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EPSRC Reference:	GR/M39466/01
Title:	FINE GRAINED CASTINGS FOR SINGLE STEP FORGINGS
Principal Investigator:	Dashwood, Professor RJ
Other Investigators:	Lee, Professor P Christodoulou, Dr L
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Project Partners:	Doncasters Group Ltd London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co Pre Nexus Migration Rover Ltd
Department:	Materials
Organisation:	Imperial College London
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 June 1999	Ends:	31 July 2002	Value (£):	209,524
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Processing
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Manufacturing Transport Systems and Vehicles No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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The aim of the proposed work is to establish a cost effective material and processing system for the production of structural, net-shape, Al-based components exhibiting properties (medium strength and high damage tolerance) suitable for automotive applications. This will be achieved by a combined experimental material development and process modelling programme employing novel materials, processing protocol, and process and microstructure simulation techniques. The candidate materials are LSMs TiB2 containing, in-situ formed, Al alloys, which is cast into a preform shape and subsequently one-step forged into a final component. The research will have two core aspects, the first an experimentally based alloy and process development programme, the second the further development and coupling of existing micro-models into a fully coupled process simulation. The experimental programme acts as the nucleus of alloy/process development whilst providing the input data and a validation mechanism for the process simulation. The second core aspect, the multi-scale process and microstructure modelling, will provide the ground work for the design of components with controlled microstructures, whilst significantly reducing the iterations required for alloy and process optimisation. This approach should facilitate a short product development cycle and can be considered as test-bed for an agile manufacturing paradigm.
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