Dr Adrian Sharman
BEng (Hons), MPhil, PhD
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Technical Fellow - Metallurgy and Materials
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Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Samlesbury Enterprise Zone
Roy Chadwick Way, Mellor Brook
Blackburn
BB2 7HP
- Profile
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Adrian joined the AMRC in 2002, having previously studied for a PhD at the University of Birmingham on conventional and non-conventional machining of gamma titanium aluminide sponsored by Rolls-Royce and Sandvik Coromant. He also holds a BEng in Manufacturing Engineering, an MPhil in the Science and Engineering of Materials and is a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Adrian has been awarded the IMechE’s Thatcher Brothers award for best paper on a manufacturing engineering subject and the IMechE’s Joesph Whitworth award for best paper on engineering production.
Adrian is currently a Technical Fellow within the AMRC NW additive manufacturing group. Adrian has extensive applied research experience in the metallurgical responses of materials to processing and is currently working on the influence of additive manufacturing techniques on component integrity.
- Research interests
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Adrian’s research interests include additive manufacturing, powder characterisation, surface integrity and machining processes for additive manufacture, residual stress formation and novel materials processing.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Understanding process parameter-induced variability for tailoring precipitation behavior, grain structure, and mechanical properties of Al-Mg-Si-Mn alloy during solid-state additive manufacturing. Materials & Design, 113238-113238.
- Evaluation of different particle size distribution and morphology characterization techniques. Additive Manufacturing Letters, 3, 100077-100077.
- Varying CFRP workpiece temperature during slotting: Effects on surface metrics, cutting forces and chip geometry. Procedia CIRP, 85, 37-42. View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation of titanium aluminide components manufactured by laser metal deposition. Intermetallics, 93, 89-92.
- The effect of tool nose radius on surface integrity and residual stresses when turning Inconel 718™. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 216, 123-132.
- Evolving morals. New Scientist, 216(2890), 33-33.
- Surface integrity and tool life when turning Inconel 718 using ultra-high pressure and flood coolant systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 222(6), 653-664.
- Tool life and surface integrity aspects when drilling and hole making in Inconel 718. J MATER PROCESS TECH, 200(1-3), 424-432.
- Optimisation of tool life and productivity when end milling Inconel 718TM. J MATER PROCESS TECH, 189(1-3), 153-161.
- The effect of cutting tool material and edge geometry on tool life and workpiece surface integrity. P I MECH ENG B-J ENG, 220(2), 93-107.
- An analysis of the residual stresses generated in Inconel 718 (TM) when turning. J MATER PROCESS TECH, 173(3), 359-367.
- Workpiece surface integrity and tool life issues when turning Inconel 718 (TM) nickel based superalloy. MACH SCI TECHNOL, 8(3), 399-414.
- The effect of tool edge preparation on tool life and workpiece surface integrity. P I MECH ENG B-J ENG, 218(9), 1113-1123.
- Tool life when high speed ball nose end milling Inconel 718™. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 118(1-3), 29-35.
- The effects of machined workpiece surface integrity on the fatigue life of γ-titanium aluminide. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 41(11), 1681-1685.
- Workpiece surface integrity considerations when finish turning gamma titanium aluminide. Wear, 249(5-6), 473-481.
- “The effects of machined workpiece surface integrity on the fatigue life of gamma titanium aluminide”. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 418(11), 1681-1685.
- High speed ball nose end milling of Inconel 718. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 49(1), 41-46.
Chapters
- Investigations on the Solid-State Additive Manufacturing of Al Alloy: Process, Microstructure, and Crystallographic Texture, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (pp. 285-292). Springer Nature Switzerland
- Machining Aerospace Materials John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- Characterising the Integrity of Machined Surfaces in a Powder Nickel Alloy used in Aircraft Engines. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 13 (pp 411-416)
- “Impact of number of flutes and helix angle on tool performance and hole quality in drilling composite/titanium stacks”. SAE 2011 Aerotech Congress & Exposition. Toulouse, October 2011 - October 2011.
- Ultrasonic assisted turning of gamma titanium aluminide. 13th International Symposium for Electromachining (pp 939-951). Bilbao, Spain, 2001 - 2001.
- Understanding process parameter-induced variability for tailoring precipitation behavior, grain structure, and mechanical properties of Al-Mg-Si-Mn alloy during solid-state additive manufacturing. Materials & Design, 113238-113238.
- Research group
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AMRC North West