Research project

Enabling sixty years creep-fatigue life of the next generation nuclear reactors (SYNERgy)

Lead researchers:

Professor Bo Chen
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Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Bo Chen

Professor of Materials

Research interests

Creep, fatigue as well as oxidation
Residual stresses at different length-scales
High-temperature structural integrity assessment

Connect with Bo

Email: B.Chen@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Exploring the tempering behaviour of additively manufactured high-alloy tool steel using synchrotron X-ray and neutron techniques

Huayue Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Diego Alba Venero & Bo Chen, 2026, Additive Manufacturing, 123

DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2026.105219

Type: article

Macro- and micro-mechanical perspectives on creep-fatigue interaction in Type 316L stainless steel

Fan Wu, Yang Liu, Huayue Zhang, Christos Skamniotis, Umer Masood Chaudry, Gareth Douglas, Joe Kelleher, Andrew Wisbey, Mike Spindler, Marc Chevalier & Bo Chen, 2025, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 206(Part A)

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106353

Type: article

Insights into primary carbides and nanoparticles in an additively manufactured high-alloy steel

Huayue Zhang, Hui Peng, Paul A.J. Bagot, Yiqiang Wang, Diego Alba Venero, Stuart Robertson, Gebril M.A.M. El-Fallah, Hongbo Guo, Michael P. Moody & Bo Chen, 2024, Acta Materialia, 270

DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119834

Type: article

Modeling of cavity nucleation, early‐stage growth, and sintering in polycrystal under creep–fatigue interaction

Jingdong Hu, Changjun Liu, Fuzhen Xuan & Bo Chen, 2022, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 45(3), 882-903

DOI: 10.1111/ffe.13643

Type: article