| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J79515/01 |
| Title: |
PROCESSING, PROPERTIES AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Cantor, Professor B |
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| Department: |
Materials |
| Organisation: |
University of Oxford |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 January 1994 |
Ends: |
31 December 1997 |
Value (£): |
509,630
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Processing |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
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The overall objective of the rolling programme is to provide a centre for scientific research on Al and Ti particulate and fibre reinforced MMCs associated with industrial demonstrator component programmes. Scientific research will concentrate on: (1) using thermal and flow modelling to control processing conditions and resulting Al alloy MMC microstructures during reactive spray forming and squeeze cast infiltration; (2) developing novel continuous CVD bilayer and graded coatings on SiCf; (3) manufacturing t-TiAl/SiCf by simultaneous vacuum plasma spraying and fibre winding followed by diffusion bonding; (4) developing novel acoustic emission, x-ray microtomography and image analysis methods to understand void nucleation and growth fracture of Al alloy/SiCp and Ti alloy/SiCf MMCs; and (5) modelling and monitoring of damage mechanisms to develop design rules for MMC lifetime under complex load and thermal cycling sequences.
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http://www.ox.ac.uk |