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: $ 10.78万
• 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: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=720303
• 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.

汽车制造商继续推动汽车发动机的性能，以减少负责全球变暖的温室气体排放。这是通过新材料开发来提高燃料燃烧效率以及减轻发动机零件的重量的，这两个方面导致燃料消耗较少。加拿大福特汽车在加拿大温莎的研究实验室设有16间专业房间，可以开发新材料。通常，许多新组件在测试过程中失败，并且必须确定故障原因。由于故障过程的显微镜性质，扫描电子显微镜是表征材料故障过程的选择工具。由于材料的性能及其显微结构之间存在牢固的联系，因此电子显微镜是将材料向下表征至纳米水平的选择工具。该项目旨在开发新技术，以表征加拿大福特汽车开发的材料的断裂表面和微观结构，以及最新的PR扫描电子显微镜。具有一组独特检测功能的Gauvin研究小组。这将导致更好的材料开发（复合材料聚合物材料，金属上的陶瓷涂料）和更有效的发动机，这些发动机将散发出明显更少的温室气体。