Study of Relationships of Particle Morphology and Process Parameters to the Physical Properties of Products in Powder Metallurgy, Award in U.S. and Indian Currencies

描述：根据该项目，爱荷华大学的John Beddow博士和孟买印度理工学院(IITB)的P.Ramakrishnan将继续在粉末冶金研究方面进行合作。这项研究的主要目的是寻求用于形成粉末冶金和陶瓷产品的粉末颗粒的特性与在各种工艺条件下如此生产的烧结材料的结构和性能之间的联系。研究将包括颗粒表征和颗粒大小和形状的形态分析的新理论，以及形态织构分析的新理论和新的成熟的烧结材料性能测量方法的研究。将开发和探索粉末和烧结材料之间的经验、现象和理论关联。大部分实验工作将在IITB完成，分析和理论公式将在IITB和爱荷华州大学完成。合作范围：两位科学家多年来一直合作，在各种参考期刊上联合发表文章，并在美国和欧洲的会议上发表演讲。该研究领域可以优化用于回收铁屑的方法，从而在材料和能源使用方面产生重大节省。资金：该项目得到两笔赠款的支持：向孟买印度理工学院提供INT 9103107；向爱荷华大学提供INT 9106225

Description: Under this project, Drs. John Beddow of the University of Iowa, and P. Ramakrishnan of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) will continue their cooperation in the study of powder metallurgy. The key objective of this research is to seek to relate the characteristics of powder particles that are used to form powder metallurgy and ceramic products to the structure and properties of the sintered materials so produced under a variety of processing conditions. Investigations will include new theories of particle characterization and morphological analysis of particle size and shape on the one hand and study of new theories of morphological texture analysis and new and well-established methods of sintered material property measurement on the other. Empirical, phenomological and theoretical correlations between powder and sintered material will be developed and explored. Most of the experimental work will be done at IITB, with the analysis and theoretical formulation done at IITB and the U. of Iowa. Scope: The two scientists have been cooperating for a number of years with a number of joint publications in various refereed journals and presentations in U.S. and European conferences. The area of research can lead to optimization of the methods used in recycling ferrous scrape, thus leading to important savings in material and energy usage. Funding: The project is being supported under two grants: INT 9103107 to the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; INT 9106225 to the University of Iowa