CAREER: An Integrated Experimental/Numerical Approach Toward Thermomechanical Understanding of Layered Surface Structures

这项职业奖的研究目的是促进对层状表面结构中热机械引起的损伤和变形的基本理解，这些结构的目的是为工程和电子材料提供增强的性能和功能。虽然人们经常从高温应用的角度进行讨论，但对层状表面结构的热机械载荷响应的研究相对较少。为了发现载荷、损伤和失效之间的基本关系，拟议的研究将把先进的实验和数值技术应用到先进热障涂层的研究中。该项目的教育和宣传部分将侧重于组织高中访问、本科生辅导、本科生和研究生学习、网络模块开发和课程开发。将强调PI对最先进的技术和如何进行新发现的兴趣

The objective of the research under this CAREER award is to advance the basicunderstanding of thermomechanically induced damage and deformation in layeredsurface structures whose purposes are to provide engineering and electronicmaterials with enhanced properties and functionality. Although often discussedin terms of high temperature applications, there have been relatively fewinvestigations into the thermomechanical loading responses of layered surfacestructures. In order to discover fundamental relationships between load,damage, and failure, the proposed research will apply advanced experimental andnumerical techniques to the study of advanced thermal barrier coatings. Theimproved understanding could have significant consequences in the continueddevelopment of propulsion and energy conversion systems.The education and outreach components of the project will focus on organizedhigh school visitations, undergraduate tutoring, undergraduate and graduatementoring, development of web modules, and course development. The PI'sinterests in state-of-the-art technology and in how new discovery takes placewill be emphasized