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Development of small scale
techniques for deformation, creep and fracture of coatings and high
temperature systems ·
Bending creep of cantilevers and their
application to residual life assessment in steam and gas turbine materials ·
Fracture in bond coats based on
Pt-Ni-Al under monotonic and cyclic loading · Fracture in thermal barrier coatings |
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COURSE DEVELOPMENT
(* currently offered) |
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*Fracture ·
*Functional properties of
Materials ·
Introduction to Materials Science
& Engineering ·
Mechanical properties of thin
films and interfaces ·
Phase diagrams, free energy
curves, diffusion ·
Engineering ceramics ·
Principles of ceramics, bonding,
defects, electrical properties, diffusion ·
Powder processing ·
X-ray diffraction and
transmission electron microscopy (theory) · Scanning and transmission electron microscopy laboratory |
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PAST RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES |
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· Tribology of Al
and Mg-alloy based composites · Processing of
refractory Ti, Zr based boride / carbide ceramics by reactive hot
pressing · Synthesis,
densification, deformation and nanocrystallization of metastable oxides from
solution precursors · Fabrication of
thin oxide films by combustion spray pyrolysis · Processing of ceramic-metal composites by infiltration methods |
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INDUSTRIAL
INTERACTIONS (§ on-going) |
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