Project Info Heat Treatment of Aluminum Die Castings Kester Clarke |kclarke@mines.edu Die-casting is a proven, cost-efficient, and highly efficient manufacturing process for structural metal components, especially for aluminum alloys. Aluminum alloys can be heat...
Project Info Fatigue Properties of Grain Refined High Hardness Steel Robert Cryderman | rcryderm@mines.edu Project will demonstrate fatigue strengths not previously achieved in rapidly heat treated steel components for high torque requirements such as electric or...
Project InfoSelf-Healing During Fatigue due to Strain AgingKip Findley | kfindley@mines.eduThe project will investigate principles that may be used in a mechanism to perform localized heat treatments to enhance fatigue resistance of parts subjected to damaging fatigue...
Project InfoIMPACT OF PART MICROSTRUCTURE ON RESULTING SURFACE FINISH AFTER FINAL MACHININGKip Findley | kfindley@mines.eduMachining is used ubiquitously in an enormous number of sectors. The surface finish resulting from machining operations is critical for...
Project InfoAbrasive Wear Resistance Testing of Dual Phase SteelsEmmanuel De Moor | edemoor@mines.eduAbrasive wear occurs on mechanical parts (e.g. on the blades and buckets of earth-movingmachinery and on production plant installations handling abrasive materials)....
