MRI-R2: Acquisition of a Gleeble 3500 Thermomechanical Processing Simulator

摘要：该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。材料加工研究是支持国家基础设施和能源发展所需的先进新技术的关键。为了满足这些需求，科罗拉多矿业学院（CSM）组建了研究团队，这些研究团队非常有资格在不同领域进行必要的材料加工研究，包括黑色金属和有色金属冶金，新能源开发材料，包括先进的化石燃料和核能发电系统，先进生物材料的开发，燃料电池材料的开发，开发先进的回收技术，这将是所有未来材料应用所必需的。所有这些研究领域的共同点是需要实验能力，以模拟小规模实验室样品，新材料加工技术，提供新材料的基本属性信息，并提供验证基于计算模拟的预测所需的关键数据。为了实现这一多样化的研究领域，该项目将获得Gleeble 3500热机械加工模拟器，这是一个完全集成的数字，闭环控制，热和机械测试系统，可以编程同时控制温度的时间依赖性和选定的机械参数，如负载，位移，应变或应力。为了提供必要的灵活性，该系统采用直接电阻加热系统以高达10,000°C/s的速率加热样品，并且可以实现超过10,000°C/s的控制冷却速率的冷却系统。该系统还将配备热扭转系统，用于模拟高应变热变形操作（例如轧制和锻造），以及用于固化研究的专用夹具。该单位位于科罗拉多州戈尔登市，位于落基山脉前沿不断发展的技术社区的中心，将为当地工业，国家实验室和大学提供资源，并通过大学组织的项目提供重要的机会，以增加高中生的拓展机会，包括那些来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生。概要：本奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。材料加工研究是支持国家基础设施和能源发展所需的先进和新技术的关键，这两者都是发展新型制造业和基于能源独立的经济所必需的。为了满足这些需求，科罗拉多矿业学院（CSM）组建了不同的研究团队，这些团队都很有资格进行必要的研究。CSM的材料加工研究包括开发用于轻质、节油汽车的新钢材、用于先进化石燃料和核能发电系统的新材料、用于增强型植入物的先进生物材料、用于清洁能源系统的燃料电池材料，以及所有未来材料应用所需的先进回收技术。所有这些研究领域的共同点是需要实验能力，以模拟小规模实验室样品，新材料加工技术，提供新材料的基本属性信息，提供验证基于计算模拟的预测所需的关键数据，并为经济规模的实验室开发提供全面商业生产的指导方针。为了实现这一多样化的研究领域，该项目将获得Gleeble 3500热机械加工模拟器，这是一种独特的研究仪器，可以控制大范围加热和冷却速率下的加工温度，并带有附件，可以对样品进行拉伸、压缩和扭转加载，并模拟铸造和凝固操作。该单位位于科罗拉多州戈尔登市，位于落基山脉前沿不断发展的技术社区的中心，将为当地工业，国家实验室和大学提供资源，并通过大学组织的项目提供重要的机会，以增加高中生的拓展机会，包括那些来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生。

0959329MatlockColorado School of MinesTechnical Summary: This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Materials processing research is key to enable advancing and new technologies required to support the nation's needs for infrastructure and energy development. In response to these needs, the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) has assembled research teams that are well qualified to pursue the necessary materials processing research in diverse areas including ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, materials for new energy developments including advanced fossil-fuel and nuclear power generation systems, development of advanced biological materials, development of fuel cell materials, and development of advanced recycling technologies which will be required for all future materials applications. Common to all of these research areas is the need for experimental capabilities which simulate, on small-scale laboratory samples, new materials processing technologies, provide fundamental property information on new materials, and provide critical data necessary to validate predictions based on computational simulations. To enable this diverse group of research areas, this project will acquire a Gleeble 3500 thermomechanical processing simulator, a fully integrated digital, closed loop control, thermal and mechanical testing system that can be programmed to simultaneously control the time dependence of temperature and a selected mechanical parameter such as load, displacement, strain, or stress. To provide the necessary flexibility, the system employs a direct resistance heating system to heat specimens at rates up to 10,000 °C/s, and a cooling system that can achieve controlled cooling rates in excess of 10,000 °C/s. The system will also be equipped with a hot torsion system for simulation of high strain hot deformation operations (e.g. rolling and forging) and a special fixture for solidification studies. The presence of the unit in Golden, Colorado which is centrally located in a growing technology community along the front range of the Rocky Mountains, will provide a resource to local industries, national laboratories, and universities and provide significant opportunities, through organized programs at the University, to enhance outreach opportunities for high school students, including those from underrepresented minority groups.Layman Summary: This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Materials processing research is key to enable advancing and new technologies required to support the nation's needs for infrastructure and energy development, both of which are required for the development of new manufacturing industries and an economy based on energy independence. In response to these needs, the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) has assembled diverse research teams that are well qualified to pursue the necessary research. Materials processing research at CSM includes development of new steels for light weight, fuel efficient automobiles, new materials for advanced fossil-fuel and nuclear power generation systems, advanced biological materials for enhanced implants, fuel cell materials for clean energy systems, and advanced recycling technologies required for all future materials applications. Common to all of these research areas is the need for experimental capabilities which simulate, on small-scale laboratory samples, new materials processing technologies, provide fundamental property information on new materials, provide critical data necessary to validate predictions based on computational simulations, and provide guidelines to economically scale laboratory developments to full scale commercial production. To enable this diverse group of research areas, this project will acquire a Gleeble 3500 thermomechanical processing simulator, a unique research instrument equipped to control processing temperature over a wide range of heating and cooling rates and with attachments to enable tension, compression, and torsional loading of samples and to simulate casting and solidification operations. The presence of the unit in Golden, Colorado which is centrally located in a growing technology community along the front range of the Rocky Mountains, will provide a resource to local industries, national laboratories, and universities and provide significant opportunities, through organized programs at the University, to enhance outreach opportunities for high school students, including those from underrepresented minority groups.