Elhami, N.-N.; Zaefferer, S.; Thomas, I.; Hofmann, H.: Observation of the crystallographic defect structure in lightly deformed TWIP steel by means of electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI). 1st International Conference on High Manganese Steels (HMnS2011), Seoul, South Korea (2011)
Fanta, A. B.; Zaefferer, S.; Thomas, I.; Raabe, D.: Relationship Between Microstructure and Texture Evolution during Cold Deformation of TWIP-Steels. 15 th International Conference on the Texture of Materials (ICOTOM 15), Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2008)
Thomas, I.; Zaefferer, S.; Friedel, F.; Raabe, D.: Orientation dependent growth behaviour of subgrain structures in IF steel. 2nd International Joint Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth, Annecy, France (2004)
Thomas, I.: Untersuchung metallphysikalischer und messtechnischer Grundlagen zur Rekristallisation und Erholung mikrolegierter IF Stähle. Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (2008)
International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
In this project, links are being established between local chemical variation and the mechanical response of laser-processed metallic alloys and advanced materials.
The atomic arrangements in extended planar defects in different types of Laves phases is studied by high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. To understand the role of such defect phases for hydrogen storage, their interaction with hydrogen will be investigated.
The structure of grain boundaries (GBs) is dependent on the crystallographic structure of the material, orientation of the neighbouring grains, composition of material and temperature. The abovementioned conditions set a specific structure of the GB which dictates several properties of the materials, e.g. mechanical behaviour, diffusion, and…
By using the DAMASK simulation package we developed a new approach to predict the evolution of anisotropic yield functions by coupling large scale forming simulations directly with crystal plasticity-spectral based virtual experiments, realizing a multi-scale model for metal forming.