TBA
Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
Research interests include: magnesium casting alloy development; creep in wrought magnesium alloys; high temperature corrosion processes in stainless steels; biomaterials wear testing; production methods for optimizing mechanical properties in al-si casting alloys; intermetallics in al-si alloys; precipitation mechanisms in titanium alloys; and use of electron diffraction (EBSD, SAD, CBED etc) for research.
Recent Publications
- Loporcaro G., Cuevas A., Pampanin S. and Kral MV. (2022) Strain-ageing effects on the residual low-cycle fatigue life of low-carbon steel reinforcement. Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 55(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-022-01885-0.
- Young AM., Kral MV. and Bishop CM. (2022) Carbide formation accompanying internal nitridation of austenitic stainless steel. Materials Characterization 184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2021.111662.
- Young A., Kral M. and Bishop C. (2021) Carbide Formation Accompanying Internal Nitridation of Austenitic Stainless Steel. Materials Characterization (Accepted).
- Bishop CM., Mucalo SP., Kral MV. and Lewis DJ. (2020) Continuous Grain Size Gradients in Austenitic Incoloy 800H: Design, Processing, and Characterization. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 51(4): 1719-1731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05622-1.
- Kral MV., Beardsley AL. and Breeuwer NJ. (2020) Failure Analysis of Shipping Container Handler Twistlock Pin. Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention 20(3): 641-646. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11668-020-00871-4.