Prof. Richard Hall - Engineering Design & Simulation

Prof. Richard Hall specialises in the area of Engineering Design & Simulation. He manages the business links with the Aerospace and High Value Added Engineering & Manufacturing Sectors, and is also Associate Dean for Business Engagement.

Expertise

Academic:

• Visting processor at the Katholieke University of Limberg, Belgium.
• External examiner at universities, including Birmingham, Manchester and Warwick.
• International Journal of Engineering Simulation - Chief Editor

Research:

• Prof Richard Hall chairs the research group “Midlands Simulation Group” (MidSim), where he expands his research interests in the area of advanced computer modelling. This includes Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and Heat Transfer modelling. These techniques are used for the design optimisation of manufacturing processes, materials and products.
• He has simulated many complex problems, such as the development of next generation heat exchangers for cooling in gas turbine engines and the development of innovative energy absorbing armour systems. He has developed a new joining process, creating perfect joints in high performance materials as used in aerospace structures called “High Speed Diffusion Bonding”.
• In recognition of his both national and international reputation, he was elected to the RAE2008 in panel, and the REF2014 panel for unit of assessment 12 (Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical & Manufacturing Engineering).
• He is part of the scientific review committee and one of the founders of the Metal Forming series of International Conferences, held between the Universities of Birmingham and Kracow in Poland. He is invited to review papers for various International Journals including Journal of Materials, Design and Applications, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences and, the International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture.
• Held an EU grant of £4m for Innovative Product Development, and directly funded research and consultancies with companies such as Rolls Royce plc and BAE Systems.

Professional:

• Prof. Richard Hall is one of the two founding Directors of the CAPARO Innovation Centre, for the commercialisation of new products.
• Developed new constitutive models for creep damage in high temperature multi-pass welds for the power generation industries and super plastic forming simulation techniques for complex titanium forming of lightweight high performance structures for Rolls Royce plc.
• Aerospace R&D - Executive of the Aerospace Cluster Group for the Midlands.

Publications:

Professor Hall has published approximately 120 refereed publications and confidential reports for industry; including 2 highly prestigious Royal Society Journal Papers. He has successfully supervised 19 PhD students.

• Hall, F.R., and Hayhurst, D.R. “Modelling of Grain Size Effects in Creep Crack Growth using a Non-Local Continuum Damage Approach”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A(1991) 433, 405-421.
• Hall, F.R., Hartley, P., Pillinger, I., Sturgess, C.E.N. “Development of a Process Model for Titanium”. Proceeding of IRC Conference: Materials for High Performance, Int. Conference Centre, Birmingham, 7-10th. Sept., 1992.
• Hass, A., Mihsein, M., Bauer, H., Hall, F.R.,” Prediction of Failure during Hydroforming Porcesses Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Tube Hydroforming Limits”. Int. J.Materials Process Technology, 2001.
• Huang, X, Mihsein, M, Kibble, K, Hall, F.R. “Ultimate Collapse Strength of Casing Design”. PVP- Vol 399, Design & Analysis of Pressure Vessels and Piping, ASME 2000. ISBN 0-7918-1880-2. (ASME PVP best paper finalist)
• Hall, F.R. “Innovative Product Development and SME’s”, Keynote invited presentation. Proceedings of the EIS Conference, Jaguar Cars, Birmingham, September 2002. Published also in the Journal of the Engineering Integrity Society, January 2003, pp44-49.
• Jiang, W, Yahiaoui, K, Hall, F.R.,” Finite Element Predictions of Temperature Distributions in a Multipass Welded Piping Branch Junction. Proc. ASME/JSME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, . ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Feb., 2005, Vol 127, pp.7-12. (ASME PVP best paper prize)
• M.Kaaz, F.R.Hall, J.Spence, H.Bauer. “Energy Absorption Capacity of Prismatic Cellular Metals”. International Journal of Engineering Simulation. July, 2007, Volume 8, No.2, ISSN 1468-1137
• Hall, F.R., Spence, J.P. 3^rd Feb 2011: International Patent: Heating Apparatus and Method: High Speed Diffusion Bonding.

Contact Details

Telephone: 01902 322785

Email: R.Hall@wlv.ac.uk