IUCRC Planning Grant: North Carolina State University, Center for Industrial Metal Forming

IUCRC 规划资助：北卡罗来纳州立大学工业金属成型中心

• 批准号: 2209887
• 负责人: Gracious Ngaile
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2209887&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Planning; Grant; North; Carolina

Metal forming processes are among the most efficient, economical and environmentally-friendly high-volume manufacturing techniques, creating products by re-shaping the input feedstock, with limited waste, and oftentimes at room temperature. Approximately 5.8% of the U.S. GDP ($21.4 trillion in 2019) is tied to industries such as automotive, aerospace, defense, materials, electronics and biomedical, all extensively utilizing metal forming processes. Therefore, the estimated economic impact of metal forming in the U.S. society is in the hundreds of billion $. This award supports the planning phase of the proposed Center for Industrial Metal Forming (CIMF). The mission of the Center, which is comprised of Ohio State University (OSU), Oakland University (OU), North Carolina State University (NCSU) and University of New Hampshire (UNH), is to perform cutting-edge, pre-competitive fundamental research in metal forming science and engineering and to create the next generation of industry experts. CIMF will conduct industry-driven transformational research in novel bulk and sheet forming processes; Integrated Computational Metal Forming (ICMF) and the sciences that tie into it, such as plasticity and fracture; advanced equipment and die technologies; and the application of sensors and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in metal forming. This effort will necessitate an interdisciplinary approach with experts from manufacturing engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, numerical methods, data analytics and experimental mechanics. Therefore, CIMF activities will create a highly-competitive, diverse workforce to support the growth of U.S. industry and expand manufacturing employment, while also contributing to the Nation’s supply chain resilience and global market competitiveness. CIMF is designed around integrating the core competencies of its four sites with the industry needs identified during the extensive customer discovery. The fundamental research at CIMF will be based on three pillars: 1) computational and material enhancements in forming; 2) innovative forming processes; and 3) equipment and die innovation. These pillars blend with the unique expertise of each site: Integrated Computational Metal Forming (ICMF) for OSU; shearing processes, IIoT in stamping and equipment and die innovation for OU; forging, hybrid forming processes and tribology for NCSU; and material and process modeling and flexible forming for UNH. Vertical, fundamental advances will be achieved by employing innovative approaches in sheet metal/tube forming, forging and extrusion processes, improving material formability, advancing methods for virtual process design, and employing new die materials, coatings, lubricants and metal forming equipment. Specifically, the industry-focused projects will target process innovation (e.g., hydro-forging, flexible forming), forming control based on IIoT, energy-efficient forming machines, enhanced performance of additively-manufactured dies, etc. The results will be advancements in material utilization, final part performance and weight reduction, industry-friendly computational tools for process design, metal forming dies with extended life and industrial metal forming processes of increased productivity, across a range of advanced material systems and industries, e.g., automotive, aerospace, and biomedical. The NCSU site will involve faculty from multiple departments with expertise in modeling of metal forming processes, manufacturing tribology, process innovation, cyber-manufacturing, geometric deep learning, factory-floor computing, computational methods for the analysis and modeling of complex systems, and metal additive manufacturing. Collaborative projects with other CIMF sites will benefit from access to the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistic (CAMAL) and Analytical Instrument Facility (AIF) which houses a host of characterization techniques – confocal laser scanning microscopy, Xray computed tomography scanning acoustic microscopy, ex situ FIB/SEM/EDS/EBSD, in situ creep, creep-fatigue and fracture SEM analysis.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

金属形成工艺是最有效，最经济和环保的高批量制造技术之一，通过重新成型输入原料，浪费有限，并且通常在室温下创建产品。美国GDP约5.8％（2019年21.4万亿美元）与汽车，航空航天，国防，材料，电子和生物医学等行业有关，所有这些都广泛利用金属形成过程。因此，金属形成在美国社会中的经济影响为数百亿美元。该奖项支持拟议的工业金属成型中心（CIMF）的计划阶段。该中心由俄亥俄州立大学（OSU），奥克兰大学（OU），北卡罗来纳州立大学（NCSU）和新罕布什尔大学（UNH）组成，是在金属形成科学和工程学领域进行尖端，竞争力的基础研究，并创造下一代行业专家。 CIMF将在新颖的散装和薄板形成过程中进行行业驱动的变革性研究；集成的计算金属形成（ICMF）及其结合的科学，例如可塑性和断裂；高级设备和模具技术；以及在金属形成中的传感器和工业物联网（IIOT）的应用。这项工作将有必要与制造工程，电气工程，材料科学，数值，数据分析和实验机制的专家进行跨学科方法。因此，CIMF的活动将创建一个高度竞争的潜水员劳动力，以支持美国行业的发展并扩大制造业的就业机会，同时还为美国的供应链弹性和全球市场竞争力做出了贡献。 CIMF的设计旨在将其四个网站的核心能力与广泛客户发现期间确定的行业需求相结合。 CIMF的基本研究将基于三个支柱：1）形成中的计算和材料增强； 2）创新的形成过程； 3）设备和死亡创新。这些支柱与每个站点的独特专业知识融为一体：OSU的集成计算金属形成（ICMF）；剪切工艺，冲压和设备中的IIOT以及为OU的创新； NCSU的锻造，混合形成过程和摩擦学；以及材料和过程建模以及为UNH的灵活形成。垂直，基本的进步将通过在钣金/管形成，锻造和挤出过程中采用创新方法，改善材料的可高效性，用于虚拟工艺设计的前进方法以及采用新的模型，涂料，润滑剂和金属形成设备。具体而言，以行业为中心的项目将针对过程创新（例如，水力发电，柔性形成），基于IIT的形成控制，能源有效的成型机器，增强添加的制造模具性能的增强。结果将取得进步的进步在一系列高级材料系统和行业中，例如汽车，航空航天和生物医学。 NCSU站点将涉及来自多个部门的教职员工，这些部门具有对金属形成过程建模，制造摩擦学，工艺创新，网络制造，几何深度学习，工厂 - 地板计算，用于分析和建模复杂系统的分析和建模的计算方法以及金属添加剂制造的计算方法的专业知识。 Collaborative projects with other CIMF sites will benefit from access to the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistic (CAMAL) and Analytical Instrument Facility (AIF) which houses a host of characterization techniques – confocal laser scanning microscopy, Xray computed tomography scanning acoustic microscopy, ex situ FIB/SEM/EDS/EBSD, in situ creep, creep-fatigue and fracture SEM analysis.This award反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响审查标准评估被认为是宝贵的支持。