Reporter: Prof. Magd Abdel Wahab
Report Title 1: Crystal plasticity modelling of fretting fatigue crack initiation behavior in Ti6Al4V
Report Time 1: December 17, 2025, 16:00–17:30 (Wednesday)
Report Title 2: Fretting fatigue crack initiation behavior of Ti-6Al-4V and IN-100 alloys at elevated temperatures
Report Time 2: December 17, 2025, 17:30–19:00 (Wednesday)
Report Venue: MS Teams meeting:
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Hosted by: School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology
Reporter’s Profile: Magd Abdel Wahab is a professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Belgium Ghent University, and an adjunct professor at Nanjing Tech University and HUTECH University in Vietnam. He earned his Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics from KU Leuven, Belgium, in 1995, and a second Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Surrey, UK, in 2008. His research primarily focuses on finite element simulations. He has published over 170 SCI-indexed papers, authored three academic monographs with internationally renowned publishers, and his work has been cited more than 16,000 times. He has served as editor-in-chief for 19 books and conference proceedings and chairs four international conferences: FFW, NME, CMA, and SDMA. He has secured research funding totaling 5 million euros from European, UK, and Belgian sources.
Report Overview: Fretting fatigue crack initiation behavior, crystal plasticity modelling of Ti6Al4V, fretting fatigue characteristics of alloys under high-temperature environments.
