MCL SP19 Modelling and simulation of simultaneous diffusion and precipitation in heterogeneous materials during surface treatment

01.01.2008 - 30.06.2011
Research funding project
The activities in this project shall provide a sound theoretical and experimental basis for material development activities in the field of surface/interface and bulk precipitation in complex materials and the effects of precipitates on the material properties. The goals of the project are: ¿ Adaptation of the numerical methods (based on the software MatCalc) for predicting precipitation from solid solutions and development of new methodologies for taking into account simultaneous long-range diffusion processes. ¿ Efficient characterisation of grain boundary precipitates with a special focus on high alloyed tool steels and aluminium alloys. ¿ Development of methods for characterisation of nanosized and microsized precipitates in surface treated specimens.

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Grant funds

  • FFG - Österr. Forschungsförderungs- gesellschaft mbH (National) Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

Research focus

  • Special and Engineering Materials: 5%
  • Structure-Property Relationsship: 10%
  • Computational Materials Science: 10%
  • Surfaces and Interfaces: 25%
  • Modeling and Simulation: 50%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
Modellierungmodeling
Ausscheidungskinetikprecipitation kinetics
Diffusiondiffusion

External partner

  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Montanuniversität Leoben
  • Materials Center Leoben Forschungs

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