Collaborative Reserach Proposal for a Friction Stir Processing Industry/University Cooperative Reseach Center

该奖项是为建立一个新的多机构工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）的摩擦搅拌加工的规划拨款。 国内和国际公认的领导者在研究和开发这种新的金属连接和加工技术位于南达科他州矿业和技术学院，杨百翰大学，密苏里大学罗拉和南卡罗来纳州大学，联合这些机构成立了搅拌摩擦加工I/UCRC。拟议的搅拌摩擦加工I/UCRC UCRC将专注于进一步发展以下领域的研究，为黑色金属，有色金属和金属基复合材料合金的摩擦搅拌加工/摩擦搅拌连接：摩擦搅拌连接;摩擦搅拌微观结构改性;摩擦搅拌后处理;摩擦搅拌结构设计和应用;摩擦搅拌智能控制器和高效工具;摩擦搅拌成本效益分析。

This award is for a planning grant for the establishment of a new multi-institutional Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Friction Stir Processing. Nationally and internationally recognized leaders in the research and development of this novel metals joining and processing technology are located at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Brigham Young University, the University of Missouri-Rolla and the University of South Carolina, bringing together these institutions to establish the Friction Stir Processing I/UCRC.The proposed Friction Stir Processing I/UCRC will focus on furthering developments in the following fields of study for Friction Stir Processing/Friction Stir Joining of ferrous, non-ferrous, and metal matrix composite alloys: Friction Stir Joining; Friction Stir Microstructural Modification; Friction Stir Post-Processing; Friction Stir Structural Designs and Applications; Friction Stir Intelligent Controllers and Efficient Tooling; Friction Stir Cost Benefit Analysis.