Theoretical and experimental correlations between thermal variables of transitory solidification, microstructure and properties

• Grant number: 05/56580-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2006
• End date: October 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Amauri Garcia
• Grantee: Amauri Garcia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica (FEM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Maria Clara Filippini Ierardi

Abstract

The main objective of this project consists on the development of connections between one of the edges of the productive chain of components by solidification, i.e., the operational features of such process represented by thermal variables, in the middle way by the macrostructure and microstructure characterized in terms of cellular/dendritic array dimensions and composition redistribution, all of these features linked to the other extreme of the productive chain focused on properties of the final product. A deeper theoretical and experimental look into the possible connecting links of such chain (operational conditions > structure > resulting properties), could contribute to significant results concerning the previous planning of solidification processing with a view of optimizing product characteristics. To attain such objective the procedure planning has been split up to into 3 sub-projects centered on solidification and interconnected in terms of results. (AU)