Micromechanics based Modelling of Formability and Fracture in Dual Phase and Quenched and Partitioned Steels

NSERC/通用汽车联盟授予滑铁卢大学（滑铁卢）机械和机电一体化工程教授Kaan Inal在双相和淬火和分区钢中基于微观力学的成型性和断裂建模，将专注于Inal在多尺度建模方面的独特国际研究专长，用于开发和测试应用于汽车结构和零件的新型轻质材料。加拿大的汽车工业是该国最强大的制造业子行业，占国内生产总值（GDP）的12%。为了确保其在国际上的竞争地位，汽车行业必须继续创新，以减少运输部门的温室气体排放（GHG），同时确保乘客安全，并最大限度地提高所有类型大众市场车辆的性能和可负担性。将新型轻质材料（如先进的高强度钢）应用于汽车结构是实现这些目标的关键策略。工业越来越依赖于来自新兴数值建模领域的良好数据和测量，以便有效地做出轻量化决策，并加快时间表以满足国际标准。轻量化市场在不同国家的汽车制造商和材料/零部件供应商的供应链中估计有数千亿美元，轻量化预计将在北美司法管辖区创造数十万个新的就业机会。拟议的研究计划将有助于在加拿大的汽车中心地带，安大略先进的制造人才库。

The NSERC/General Motors Alliance Grant in Micromechanics based Modelling of Formability and Fracture in Dual Phase and Quenched and Partitioned Steels to be held by University of Waterloo (Waterloo) mechanical and mechatronics engineering Professor Kaan Inal, will focus on Inal's unique international research expertise in multiscale modeling for developing and testing novel lightweight materials applied to automotive structures and parts. Canada's automotive industry is the strongest manufacturing subsector in the country, responsible for 12 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the goodsproducing sector. To secure its competitive position internationally, the auto industry must continue to innovate to reduce the transportation sector's greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), while ensuring passenger safety and maximizing performance and affordability in mass-market vehicles of all types. Incorporating new lightweight materials, such as advanced high-strength steels,into car structures is a key strategy to achieve these goals. Industry is increasingly dependent on good data and measurements from the emerging field of numerical modeling, in order to make lightweighting decisions effectively and to an accelerated timetable to meet international standards. The lightweighting market is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars across the supply chain of car manufacturers and materials/parts suppliers in different countries, and lightweighting is projected to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs in North American jurisdictions. The proposed research program will contribute to the advanced manufacturing talent pool in Canada's automotive heartland, Ontario.