U.S.-Mexico Cooperative Research: Spray Deposition of Al-SiMetal Matrix Composites

9600517 Lavernia美洲项目奖将支持加州大学欧文分校的Enrique Lavernia博士和墨西哥国立理工学院（IPN）的Jose Luis Estrada博士之间的合作研究。该项目的目标是研究开发具有适合结构应用的机械性能组合的AlSi合金金属基复合材料（mmc）。这些应用中有许多是航空航天和汽车工业感兴趣的。提出的工作将涉及一种新的合成方法，喷雾沉积，将用于制备mmc。此次合作将涉及墨西哥方面在mmc的微观结构表征和机械测试方面的广泛设施和专业知识，以及加州大学集团在mmc加工方面的综合表征和建模资源。* * *

9600517 Lavernia This Americas Program award will support collaborative research between Dr. Enrique Lavernia of the University of California at Irvine, and Dr. Jose Luis Estrada of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN) in Mexico. The project objective is to conduct research in the development of AlSi alloy metal matrix composites (MMCs) with combinations of mechanical properties suitable for structural applications. Many of these applications are of interest to the aerospace and automobile industries. The proposed work will involve a novel synthesis approach, spray deposition, that will be used to prepare the MMCs. The collaboration will involve the extensive facilities and expertise of the Mexican side pertaining to the microstructural characterization and mechanical testing of MMCs, with the comprehensive characterization and modeling resources related to the processing of MMCs of the University of California group. ***