Doctoral Training Partnership(DTP) in Structural Metallic Systems for Gas Turbine Applications-universities of Cambridge,Swansea and Birmingham.

燃气轮机应用结构金属系统博士培训合作伙伴关系（DTP）——剑桥大学、斯旺西大学和伯明翰大学。

• 批准号: EP/H022309/1
• 负责人: Paul Bowen
• 金额: $ 1206.64万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FH022309%2F1
• 关键词: Doctoral; Training; Partnership; DTP; Structural

This Doctoral Training Partnership is between the universities of Cambridge,Swansea and Birmingham.Dwindling resources and climate change are forcing engineering designers to utilise materials and energy supplies with ever-greater efficiency. It is argued that cuts in CO2 emissions of between 60-90% must be achieved if irreversible climate change is to be avoided. At present, almost all aircraft propulsion and over 1/3 of the UK's total generating capacity rely on gas turbines. Their flexibility and efficiency compared with the alternatives mean that their use in power generation is predicted to dramatically increase for the foreseeable future. Similarly, a substantial growth in air travel is also predicted with passenger numbers forecast to double or triple by 2050. Achieving drastic reductions in the emissions from gas turbines, without bring national economic activity to a standstill, requires urgent activity on a very wide number of fronts. This is particularly important for the UK. It has Europe's largest gas turbine industry, second only to the US, including major engine makers, such as Rolls-Royce, Alstom and Siemens, together with approximately 3,000 companies supplying alloys, high integrity components, such as discs, blades and shafts, as well as coatings and seals. The industry as a whole employs over 400,000 people and generates 2 billion in exports in the power sector alone.EPSRC and Rolls-Royce plc have established a Strategic Partnership in the field of Structural Metallic Systems for Gas Turbine Applications with two key aims:i) To undertake the fundamental materials research necessary to improve the efficiency and environmental sustainability of gas turbine engines.ii) To train the next generation of world-class materials scientists and metallurgical engineers in structural metallic systems that will be critical to the future health of the discipline in UK academia and industry. Both these aims meet key UK needs in research and training as identified in the International Review of Materials 2008, the RAE Recommendations and the EPSRC EngD Review 2008. They also form an integral part of the propulsion roadmap of the Materials and Structures National Technical Committee of the Aerospace and Defence knowledge transfer network.

这个博士培训合作伙伴关系是剑桥，斯旺西和伯明翰大学之间的。资源减少和气候变化迫使工程设计师以更高的效率利用材料和能源供应。有人认为，如果要避免不可逆转的气候变化，就必须实现60-90%的二氧化碳排放量削减。目前，几乎所有的飞机推进和超过1/3的英国总发电能力依赖于燃气轮机。与替代品相比，它们的灵活性和效率意味着在可预见的未来，它们在发电中的使用预计将大幅增加。同样，预计航空旅行也将大幅增长，预计到2050年乘客人数将增加一倍或两倍。要大幅度减少燃气轮机的排放，同时又不使国家经济活动陷入停顿，就需要在许多方面采取紧急行动。这对英国来说尤其重要。它拥有欧洲最大的燃气涡轮机工业，仅次于美国，包括主要的发动机制造商，如劳斯莱斯，阿尔斯通和西门子，以及大约3,000家公司供应合金，高完整性部件，如盘，叶片和轴，以及涂层和密封件。整个行业拥有超过40万名员工，仅电力部门就创造了20亿美元的出口额。EPSRC和罗尔斯·罗伊斯公司在燃气涡轮机应用的结构金属系统领域建立了战略合作伙伴关系，主要目标有两个：i）进行必要的基础材料研究，以提高燃气涡轮机发动机的效率和环境可持续性。一流的材料科学家和冶金工程师在结构金属系统，这将是至关重要的学科在英国学术界和工业界的未来健康。这两个目标都满足了联合王国在研究和培训方面的主要需求，如《2008年国际材料审查》、《研究和评估专家建议》和《2008年EPSRC EngD审查》所确定的。它们也是航空航天和国防知识转移网络材料和结构国家技术委员会推进路线图的组成部分。