Biography

Lindsay Chapman is a Senior Research Scientist leading the Thermal Performance Technical Area of the NPL Materials Division. This role includes fourteen years of experience with high temperature thermophysical property measurements, with specific expertise in the application of Laser Flash Apparatus (UKAS accreditation for solids) and higher temperature DSC measurements to provide thermal conductivity values for metals, ceramics, composites, polymers, coatings and scales.

This data enables prediction of ideal operating temperature or conditions through process and performance computer models. Research themes include vehicle light weighting, improved energy efficiency and recycling of high value alloys.

Lindsay is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Current Interests

Current research includes participation in two European Metrology Research Programme projects: MetroFission (addressing the need for necessary infrastructure to enable measurement of the parameters associated with new generation nuclear power plants) and Power Plant (investigating the enhancement of energy efficiency of present power generation)

Previous collaborative experience includes European projects such as Thermolab and IMPRESS, projects with industry such as PAMRIC, a period of secondment at NIST Gaithersburg and participation as one of four NMIs in the first international pilot study of thermal diffusivity measurement using the laser flash method organised by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM CCT WG9).

Selected Publications

• Thermophysical properties of Cu-based industrial alloys in the liquid phase
  Enrica Ricci, Livio Battezzati, Rob Brooks, Lindsay A. Chapman, Hans J. Fecht, Donatella Giuranno, Rada Novakovic, Seshadri Seetharaman, Daniela Voss and Rainer Wunderlich
  High Temperatures-High Pressures, Volume 38, Number 1, 2009
• Thermal Diffusivity of TIAlNb and AlNi Alloys - the European IMPRESS Project
  Taishi Matsushita, Lindsay Chapman, Rob Brooks, Ivan Egry and Seshadri Seetharaman
  Defect and Diffusion Forum, Vols. 273-276, March 200,8 375
• Application of high temperature DSC technique to nickel based superalloys
  L. A. Chapman
  J Mat. Sci. 39 (24): 7229-7236, 2004
• The Choice of Equations for the Measurement of Viscosity by the Oscillating Cylinder Method
  D H Ferriss, P N Quested, L A Chapman and A P Day
  September 2002, ECTP

Contact

T: 020 8943 6596
E: lindsay.chapman@npl.co.uk