Dynamically responding metals: a new generation of engineering alloys

工程金属制造业是澳大利亚的主要产业，全球金属制造业估计每年价值1万亿美元。先进材料，特别是轻金属，都是指定的国家优先研究领域。性能组合大大改进的新型金属的可用性不仅将通过引入新的、更强和更安全的金属等级来深刻影响现有工业的金属使用，而且还允许新的工程设计，例如，导致更轻和更高效的汽车和更可持续的建筑。

The manufacture of engineering metals is a major Australian industry and the worldwide metal manufacturing sector is estimated to be worth $1 trillion USD per annum. Advanced materials and, particularly the light metals, are both designated national research priority areas. The availability of new classes of metals with greatly improved combinations of properties will profoundly affect not only metal use by existing industry, through the introduction of new, stronger and safer metal grades, but also allows for new engineering designs which will lead, for example, to lighter and more efficient automobiles and more sustainable construction.