Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100307
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$360,000.00
Summary
Solute segregation in crystal defects in advanced magnesium alloys. This project aims to investigate solute segregation in crystal defects, and explore its effect on technologically significant lightweight magnesium alloys. Magnesium alloys could improve energy efficiency and system performance in automotive, aerospace, aircraft, mobile electronics, rechargeable batteries and biomedical applications. The intended outcome is a knowledge platform for the physical metallurgy design of magnesium all ....Solute segregation in crystal defects in advanced magnesium alloys. This project aims to investigate solute segregation in crystal defects, and explore its effect on technologically significant lightweight magnesium alloys. Magnesium alloys could improve energy efficiency and system performance in automotive, aerospace, aircraft, mobile electronics, rechargeable batteries and biomedical applications. The intended outcome is a knowledge platform for the physical metallurgy design of magnesium alloys for green environment applications and advancing Australia’s established research capability.Read moreRead less
Plastic deformation and failure of high strength rail steels in heavy haul transportation of mineral products. The Australian Government has made infrastructure, including rail, as a national priority for investment to meet the freight transport demand. This project focuses on the deformation and failure of rail in heavy haul lines to transport ores in the mining industry. The outcomes will be applied to ensure the structural integrity of rail infrastructure.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE150100123
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$190,000.00
Summary
Quench and deformation dilatometer for studying phase transformations. Quench and deformation dilatometer for studying phase transformations: The quenching and deformation dilatometer is a high precision thermal analysis tool used to measure phase transformations in situ. This technique can make time-resolved measurements of transformations under the extreme conditions of heating, cooling and deformation that are experienced during industrial processing. This instrument will be the only one in A ....Quench and deformation dilatometer for studying phase transformations. Quench and deformation dilatometer for studying phase transformations: The quenching and deformation dilatometer is a high precision thermal analysis tool used to measure phase transformations in situ. This technique can make time-resolved measurements of transformations under the extreme conditions of heating, cooling and deformation that are experienced during industrial processing. This instrument will be the only one in Australia capable of temperature changes above 2000 degrees Celsius and will also be the only one equipped with a cryogenic module. The instrument is intended to be used to characterise new processing technologies and new alloy systems such as advanced high strength steels, age hardenable magnesium, high entropy alloys, and cluster hardening aluminium alloys.Read moreRead less
Super-formable magnesium and its alloys at room temperature. This project aims to reveal the origin of a new phenomenon that we recently discovered: intrinsically brittle magnesium becomes super-formable at room temperature when its grain size is reduced to about one micron. It will use state-of-the-art atomic-scale characterization and computation to determine the mechanisms underlying the phenomenon, and to explore some as yet uncharted dilute alloy composition territories for unprecedented fo ....Super-formable magnesium and its alloys at room temperature. This project aims to reveal the origin of a new phenomenon that we recently discovered: intrinsically brittle magnesium becomes super-formable at room temperature when its grain size is reduced to about one micron. It will use state-of-the-art atomic-scale characterization and computation to determine the mechanisms underlying the phenomenon, and to explore some as yet uncharted dilute alloy composition territories for unprecedented formability. Expected outcomes are likely to form the scientific basis and a new pathway for designing and developing a new generation of wrought magnesium alloys.Read moreRead less
Annealing strengthening in magnesium alloys. The project seeks to develop new knowledge to inform the design of lightweight magnesium wrought alloys with more uniform mechanical properties. Magnesium extrusion alloys developed for improved fuel efficiency suffer from a tension–compression yield strength asymmetry problem: they are strong under tension but weaker under compression, thus limiting their use in high-strength applications. An unusual annealing strengthening phenomenon of magnesium ex ....Annealing strengthening in magnesium alloys. The project seeks to develop new knowledge to inform the design of lightweight magnesium wrought alloys with more uniform mechanical properties. Magnesium extrusion alloys developed for improved fuel efficiency suffer from a tension–compression yield strength asymmetry problem: they are strong under tension but weaker under compression, thus limiting their use in high-strength applications. An unusual annealing strengthening phenomenon of magnesium extrusion alloys was recently discovered that offers a significant opportunity to solve this problem. This project plans to use advanced experimental techniques, including high-resolution electron microscopy to reveal the mechanisms underlying this annealing strengthening phenomenon. The outcomes are likely to form the scientific basis for developing next-generation magnesium wrought alloys.Read moreRead less