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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ireland
2023

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
49
Citations
8272
World Ranking
1230
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Sean B. Leen is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with a significant emphasis on mechanical engineering and the mechanics of materials. Their work spans several related subfields, including materials chemistry, automotive engineering, and aerospace engineering.

Leen's recent research encompasses topics such as additive manufacturing materials and processes, high entropy alloys, fatigue and fracture mechanics, welding techniques and residual stresses, microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, and hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals.

  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals

Leen has authored numerous publications with recent papers including:

  • Towards a process-structure model for Ti-6Al-4V during additive manufacturing, 2020, Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • Deformation mechanisms of selective laser melted 316L austenitic stainless steel in high temperature low cycle fatigue, 2022, Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Towards an instant structure-property prediction quality control tool for additive manufactured steel using a crystal plasticity trained deep learning surrogate, 2021, Materials & Design
  • A physically-based structure-property model for additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V, 2021, Materials & Design
  • In-situ SEM study of fatigue micro-crack initiation and propagation behavior in pre-corroded AA7075-T7651, 2020, International Journal of Fatigue

Their frequent co-authors include Richard A. Barrett, Noel M. Harrison, Xinyu Yang, Jianming Gong, and Xiaowei Wang.

Leen's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L Journal of Materials Design and Applications, Materials Science and Engineering A, Materials & Design, and International Journal of Fatigue.

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L Journal of Materials Design and Applications
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Materials & Design
  • International Journal of Fatigue

Their research integrates experimental and modeling approaches to study complex material behaviors, particularly in additive manufacturing and high-performance metal alloys.

Best Publications

  • Finite element simulation and experimental validation of fretting wear

    I.R McColl;J Ding;S.B Leen

  • Contact-evolution based prediction of fretting fatigue life: Effect of slip amplitude

    J.J. Madge;S.B. Leen;I.R. McColl;P.H. Shipway

  • The effect of slip regime on fretting wear-induced stress evolution

    J. Ding;S.B. Leen;I.R. McColl

  • A corrosion model for bioabsorbable metallic stents.

    J.A. Grogan;B.J. O’Brien;S.B. Leen;P.E. McHugh

  • The role of elastic anisotropy, length scale and crystallographic slip in fatigue crack nucleation

    C.A. Sweeney;W. Vorster;S.B. Leen;E. Sakurada

  • Finite element, critical-plane, fatigue life prediction of simple and complex contact configurations

    Wei Siang Sum;Edward J. Williams;Sean B. Leen

  • A combined wear and crack nucleation–propagation methodology for fretting fatigue prediction

    J.J. Madge;S.B. Leen;P.H. Shipway

  • The critical role of fretting wear in the analysis of fretting fatigue

    J.J. Madge;S.B. Leen;P.H. Shipway

  • Design of composite tidal turbine blades

    David M. Grogan;Sean B. Leen;Ciaran Kennedy;Conchúr M. Ó Brádaigh

  • Finite element implementation of multiaxial continuum damage mechanics for plain and fretting fatigue

    T. Zhang;P.E. McHugh;S.B. Leen

  • Finite element simulation of fretting wear and fatigue in thin steel wires

    A. Cruzado;S.B. Leen;M.A. Urchegui;X. Gómez

  • A finite element based approach to simulating the effects of debris on fretting wear

    J. Ding;I.R. McColl;S.B. Leen;P.H. Shipway

  • A study on the interaction between fretting wear and cyclic plasticity for Ti–6Al–4V

    A.L. Mohd Tobi;J. Ding;G. Bandak;S.B. Leen

  • Residual stresses in high-velocity oxy-fuel thermally sprayed coatings – Modelling the effect of particle velocity and temperature during the spraying process

    P. Bansal;P.H. Shipway;S.B. Leen

  • Comparing coronary stent material performance on a common geometric platform through simulated bench testing.

    James A. Grogan;Sean B. Leen;Peter E. McHugh

  • A three-dimensional (3D) numerical study of fatigue crack growth using remeshing techniques

    A.R. Maligno;S. Rajaratnam;S.B. Leen;E.J. Williams

  • A multi-scale crystal plasticity model for cyclic plasticity and low-cycle fatigue in a precipitate-strengthened steel at elevated temperature

    Dong-Feng Li;Dong-Feng Li;Richard A. Barrett;Padraic E. O'Donoghue;Noel P. O'Dowd

  • Measurement, analysis and prediction of fretting wear damage in a representative aeroengine spline coupling

    C.H.H. Ratsimba;I.R. McColl;E.J. Williams;S.B. Leen

  • Optimizing the design of a bioabsorbable metal stent using computer simulation methods.

    James A. Grogan;Sean B. Leen;Peter E. McHugh

  • Characterisation of fretting-induced wear debris for Ti-6Al-4 V

    N.M. Everitt;J. Ding;G. Bandak;P.H. Shipway

  • Fretting fatigue predictions in a complex coupling

    J. Ding;W.S. Sum;R. Sabesan;S.B. Leen

Frequent Co-Authors

T H Hyde
T H Hyde University of Nottingham
P.H. Shipway
P.H. Shipway University of Nottingham
Peter E. McHugh
Peter E. McHugh University of Galway
Noel P. O’Dowd
Noel P. O’Dowd University of Limerick
Wei Sun
Wei Sun University of Nottingham
Fionn P.E. Dunne
Fionn P.E. Dunne Imperial College London
Adib A. Becker
Adib A. Becker University of Nottingham

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