Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451423

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451423

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Development of Deformation-Mechanism Based Parameters for Improved Design of Hard Coatings. The use of thin hard abrasion-resistant coatings is an important method for significantly improving the operational lifetime of components in a wide range of mechanical, biomedical and sensory applications. The optimal design of these coatings is however severely restricted by a lack of detailed knowledge of their material deformation mechanisms. The proposed project will use novel nano-indentation and electron microscope techniques to create a basis for mechanism-based deformation models. These models will then be used to develop new coating architectures with improved operational lifetimes as well as predicting coating lifetimes and developing simple tools for coating assessment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 21-05-2004

End Date: 20-05-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $250,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Composite Materials | Ceramics | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ceramics | Industrial machinery and equipment |

Other Keywords

Ceramics | Composite Materials | Industrial machinery and equipment | Materials Engineering

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