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EPSRC Reference:	GR/R10974/01
Title:	Process Simulation and Optimisation For Deep Case Oxygen Hardening of Titanium Alloys
Principal Investigator:	Dong, Professor H
Other Investigators:	Bell, Professor T
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Department:	Metallurgy and Materials
Organisation:	University of Birmingham
Scheme:	Fast Stream
Starts:	12 June 2001	Ends:	11 June 2004	Value (£):	59,897
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Processing
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Aerospace, Defence and Marine Transport Systems and Vehicles
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Recently developed boost diffusion oxidation (BDO) technology has been proven to be a unique environmentally friendly surface engineering process which can produce deep-case oxygen hardening of titanium alloys. The overall aim of this 36-month project is to achieve deep-case ((0.4mm) hardened layers in titanium alloys with tailored hardness profiles to fit the engineering requirement by optimising the BDO process via process modelling simulation. Thus, a software package capable of simulating the BDO process will be developed based on Flick's second law using the finitude difference method. The methodology will be validated experimentally by measuring the hardness depth profiles, the loading bearing capacity and tribological performance of duplex systems based on BDO deep case hardening.
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