ProfessorMark Wenman
Professor in Nuclear Materials
Department of Materials - Faculty of Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0001-9032-1091 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor in Nuclear MaterialsDepartment of Materials - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 6763 (Work)
- B301a, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
Overview
I am interested in the study of materials for nuclear power. My key areas of research interest are in the use of modelling at microscales (including finite element and peridynamics), micromechanisms of fracture, corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms and atomic scale modelling of nuclear fuel cladding material.
I use both finite element and peridynamics methods to study nuclear fuels, especially TRISO fuel, structural materials for fusion energy and corrosion of nuclear plant materials. I am the Imperial lead academic fr the MIDAS programme grant on Zr alloys. I have projects in understanding hydrogen embrittlement of metals for nuclear applications, including micromechanistic studies of stress corrosion cracking of stainless steels, and delayed hydride cracking and corrosion of zirconium alloys.
I led an EPSRC grant (EP/P005101/1) studying neutron irradiation damage in nuclear reactor pressure vessel steels with the universities of Manchester, Oxford and New South Wales along with the National Nuclear Laboratory, Rolls-Royce and ANSTO as collaborators. The irradiation and hot cell work were carried at using the OPAL reactor facility at ANSTO. This led to the development of the NEURONE programme (2023-2028), with UKAEA, to develop high temperature radiation tolerant steels for fusion.
I am interested in the study of materials for nuclear power. My key areas of research interest are in the use of modelling at microscales (including finite element and peridynamics), micromechanisms of fracture, corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms and atomic scale modelling of nuclear fuel cladding material.
I use both finite element and peridynamics methods to study nuclear fuels, especially TRISO fuel, structural materials for fusion energy and corrosion of nuclear plant materials. I am the Imperial lead academic fr the MIDAS programme grant on Zr alloys. I have projects in understanding hydrogen embrittlement of metals for nuclear applications, including micromechanistic studies of stress corrosion cracking of stainless steels, and delayed hydride cracking and corrosion of zirconium alloys.
I led an EPSRC grant (EP/P005101/1) studying neutron irradiation damage in nuclear reactor pressure vessel steels with the universities of Manchester, Oxford and New South Wales along with the National Nuclear Laboratory, Rolls-Royce and ANSTO as collaborators. The irradiation and hot cell work were carried at using the OPAL reactor facility at ANSTO. This led to the development of the NEURONE programme (2023-2028), with UKAEA, to develop high temperature radiation tolerant steels for fusion.