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Matthew J Doré PhD CEng FWeldI AMICE

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Matthew Doré joined the Fatigue section at TWI in October 2000. He gained his PhD through The Open University under the supervision of Professor Michael Fitzpatrick and Dr Steve Maddox. The title of his work was, ‘An Investigation of Fatigue Crack Growth Acceleration.’

Matthew is the TWI Technology Fellow in Structural Integrity (Steels), his particular expertise is in fatigue design of welded joints, but he works closely with colleagues involved in all aspects of structural integrity.

Matthew’s research over the last decade in the subject area of fatigue has been broad, considering areas such as variable amplitude loading and in particular load sequence effects, fatigue life improvement through use of high frequency mechanical impact (HFMI) treatment on high strength steels and aluminium alloy,  fatigue of vintage tubular joints, as well as other key areas in fatigue design such as misalignment, bending and thickness effects, fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR), fracture mechanics assessments and the effect of aggressive environments. In addition to this, through his own work and through supervision of PhD students, he has been actively involved in the area of additive manufacturing.

Matthew provides guidance and support to TWI Industrial Members and colleagues alike on issues such as fatigue design, fracture, standards interpretation, residual stress and bridge related studies.  

He has led over 100 projects across oil and gas, construction, renewables, nuclear, defence, shipping, power, off-highway and automotive industry sectors in his 25 years at TWI and contributed to many more as well as undertaking expert witness work. He has also guided several PhD candidates to successful completion of their courses.

Matthew is a Fellow of The Welding Institute and Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is a main committee member of the British Standards Institute WEE/37, Chair of BS 7608, Chair of BS 7910 (fatigue), the UK National Delegate to the International Institute of Welding Commission XIII and committee member of Structural Steel and Bridges B/525/10, CB/203 and CEN. He is also a member of the Lloyds Register Technical Committee (Marine and Offshore) and Principal Reviewer for ‘Welding in the World.’

Matthew has also been involved in instrumental work around fatigue, fracture mechanics and additive manufacturing and has over 20 published articles (see below).

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Meet the Expert - Matthew J Doré PhD CEng FWeldI AMICE

Additional Roles and Activities

  1. International Institute of Welding (IIW) Commission XIII sub-commission B Vice Chair, elected 2025.
  2. Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (AMICE), elected 2025.
  3. B/525/10 and CB/203 Committee Member and UK Expert, elected 2025.
  4. Lloyds Register Technical Committee Member (Marine & Offshore), elected 2025.
  5. Fellow of The Welding Institute (FWeldI), elected 2024.
  6. Lecturer, Design & Construction – Diploma, since 2023.
  7. Principal Reviewer, Welding in the World, elected 2023.
  8. Chartered Engineer, elected 2016.
  9. Standards Institute WEE/37 BS 7910 Main Committee Member, elected 2016.
  10. Chair of WEE/37/-/9 (BS 7608), elected 2016.
  11. Chair of WEE/37/-/3 (Sub-group Fatigue), elected 2016.
  12. International Institute of Welding (IIW) UK National Delegate Commission XIII, elected 2014.

 

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White paper: The Status of Research on Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Parts in Steels and Aluminium Alloys

