Modeling the mechanical properties of multi-phase metallic materials
This project was an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (WKK) and the Flow and Material Simulation Department at the Fraunhofer ITWM aimed at characterizing and modeling the influence of microstructure on the mechanical and physical properties of multi-phase metallic materials.
Scanning Electron Microscope representation of the microstructure of aluminum-matrix composite AMC225xe (left) and model of its microstructure and thermally induced residual stresses (right)
The research was carried out as part of the Research Hub Center for Mathematical + Computational Modeling (CM)² in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) in Kaiserslautern.
publications
M. Smaga, F. Walther, D. Eifler: Monotonic and cyclic deformation behaviour of the SiC particle-reinforced
aluminium matrix composite
Advanced Engineering Materials (2010) https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.200900345