc. By now, his more than 220 academic papers have been published in journals demestic and abroad. He also holds 22 invention patents of Chin...