Subprojects
Project Area A: Material Design and Production
Subproject | Title | Discipline and | Project Coordination |
Phase-transformable ZrO2-containing macrostructures for the production of steel-ZrO2-composites by infiltration as well as manufacturing of TRIP-matrix-composites with cast mould design | Ceramic, cast mould design, slip casting, ceramic and metal-ceramic technology | Prof. Christos Aneziris, IKGB | |
Design of cast austenitic stainless steel materials with TRIP effect | Steel technology, metallurgy, alloy technology | Prof. Piotr Roman Scheller, Prof. Olena Volkova, Dr. Andreas Weiß, Dr. Javad Mola, IEST Prof. Lutz Krüger, IWT | |
Melt atomization of new austenitic stainless steels with TRIP-effect and design of particulate properties | Steel technology, flow mechanics, dynamics of spray ingesle processes | Prof. Piotr Roman Scheller, IEST Prof. Christoph Brücker, Dr. Humberto Chaves, IMFD | |
Production of austenitic cast steel composites with ceramic structures by infiltration | Foundry technology | Prof. Klaus Eigenfeld | |
| Cold plastic forming and cold joining of steel ZrO2 sintering materials as well as plastic forming for the production von TRIP-matrix-composites | Ceramics or ceramic technology, plastic forming, debinding, porous structures | Prof. Christos Aneziris, IKGB | |
Sintering, hot and semi-warm deformation as well as property characterization of ceramic particle steel composites | Forming, sintering technology, forming technology, heat treatment, production and characterization of materials | Prof. Rudolf Kawalla, Dr. Sergey Guk, IMF Prof. Lutz Krüger, Dr. Sabine Decker, IWT | |
Thermal electron beam joining of steel-ceramic-composites | Materials engineering, joining technology | Dr. Anja Buchwalder, Prof. Rolf Zenker, Prof. Horst Biermann, IWT | |
Production of austenitic stainless steel composites with ceramic structures by infiltration | Foundry technology | Prof. Klaus Eigenfeld, Prof. Gotthard Wolf, GI |
1 processed in the first funding period, 2 processed in the second funding period, 3 processed in the third funding period
Project Area B: Material Behavior
Subprojects | Title | Discipline and | Project |
Interfacial strength and microstructural deformation mechanisms between TRIP-steel matrix and ZrO2: The role of local heteroepitaxia and defect networks in energy absorption | Materials science, microstructure analysis and models, interfacial design, ab initio calculations, molecular dynamics | Prof. David Rafaja, IWW Prof. Jens Kortus, ITP | |
Experimental and model-based characterization as well as microstructurally based description of the strength, deformation, and damage behavior as well as the strain rate and temperature-dependent flow behavior of optimized TRIP-steel modifications respectively TRIP-matrix-composites | Material behavior, temperature- and strain rate-dependent material characterization, microstructural mechanical properties of materials | Prof. Lutz Krüger, IWT Prof. Ulrich Martin, Prof. David Rafaja, IWW | |
Cyclic deformation and fatigue behavior | Material fatigue, materials engineering | Prof. Horst Biermann, IWT | |
Deformation and fatigue behavior under multi-axis stress | Materials engineering | Prof. Horst Biermann, Dr. Sebastian Henkel, Prof. Peter Hübner, IWT | |
2D and 3D in situ-characterization of deformation and damage | Materials engineering, materials behavior, materials characterization, deformation behavior, damage | Prof. Horst Biermann, Dr. habil. Anja Weidner, IWT Prof. Christos Aneziris, IKGB | |
| Electro-chemical corrosion behavior and corrosion protection of high alloy TRIP-steels and TRIP-matrix-composites | Materials engineering, corrosion behavior | Prof. Lutz Krüger, IWT |
1 processed in the first funding period, 2 processed in the second funding period, 3 processed in the third funding period
Project Area C: Modeling and Simulation
Subprojects | Title | Discipline and | Project |
Simulation of flow and solidification for metal infiltration of porous ceramic matrices | Mechanics of solids | Prof. Christoph Brücker, Dr. Rüdiger Schwarze, IMFD | |
Thermodynamic modeling of ZrO2-MgO materials and steel-ZrO2 interfaces | Materials science, materials thermodynamic, constitution | Prof. Hans Jürgen Seifert, Dr. habil. Olga Fabrichnaya, IWW | |
Thermodynamic-mechanical modeling of the TRIP-effect in cast austenitic stainless steel | Metallurgy, thermodynamics, kinetics | Prof. Olena Volkova, Prof. Piotr Roman Scheller, Dr. Andreas Weiß, Dr. Javad Mola, IEST Dr. habil. Olga Fabrichnaya, IWW | |
Geometric description, mechanical modeling and optimization of mesostructures and thermomechanical behavior of ceramic TRIP-steel composites as well as modeling of deformation and conversion mechanisms in partially stabilized ZrO2 ceramics | Solid mechanics, continuum mechanics, materials theory, finite element method, homogenization, damage mechanics | Dr. Uwe Mühlich, Prof. Meinhard Kuna, Dr. Michael Budnitzki, IMFD | |
Micromechanical modeling of the deformation and damage behavior of particle reinforced composites of ZrO2 ceramics and TRIP-steel | Solid mechanics, continuum mechanics, materials theory, damage mechanics, fracture mechanics, finite element method | Prof. Meinhard Kuna, Dr. Michael Budnitzki, Dr. Uwe Mühlich, IMFD | |
Microstructural mechanisms of the steel matrix - interactions of dislocation dynamics, phase transformation and twin formation | Materials science (406-03: Microstructural mechanical properties of materials) | Prof. Stefan Sandfeld, IMFD | |
Multi-scale modeling of the thermomechanical properties of austenitic TRIP/TWIP steels under consideration of texture effects | Continuum mechanics, materials theory, finite element method, homogenization | Prof. Björn Kiefer, IMFD |
1 processed in the first funding period, 2 processed in the second funding period, 3 processed in the third funding period
Supporting Subprojects
Subproject | Title | Discipline and | Project |
Integrated Graduate School |
| Prof. Horst Biermann, IWT Prof. Rüdiger Schwarze, IMFD | |
Public Relations | Marketing | Dr. Anja Geigenmüller, Prof. Margit Enke, MIH | |
Service | Services for the CRC, materials engineering | Prof. Lutz Krüger, Dr. Sebastian Henkel, IWT | |
Administration | Central administrative tasks | Prof. Horst Biermann, IWT |
1 processed in the first funding period, 2 processed in the second funding period, 3 processed in the third funding period
Transfer projects
Subproject | Title | Discipline and | Project |
Impact plates for aluminum smelting furnaces on the basis of corrosion-resistant TRIP-capable Steel-Composite-Material | Ceramic and metallic sintering materials, composite materials | Prof. Christos Aneziris, IKGB | |
Production of stainless and high strength spring hinge | Materials engineering, iron and steel technology | Dr. Javad Mola, Prof. Andreas Weiß, IEST Prof. Rudolf Kawalla, IMF | |
Material and component design for gearbox applications | Material development and production, production technology, materials engineering | Prof. Rudolf Kawalla, Dr. Sergey Guk, IMF | |
Production of wear-resistant (ceramic) cast steel for comminution and conveying machinery by infiltration | Composite materials, metallurgical and thermal processes and thermomechanical treatment of materials | Prof. Gotthard Wolf, GI | |
T5 3 | Production and electrochemical characterization of stainless, WIG-welded precision tubes | Materials engineering, iron and steel technology | Prof. Olena Volkova, IEST Prof. Lutz Krüger, IWT |
3 processed in the third funding period