Technology Aperitif “Mechanical Properties of Materials"

20.10.10- 20 October 2010, Empa Akademie - “Mechanical Properties of Materials"

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Date & Time

Wednesday 20 October 2010
16:30-20:00

Location

Empa Akademie - Überlandstrasse 129 - 8600 Dübendorf

Invitation to participate

The aims of the CCMX Technology Aperitifs are to:

• Provide information on hot materials science related topics in industry’s fields of interests
• Stimulate creativity for future applications
• Create contacts for potential partnerships
• Provide a pleasant networking environment

We are delighted to invite you to our next technology aperitif, which will provide an ideal opportunity for you to learn about some of the latest developments in Switzerland for determining the mechanical properties of materials. Speakers from several Swiss Research Institutions and from industry will present details of the potential of new approaches and the availability of the necessary equipment resources.

In recent years, there have been major advances in the possibilities for measuring mechanical properties by means of small or micro specimens in situ, thereby enabling crystallographic and microstructural changes arising from directly applied loading to be monitored simultaneously. Such techniques also provide the opportunity, for example, to determine the mechanical properties of extremely fine grained materials and materials fabricated in small section product forms.

Presentations will also cover the determination of special properties determined using conventional sized test pieces under non-standard conditions relating to specific industrial applications.

Registration

On-line registration is available here.

Participation in the event is free of charge but registration is mandatory to participate. 

The deadline for registration is Wednesday, 13 October 2010.

Programme

From 16:30	Registration
17:00	Welcome by Peter Hofer - Empa Deputy Director
17:05	Introduction to CCMX by Nathalie Jongen – CCMX Managing Director
17:15	Plasticity and fracture of small structures: Insights from in-situ experiments by Johannes Michler - Empa
17:30	Scaling in the mechanical properties of materials - what happens at the nanometer length scale? by Ralph Spolenak - ETHZ
17:45	In-situ mechanical testing during x-ray and neutron diffraction by Helena Van Swygenhoven - PSI
18:00	Fracture toughness of replicated metallic foam by Etienne Combaz & Andreas Mortensen - EPFL
18:15	Environmentally-assisted cracking of LWR structural materials by Hans-Peter Seifert - PSI
18:30	Evolution of Ni - based superalloy development for gas turbine blading by Claus Gerdes - ALSTOM
18:45	Service-like thermo-mechanical fatigue experiments for the validation of lifetime assessment procedures by Edoardo Mazza - ETHZ/Empa
19:00	Aperitif & networking

 

More information

For more information, please contact Susan Meuwly.