Dr Paul Colegrove
Lecturer
Location: Building 46, Cranfield campus
E: p.colegrove@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 754694
Materials
Current activities
- Course Director of the Welding Engineering programme
- Weld repair of nickel superalloy turbine blades
- Modelling of Friction Stir Welding
- Stress Engineering Activities which mitigate welding residual stress and distortion
Clients
- Doncasters PLC
- GKSS-Forschungszentrum
- MOD
- DTI
Background
Dr Paul Colegrove’s main research interest is welding and the modelling of welding processes. He gained his first degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia in 1995. He then worked in the Steel and Mineral’s Processing Industries for 3 years, before doing a Master of Engineering Science Degree at the University of Adelaide in 1999. In 2001 he commenced a PhD at the University of Cambridge on the Modelling of Friction Stir Welding, which he continued in 2004 as a post-doc. In 2006 Paul accepted a position as a lecturer in Welding Engineering with a focus on projects on Stress Engineering, Friction Stir, Laser and Arc Welding. He is the course director of the Welding Engineering MSc course.
Selected publications
- P. A. Colegrove, H. R. Shercliff and R. Zettler: ‘Model for predicting heat generation and temperature in friction stir welding from the material properties’ Sci. and Technol. Weld. and Joining., 2007, 12(4), 284-297
- P. A. Colegrove and H. R. Shercliff: ‘Development of the Trivex™ Friction Stir Welding Tool Part I: 2 Dimensional Flow Modelling’, Sci. and Technol. Weld. and Joining., 2004, 9(4), 345-351
- P. A. Colegrove and H. R. Shercliff: ‘Development of the Trivex™ Friction Stir Welding Tool Part II: 3 Dimensional Flow Modelling’, Sci. and Technol. Weld. and Joining., 2004, 9(4), 352-361
- P. A. Colegrove and H. R. Shercliff: ‘CFD Modelling of the Friction Stir Welding of Thick Plate 7449 Aluminium Alloy’, Sci. and Technol. Weld. and Joining., 2006, 11(4), July 2006 429-441.
