Pinson, M.; Claeys, L.; Springer, H.; Bliznuk, V.; Depover, T.; Verbeken, K.: Investigation of the effect of carbon on the reversible hydrogen trapping behavior in lab-cast martensitic Fe–C steels. Materials Characterization 184, 111671 (2022)
Pinson, M.; Nikolic, K.; Springer, H.; Depover, T.; Verbeken, K.: Comparison between the hydrogen embrittlement behavior of an industrial and a lightweight bearing steel. Procedia Structural Integrity 42, pp. 471 - 479 (2022)
Springer, H.; Baron, C.; Tanure, L.; Rohwerder, M.: A combinatorial study of the effect of Al and Cr additions on the mechanical, physical and corrosion properties of Fe. Materials Today Communications 29, 102947 (2021)
Pinson, M.; Springer, H.; Depover, T.; Verbeken, K.: The effect of quench cracks and retained austenite on the hydrogen trapping capacity of high carbon martensitic steels. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 (29), pp. 16141 - 16152 (2021)
Baron, C.; Werner, H.; Springer, H.: On the effect of carbon content and tempering on mechanical properties and stiffness of martensitic Fe–18.8Cr–1.8B–xC high modulus steels. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 809, 141000 (2021)
Pinson, M.; Springer, H.; Depover, T.; Verbeken, K.: Qualification of the in-situ bending technique towards the evaluation of the hydrogen induced fracture mechanism of martensitic Fe–C steels. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 792, 139754 (2020)
Baron, C.; Springer, H.: Property-Driven Development of Metallic Structural Materials by Combinatorial Techniques on the Example of Fe–C–Cr Steels. Steel Research International 90 (12), 1900404 (2019)
Springer, H.; Zhang, J.; Szczepaniak, A.; Belde, M. M.; Gault, B.; Raabe, D.: Light, strong and cost effective: Martensitic steels based on the Fe - Al - C system. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 762, 138088 (2019)
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…
“Smaller is stronger” is well known in micromechanics, but the properties far from the quasi-static regime and the nominal temperatures remain unexplored. This research will bridge this gap on how materials behave under the extreme conditions of strain rate and temperature, to enhance fundamental understanding of their deformation mechanisms. The…
Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) of steel is a great challenge in engineering applications. However, the HE mechanisms are not fully understood. Conventional studies of HE are mostly based on post mortem observations of the microstructure evolution and those results can be misleading due to intermediate H diffusion. Therefore, experiments with a…
The goal of this project is the investigation of interplay between the atomic-scale chemistry and the strain rate in affecting the deformation response of Zr-based BMGs. Of special interest are the shear transformation zone nucleation in the elastic regime and the shear band propagation in the plastic regime of BMGs.
Biological materials in nature have a lot to teach us when in comes to creating tough bio-inspired designs. This project aims to explore the unknown impact mitigation mechanisms of the muskox head (ovibus moschatus) at several length scales and use this gained knowledge to develop a novel mesoscale (10 µm to 1000 µm) metamaterial that can mimic the…
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of iron by marine sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is studied electrochemically and surfaces of corroded samples have been investigated in a long-term project.
In this project we investigate the hydrogen distribution and desorption behavior in an electrochemically hydrogen-charged binary Ni-Nb model alloy. The aim is to study the role of the delta phase in hydrogen embrittlement of the Ni-base alloy 718.
Smaller is stronger” is well known in micromechanics, but the properties far from the quasi-static regime and the nominal temperatures remain unexplored. This research will bridge this gap on how materials behave under the extreme conditions of strain rate and temperature, to enhance fundamental understanding of their deformation mechanisms. The…