Deformation Processing Technology Program: Key Elements
User Resource Handbook
- Containing “Process Window” Diagrams and Simple Fabrication Parameters for Deformation Processes, as Well as Guidelines For Critical Tooling Geometries.
Deformation Process Simulation
- PC Based, 2-D and, Eventually, 3-D Finite Element Models for Deformation Process Simulation of a Variety of Near-Net-Shape and Net-Shape DRA Components Coupled to a User Friendly Software Interface.
Processing Influence on Material Performance
- Establish Correlations Between Deformation Process History and its Effect on DRA Microstructure and Properties and Determine the Boundary Conditions for Processing Induced Matrix and Reinforcement Defects.