Materials Characterization in conjunction with light weighting through the use of surface coating, carbon fiber and hybrid Fiber

通过使用表面涂层、碳纤维和混合纤维进行材料表征与轻量化

• 批准号: 537405-2018
• 负责人: Gauvin, Raynald
• 金额: $ 7.87万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699153
• 关键词: Materials; Characterization; conjunction; light; weighting

Automotive manufacturers continue to push the performance of motor engines for reducing greenhouse gas emission that are responsible for global warming. This is performed through new materials development for improving fuel combustion efficiency as well as reducing the weight of the engine parts, both aspects leading to less fuel consumption. Ford Motor Canada in its research lab in Windsor, Canada, has 16 specialized rooms to test motors with new materials being developed. Often, many new components fail during the testing and the cause of failure must be determined. Because of the microscopic nature of the failure processes, the scanning electron microscope is the tool of choice to characterize failure processes of materials. Since there is a strong connection between the properties of materials and their microstructure, the electron microscope is the tool of choice to characterize materials down to the nanometer level. This project aims to develop new techniques to characterize fracture surfaces and microstructures of materials being developed by Ford Motors Canada, with the state-of-the-art scanning electron microscopes of Pr. Gauvin Research group that have a set of unique detection capabilities. This will lead to better materials development (composites polymeric materials, ceramic coatings on metals) and to more efficient engines that will emit significantly less greenhouse gas.

汽车制造商不断提高汽车发动机的性能，以减少导致全球变暖的温室气体排放。这是通过新材料开发来实现的，以提高燃料燃烧效率并减轻发动机部件的重量，这两方面都可以减少燃料消耗。加拿大福特汽车公司位于加拿大温莎的研究实验室设有 16 个专门房间，用于测试采用正在开发的新材料的发动机。通常，许多新组件在测试过程中会发生故障，必须确定故障原因。由于失效过程的微观性质，扫描电子显微镜是表征材料失效过程的首选工具。由于材料的特性与其微观结构之间存在密切的联系，因此电子显微镜是表征纳米级材料的首选工具。该项目旨在开发新技术，利用加拿大福特汽车公司最先进的扫描电子显微镜来表征材料的断裂表面和微观结构。高文研究小组认为拥有一套独特的检测能力。这将导致更好的材料开发（复合聚合物材料、金属陶瓷涂层）和更高效的发动机，从而显着减少温室气体排放。