Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0558596

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0558596

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Development of Cyclic Fatigue Degradation Criteria for Piezoelectric Ceramic Components. Piezoelectric ceramics are widely used in advanced engineering applications such as actuators in the automotive industry, sonars for submarine mineral exploration and defence, and a broad range of medical devices, e.g. ultrasound probes. The reliable operational lifetime of these devices is, however, severely limited because they suffer cyclic fatigue leading to both degradation in performance and device failure. The proposed project seeks to develop an understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue and develop a design model for engineers such that piezoelectric ceramic devices can be operated for longer periods with higher levels of reliability.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $350,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Mechanical Engineering | Ceramics | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil and gas | Navy | Automotive equipment |

Other Keywords

Automotive equipment | Ceramics | Materials Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Navy | Oil and gas

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