Research programme overview
The research in the DARE project was wide-ranging, comprising a number of work packages tackling different aspects of alloy production, and its optimisation in the manufacture of components.
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Whilst a range of alloy families were studied, the studies themselves were strongly interlinked, and solutions were generally applicable.
There were three principal areas of study:
- Design of resource-efficient alloys for manufacture – To develop new alloys that offer both higher performance and reduced reliance on key elements.
- From Manufacturing to Performance – The integration of microstructure-based models with improved material microstructure specification to allow less material to be used to achieve higher performance. This framework will enable better material specification with lower variability, allowing 20-40% improvements in design properties.
- From Performance to Manufacturing – Reduction in material waste, increased productivity and higher performance demand the development of manufacturing routes to (near) net shape to reduce wastage and assist in developing economically attractive down-cycling opportunities.
Research areas
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- High strength steels for lighter road vehicles
- High strength Titanium alloys
- Magnesium alloys that are less dependent on Rare Earths
- Design a gamma-titanium aluminide for additive layer manufacture
- Misorientation, variability and life
- Grain boundary segregation
- Defining manufacturability
- Improving conventional processing or “Microstructure on Demand”
- Reducing waste through use of emerging technologies
- Working with low cost and scrap material streams
Designing Alloys for Resource Efficiency (DARE)
Addressing future resource challenges for alloys in manufacturing.