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Professor Julie Yeomans

Head of Department, Professor of Ceramic Materials, Director of the Industrial Doctorate Centre in Micro and Nanomaterials & Technologies

Qualifications: MA, PhD (Cantab), Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, FIMMM, Chartered Engineer CEng and Chartered Scientist CSci

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Phone: Work: 01483 68 9613
Room no: 29 AB 03

Further information

Research Interests

  • Localised fracture in ceramics and ceramic matrix composites resulting from indentation, impact, wear and/or thermal shock
  • Production of toughened ceramics
  • Metal - ceramic interactions

Publications

Highlights

  • Millar L, Taherparvar H, Filkin N, Slater P, Yeomans J. (2008) 'Interaction of (La1-xSrx)(1-y)MnO3-Zr1-zYzO2-d cathodes and LaNi0.6Fe0.4O3 current collecting layers for solid oxide fuel cell application'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV SOLID STATE IONICS, 179 (19-20), pp. 732-739.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ssi.2008.04.023
  • Yeomans JA. (2008) 'Ductile particle ceramic matrix composites - Scientific curiosities or engineering materials?'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 28 (7), pp. 1543-1550.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.12.009
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/712003/
  • Wright GJ, Yeomans JA. (2008) 'The influence of screen-printing parameters on the microstructure and gas permeance of a zirconia electrolyte'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 28 (4), pp. 779-785.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.09.027
  • Delaforce PM, Yeomans JA, Filkin NC, Wright GJ, Thomson RC. (2007) 'Effect of NiO on the phase stability and microstructure of yttria-stabilized zirconia'. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 90 (3), pp. 918-924.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01464.x
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/712565/

Journal articles

  • Kastritseas C, Smith PA, Yeomans JA. (2010) 'Thermal shock fracture in cross-ply fibre-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites'. TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, 90 (31-32) Article number PII 923938348 , pp. 4209-4226.
    doi: 10.1080/14786431003785621
  • Wright GJ, Yeomans JA. (2009) 'Three-step sintering of constrained yttria stabilised zirconia layers and its effect on microstructure and gas permeance'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 29 (10), pp. 1933-1938.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2008.12.013
  • Kastritseas C, Smith PA, Yeomans JA. (2008) 'Thermal shock behaviour of angle-ply and woven dense ceramic-matrix composites'. SPRINGER JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 43 (12), pp. 4112-4118.
    doi: 10.1007/s10853-007-2314-2
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/712005/
  • Wright GJ, Yeomans JA. (2008) 'The influence of screen-printing parameters on the microstructure and gas permeance of a zirconia electrolyte'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 28 (4), pp. 779-785.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.09.027
  • Wright GJ, Yeomans JA. (2008) 'Constrained Sintering of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrolytes: The Influence of Two-Step Sintering Profiles on Microstructure and Gas Permeance'. WILEY-BLACKWELL INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY, 5 (6), pp. 589-596.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2008.02263.x
  • Yeomans JA. (2008) 'Ductile particle ceramic matrix composites - Scientific curiosities or engineering materials?'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 28 (7), pp. 1543-1550.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.12.009
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/712003/
  • Millar L, Taherparvar H, Filkin N, Slater P, Yeomans J. (2008) 'Interaction of (La1-xSrx)(1-y)MnO3-Zr1-zYzO2-d cathodes and LaNi0.6Fe0.4O3 current collecting layers for solid oxide fuel cell application'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV SOLID STATE IONICS, 179 (19-20), pp. 732-739.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ssi.2008.04.023
  • Delaforce PM, Yeomans JA, Filkin NC, Wright GJ, Thomson RC. (2007) 'Effect of NiO on the phase stability and microstructure of yttria-stabilized zirconia'. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 90 (3), pp. 918-924.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01464.x
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/712565/
  • Kiani S, Pan J, Yeomans JA, Barriere M, Blanchart P. (2007) 'Finite element analysis of sintering deformation using densification data instead of a constitutive law'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 27 (6), pp. 2377-2383.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2006.08.019
  • Kiani S, Pan J, Yeomans JA. (2006) 'A new scheme of finding the master sintering curve'. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING J AM CERAM SOC, 89 (11), pp. 3393-3396.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01252.x
  • Kastritseas C, Smith PA, Yeomans JA. (2006) 'Damage characterisation of thermally shocked cross-ply ceramic composite laminates'. SPRINGER JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 41 (3), pp. 951-962.
    doi: 10.1007/s10853-006-6591-8
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/712257/

Professional Activities

  • Member of Strategic Advisory Team for the EPSRC's Materials, Mechanical and Medical Engineering Programme.
  • Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Ceramic Science Committee.
  • Member of the American Ceramic Society

Current Research Programmes

  • Microstructure - property relationships in ceramics for high strain rate applications.
  • Thermal shock of ceramic materials.
  • Effect of constraint on microstructural development in sintering