TWI Reports, Projects, Key Roles and Academic Support

  1. Doré, M, 2025: ‘The status of research on structural integrity of additive manufacturing in steels and aluminium alloys,’ White Paper, TWI Ltd.
  2. Bakir A, R Reed, Zhang X, Syed A, Reed P, McNutt P and Doré M, 2025: ‘Fatigue performance of cold spray repaired aluminium alloy 7075,’ International Journal of Fatigue, Vol 198, 109036
  3. M Shahriarifar, M Doré, M Dodge, K Khan and X Zhang, 2024: ‘Investigation on the fatigue behaviour of stainless steel 316L produced by laser powder bed fusion process,’ Fatigue 2024 Conference Proceedings, Cambridge, 19-20 June.
  4. A A Bakir, X Zhang, M Doré and P McNutt, 2024: ‘Structural integrity of cold spray repaired aluminium alloy 7075 specimens,’ Fatigue 2024 Conference Proceedings, Cambridge, 19-20 June.
  5. Ali Alpren Bakir, Xiang Zhang, Matthew Doré and Kashif Khan, 2023: ‘Structural integrity assessment of cold spray repaired high-strength aluminium alloy 7075 specimens,’ MS&T23, October 1-4, Ohio.
  6. Emre Akgun, Xiang Zhang, Tristan Lowe, Yanhui Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2022:’ Fatigue of laser powder-bed fusion additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V in presence of process-induced porosity defects,’ Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 259, 108140.
  7. Emre Akgun, Xiang Zhang, Romali Biswal, Yanhui Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2021: ‘Fatigue of wire+arc additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V in presence of process-induced porosity defects,’ International Journal of Fatigue, 150, 106315.
  8. Johnston C and Doré M, 2021: ‘Comparison of the fatigue performance of galvanised M72 bolts with design standard recommendations,’ Materials Technology Vol 3, June.
  9. Yanhui Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2021: 'Comparison of fatigue crack growth rates of different specimen geometries,' OMAE2021-62388, June 21-30.
  10. Xing Sun and Matthew Doré, 2020: ‘Improved bending correction factor for fatigue assessment of welded joints,’ Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Ocean and Polar Conference, ISOPE, Shanghai, China, 11-16 October.
  11. Emre Akgun, Romali Biswal, Matthew Doré and Xiang Zhang: ‘Failure causes of an additive manufactured TI-6AL-4V and implications on fatigue design,’ Engineering Integrity Society, Fatigue 2020, Conference proceedings, Jesus college, Cambridge.
  12. Dibakor Boruah, Xiang Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2020: ‘Experimental evaluation of interfacial adhesion strength of cold sprayed Ti-6Al-4V thick coatings using an adhesive-free test method,’ Surface and Coatings Technology, 15 January.
  13. Yan-hui Zhang, Matthew Doré and Jazeel R Chukkan, 2020: ‘Evaluation of the solutions for calculating misalignment-induced stress concentration factor at girth welds in pipelines,’ OMAE2020-18288, June 28 - July 3, FL, USA.
  14. Dibakor Boruah, Xiang Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2019: ‘Theoretical prediction of residual stresses induced by cold spray with experimental validation,’ Multidiscipline Modelling in Materials & Structures.
  15. Dibakor Boruah, Xiang Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2019: ‘Evaluation of residual stresses induced by cold spraying of Ti-6Al-4V on Ti-6Al-4V substrates,’ Surface and Coatings Technology, 25 September.
  16. Dibakor Boruah, Xiang Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2018: ‘An analytical method for predicting residual stress distribution in selective laser melted/sintered alloys,’ Materials Research Forum LLC, 5 October.
  17. Yan-hui Zhang and Matthew Doré, 2018: ‘Fatigue crack growth assessment using BS 7910:2013 – Background and recommended developments,’ Int’l Journal of pressure vessels and piping, 168, 79-86.
  18. E Mikkola, M Doré, G Marquis and M  Khurshid, 2015: ‘Fatigue assessment of high-frequency mechanical impact (HFMI) - treated welded joints subjected to high mean stresses and spectrum loading,’ Fatigue Fract Engng Mater struct, Vol 38, No. 10, pp 1167–1180.
  19. Matthew J Doré and Stephen J Maddox, 2014: ‘Investigation of fatigue crack acceleration under variable amplitude loading for a structural steel and aluminium alloy’, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 891-892 (2014) pp 581-587.
  20. Eeva Mikkola, Matthew Doré, Mansoor Khurshid, 2013: ‘Fatigue strength of HFMI treated structures under high R-ratio and variable amplitude loading,’ Procedia Engineering, 66, (2013), pp 161 – 170.
  21. Christoph Gerritsen, Sofie Vanrostenberghea, Matthew Doré, 2013: ‘Diode laser weld toe re-melting as a means of fatigue strength improvement in high strength steels,’ Procedia Engineering, 66, (2013), pp 171 – 180.
  22. Matthew J Doré, Stephen J Maddox, 2013: ‘Accelerated fatigue crack growth in 6082 T651 aluminium alloy subjected to periodic underloads,’ Procedia Engineering, 66, (2013), pp 313 – 322.
  23. Maddox S J, Doré M J, Smith S, 2011: ‘A case study of the use of ultrasonic peening for upgrading a welded steel structure,’ Welding in the World, volume 5, issue 9-10, pp 56-67.
  24. Freeman R, Kong C, Doré M and Zhang L, 2010: ‘Optimisation of laser direct metal deposition for additive manufacture and repair of alloy 718,' Aeromat 20 Conference and Exposition American Society for Metals.
  25. Maddox S J, Doré M J, Smith S, 2010: ‘Investigation of ultrasonic peening for upgrading a welded structure,’ IIW doc. XIII-2326-10.
  26. Thomas W, Staines D, Tubby P, Doré M and Gittos M, 2004: ‘Friction skew-stir welding – fatigue performance,’ INALCO 2004, ninth Int. Conf. on aluminium structural design, June 2-4, Cleveland, OH.

IIW 78th Annual Assembly, Genoa, Italy 2025:

  • Commission XIII: “Reanalysis of FCGR data for steels.”
  • Commission XIII: “Fatigue performance of welded pipeline material in pressurised H2 gas environment.”

IIW 77th Annual Assembly, Rhodes, Greece 2024:

  • Commission XIII: “Revision of IIW recommendations on fatigue life improvement techniques.”

Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, Hawaii, USA, 2017:

  • One day workshop: “Fatigue assessment of weldments: Part 2 – Revision of BS 7608.”

11th International Fatigue Congress, Melbourne, Australia 2014:

  • “Investigation of fatigue crack growth acceleration under variable amplitude loading for a structural

steel and aluminium alloy.”
  1. Matthew Doré, “Fatigue of welded structures,” Welding and Joining Matters, 2025. [In Press]

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