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Prof. Mikio Ito
Fukui University of Technology

Speech Title:  Fabrication of Diamond Particle Dispersed Metal Matrix Composites by Spark Plasma Sintering(SPS) for high thermal conductive materials
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Biography: Prof. Mikio Ito received B.E., M.E, and Dr.E degrees from Osaka University. He was an assistant professor and associate professor at Osaka University, and is now a professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fukui University of Technology. His research interests include development of novel powder metallurgy process, especially for sintering process, and improvement of various powder-metallurgy-processed functional materials, such as thermoelectric and hard magnetic materials, etc.

   

Prof. Qingyuan Wang
Sichuan University

Speech Title:  Very High Cycle Fatigue in Additively Manufactured Alloys

Abstract: As a new industrial revolutionary manufacturing technology, additive manufacturing (AM) plays a crucial role in the aerospace field. AM technology is increasingly used in key equipment innovations, such as advanced aeroengines (GE9X, GE) and aerospace engines (Raptor 3, SpaceX). It is expected that with the maturity of AM technology, it will be widely used in the future because of its significant advantages in near-net forming etc. Due to inevitable AM defects, the need for ultra-long-life durability of critical components in harsh service environment is increasingly evident. Focusing on challenges of very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) mechanics of AM aerospace alloys, this talk covers: Ultrasonic fatigue testing with the loading frequency of about 20 kHz was employed to research the VHCF durability of typically AM structural metals for the aerospace, such as the nickel-based superalloy (IN718 and IN939), titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) under elevated temperatures and various stress ratios, and aluminum alloy (AlSi7Mg), which were fabricated by the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF, one of AM technique). As a result, compared with those conventional alloys, the AM alloys show lower fatigue strength. AM defects (such as gas pore and lack of fusion), matrix (columnar grains), and inclusions can act as initially fatal fatigue microcracks, and the fatigue sensitivity level depends on the location, size, and type of these defects. Defect-based modified fatigue life prediction formulas were developed, which accurately predict fatigue life within a broad life range. The fine granular area (FGA) region (one of the key characteristic regions for VHCF) induced by grain refinement is composed of many nanograins, which result from dislocation movement within martensite laths. Dislocation pile-up and rearrangement in martensitic laths form dislocation cells, which further develop into low-angle grain boundaries and nanograins.

 

 

Biography: Qingyuan WANG is a full Professor of Sichuan University since 2001. He was the President of Chengdu University between 2014 and 2024. He received his PhD in 1998 from Ecole Centrale Paris (University Paris-Saclay), France. He has published over 300 papers (20 of ESI Hot Paper and Highly Cited Paper) in SCI index journals, including Nature, Nature Commun, Prog Mater Sci, Adv Mater, Adv Func Mater, Adv Science, Acta Mater, IJ Fatigue, etc. He has chaired or co-chaired a number of international or national conferences, including the 6th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF-6, 2014), 2021+1 Chinese Congress on Mechanics, and the 55th of Advanced Materials Congress (2023, Sweden), the 22th National Conference of FatigueFracture (2024, Chengdu) etc. He has received a number of awards, including the Distinguished Chinese Scholar Award from the NSF of China, The Second Prize of National Natural Science Award, The First Prize of Sci & Tech Progress (The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), Outstanding Paper Award of 2013-2023 (Materials Research Letters), Senior Career Award of 2024 ( Inter J Structural Integrity), ICCES Distinguished Fellow Award of 2024 and JSPS Fellowship Award of 2024. He is a member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, European Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.