Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160100560

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160100560

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Design of tuneable microstructures for additive manufacturing. The project intends to develop methods to tune the microstructure of materials in additive manufacturing so that components can be manufactured with maximum productivity and properties. Additive manufacturing is leading the mass customisation of manufacturing. Designed tunable microstructures enable structure and properties to be tailored for specific applications. One of the greatest challenges, however, is how to control the scale and morphology of the microstructure. This project aims to use the interdependence model of grain refinement to control and design grain sizes. The project first plans to investigate the near-rapid solidification conditions in aluminium alloys. It then plans to re-design the harder-to-manufacture titanium alloys to improve grain size control.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-03-2016

End Date: 31-10-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $480,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Flexible Manufacturing Systems | Materials Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Structural Metal Products |

Other Keywords

Flexible Manufacturing Systems | Materials Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials | Structural Metal Products

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