I/UCRC: Novel High Voltage/Temperature Materials and Structures

新型高压/高温材料和结构I/UCRC计划与电力、航空航天、核、军事、环境、汽车、卫生等行业合作，对新型高压/高温材料和结构有需求。该中心的目标是：(1)为下一代复合导体、绝缘体、地下电缆、铁塔和其他电力传输结构设计和评估现有的高压/高温能量传输/传输多功能材料；(2)为航空航天、石油/天然气、汽车和其他工业应用设计和开发新型先进的高能量传输材料；(3)通过最先进的多尺度建模和材料性能评估，预测和预防在役条件下的高压/高温材料和结构的失效；(4)在实验室条件下开发新的HV/T材料故障监测技术和材料修复方法，并随后将其转移到使用中的检查和维修。拟议的I/UCRC将努力为(1)由该中心的研究项目资助的本科生和研究生，包括来自代表人数不足的群体的本科生和研究生；(2)来自不同学科的教员，包括初级教员开始他们的学术生涯；(3)公用事业、航空航天和国家实验室的工程师和设计师开发各种类型的HV/T材料和结构；以及(4)监督全国高压输电线路的公用事业管理人员。该中心旨在提高美国HV/T制造在世界各地的声誉，特别是提高新型HV/T结构潜在用户的信心水平。该中心的目标是为基础设施、制造业、能源运输和电网的效率以及其他高压/高压和高能量传输结构的耐久性带来长期好处。

The I/UCRC for Novel High-Voltage/Temperature Materials and Structures plans to work jointly with electric utility, aerospace, nuclear, military, environmental, automotive, health, and other industries with needs of novel HV/T materials and structures. The objectives of the Center are: (1) Design of novel and evaluation of existing HV/T energy transmission/transfer multifunctional materials for next generation composite conductors, insulators, underground cables, towers, and other electric power transmission structures; (2) Design and development of novel advanced high energy transfer materials for aerospace, oil/gas, automotive, and other industrial applications; (3) Failure prediction and prevention of HV/T materials and structures under in-service conditions through state-of-the-art multi-scale modeling and material performance evaluations; (4) Development of new failure monitoring techniques and material repair methods in HV/T materials under laboratory conditions and their subsequent transfer to in-service inspection and repair.The proposed I/UCRC will seek to create a diverse and interdisciplinary educational, research and business environment for (1) undergraduate and graduate students, including those from underrepresented groups, funded by the research projects of the Center; (2) faculty members from a variety of disciplines, including junior faculty starting their academic careers; (3) utility, aerospace and national lab engineers and designers developing various types of HV/T materials and structures; and (4) utility managers supervising HV transmission lines across the country. The Center intends to enhance the reputation of the U.S. HV/T manufacturing around the world and, in particular, improve the level of confidence among the potential users of novel HV/T structures. The center targets long-term benefit to infrastructure, manufacturing, energy transport and efficiency of the electric grid, and the durability of other HV/T and high energy transfer structures.