Professor Andrew Sherry

Andrew Sherry is Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at The University of Manchester. He obtained his PhD in the Materials Science Department at The University of Manchester on the high temperature fracture of nickel-based superalloy single crystals. He joined the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in 1987, working in the Engineering Metallurgy Group at Risley. He continued to work at Risley through the formation of AEA Technology and Serco Assurance where he led research into materials ageing, structural integrity, and materials modelling. He joined The University of Manchester in 2004, as Director of the Materials Performance Centre and was appointed Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute in 2009 and is leading the £30 million expansion of nuclear research capability at Manchester that includes the Dalton Cumbrian Facility and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, a partnership with Sheffield University.

Andrew is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining. He has wide experience of assessing and predicting the performance of materials used within the nuclear industry, working in the field of structural integrity alongside experts at EDF Energy, the National Nuclear Laboratory, Serco, Rolls-Royce, HSE, TWI and MoD for over 20 years. He is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the UK National Nuclear Laboratory where he is also a member of the Contract performance review board alongside colleagues from Serco and Battelle. He is a Visiting Scientist at the University of Bristol. He is active in research, sits on a number of expert technical panels, and provides independent advice on structural and materials issues to industry and government both nationally and internationally. He is an active member on the Council of the UK Forum for Engineering Structural Integrity.

• Structural Integrity
• Image correlation and Luders strain behaviour in ferritic materials.
• Residual stress effects on fracture
• Multi-scale modeling of fracture
• Blunt notch effects on fracture
• Stress Corrosion Cracking
• Irradiation effects on stress corrosion cracking
• Atmospheric-induced stress corrosion cracking
• Primary water stress corrosion cracking

• A H Sherry, M A Wilkes, J K Sharples and P J Budden, "The assessment of residual stress effects on ductile tearing using continuum damage mechanics", Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 130 (4), pp. 0412121-0412128, 2008.
• R.E. Dolby, R. Leggatt, I.C. Howard, D. Smith and A.H. Sherry , "Some challenges in the treatment of residual stress in flaw tolerance calculations – A TAGSI view", Int. J. of Press. Vess. and Piping, Vol. 85, pp. 166-174, 2008.
• A H Sherry, J Q Da Fonseca, M R Goldthorpe and K Taylor, "Measurement and modelling of residual stress effects on cracks", Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 30, pp. 243-257, 2007
• A H Sherry, A F Carley, F Cegla, M R Fitzpatrick, B J Marsden and D J Smith, “The remote monitoring and reliable prediction of materials performance in nuclear applications", Nuclear Future, Vol. 03, No. 5, pp. 230-240, 2007.
• A Shterenlikht, D Stefanescu, M Fox, K Taylor, J Quinta da Fonseca, A H Sherry, and P. J. Withers, “Measuring and Predicting the effects of Residual Stresses On Crack Propagation", Materials Science Forum, Vol. 524, pp. 77-82, 2006.
• M Kuroda, A H Sherry and T J Marrow, "Modelling and measurement of the effects of surface finish on fatigue in austenitic stainless steels", submitted to Eng, Frac, Mech, 2006
• F M Burdekin and A H Sherry "On the re-characterisation of defects in structural integrity assessments due to snap-through", Int. J. of Pres. Ves. and Piping, Vol. 83, Issue 8, pp. 618-623, 2006
• A H Sherry, "Material modelling in the nuclear industry", Materials World, February, 2006
• A H Sherry, "Grains of Truth and the value of inside information", Nuclear Future, Vol. 2, pp. 10-18, 2006.
• D P G Lidbury, A H Sherry, B R Bass, P Gilles, D Connors, U Eisele, E Keim, H Keinanen, D Lauerova, S Marie, G Nagel, K Nilsson, D Siegele and Y Wadier, "Validation of Constraint Based Methodology in Structural Integrity", Fat. Fract. Engng Mater. and Struct., Vol. 29, pp. 829-849, 2006.
• A H Sherry, J Quinta da Fonseca, M R Goldthorpe and K Taylor, "Measurement and modelling of residual stress effects on cracks", Fatigue Fract Engng Mater Struct., Vol. 10, pp. 1460-2695,2006.
• A.H. Sherry and M.A. Wilkes, "Numerical simulation of tearing-fatigue interactions in 316l(N) austenitic stainless steel", Int. J. Press. Vess. and Piping, Vol. 82, pp. 905-916, 2005.
• A H Sherry, G Wardle, S Jacques and J-P Hayes, "Tearing-fatigue interactions in 316L(N) austenitic stainless steel", Int. J. Press. Vess. and Piping, Vol. 82, pp. 840-859, 2005
• A H Sherry and M A Wilkes, "Numerical simulation of tearing-fatigue interactions in 316L(N) austenitic stainless steel", Int. J. Press. Vess. and Piping, Vol. 82, pp. 905-916, 2005.
• A H Sherry, M A Wilkes, D W Beardsmore and D P G Lidbury, "Material constraint parameters for the assessment of shallow defects in structural components - Part I: parameter solutions", Engng. Fract. Mech., Vol. 72, pp. 2373 - 2395, 2005.
• A H Sherry, D G Hooton, D W Beardsmore and D P G Lidbury, "Material constraint parameters for the assessment of shallow defects in structural components - Part II: constraint-based assessment of shallow defects", Engng. Fract. Mech., Vol. 72, pp. 2396 - 2415, 2005.
• R E Dolby, R Leggatt, I C Howard, D Smith and A H Sherry, "Some Challenges in the Treatment of Residual Stress in Flaw Tolerance Calculations - a TAGSI view", presented at the TAGSI Symposium on the impact of secondary and residual stresses on structural integrity, 27 April 2005, TWI Ltd, Granta Park, Cambridge
• M Turski, A H Sherry, P J Bouchard and P J Withers, "Residual Stress Driven Creep Cracking in Type 316 Stainless Steel", Journal of Neutron Research, Vol. 12, pp. 45-49, 2004
• A H Sherry, D G Hooton, D W Beardsmore and M A Wilkes, "The engineering assessment of constraint effects on fracture", in Asset Management of Aged Plant. Ed. R K Penny, pp. 169-183, 2003.
• D W Beardsmore and A H Sherry, "Allowance for residual stresses and material interfaces when calculating J in and close to welded joints", ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping, Vol. 464, pp. 11-21, 2003.
• A H Sherry, M Turski, MA Wilkes, D W Beardsmore, P J Withers and P J Bouchard, "The development of a compact specimen to study the influence of residual stresses on fracture", in Engineering Structural Integrity: Needs and Provision, pp. 341-348, 2002.
• D W Beardsmore, D P G Lidbury, and A H Sherry, "The assessment of reactor pressure vessel defects allowing for crack tip constraint and the calculation of the onset of the upper shelf", International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Vol. 80 , pp. 787-795, 2003.
• D P G Lidbury, A H Sherry, C E Pugh and B R Bass, "The performance of large-scale structures and validation of assessment procedures", Comprehensive Structural Integrity, Chapter 7.14, Pages 529-566, 2003.
• A H Sherry, D P G Lidbury, B R Bass, P T Williams, "Developments in Local Approach methodology with the application to analysis/re-analysis of the NESC-1 PTS benchmark experiment", International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Vol. 78, pp. 237-249, 2001.