| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C004078/1 |
| Title: |
Solving problems by multi-scale modelling of material systems: structure evolution from the nanometre to the metre |
| Principal Investigator: |
Beaumont, Dr PWR |
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Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Overseas Travel Grants Pre-FEC |
| Starts: |
08 April 2005 |
Ends: |
07 April 2006 |
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10,191
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Civil Engineering Materials |
Condensed Matter Physics |
| Materials Characterisation |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Lack of mastery in combining the design of an engineering material at the atomistic or micron level of size and elements of the real engineering structure has led to a gap in our understanding between material and component failure. This weakness can be traced to the changing nature of fracture as size increases from the nano to the micron sized structural features of the material, (as seen using an electron microscope), to the fully assembled engineering edifice.One way to explain the unexpected fracture of an engineering component is to use a box of tools of micro-mechanical models, (sometimes called micro-mechanics), to create a picture, a representation or model of the actual failure events seen in the electron microscope. Whilst this model is an idealization or massive simplification, it's one that captures the essential characteristics and features of what truly happens. In this case, a physical model of the actual failure mechanism(s) that take place in the material over time. The model can be displayed as a map which elegantly, and with sufficient precision and usefulness, shows the connectivity between these fracture processes and material structure and the engineering component. Physical modelling reduces the number of experiments you have to do, and guides you more efficiently to the optimum design and selection of the best material to do the job reliably.
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