Research

Material Sciences

Title :

Development of an innovative process to fabricate ultra-fine grained bimetallic thin sheets for microforming applications.

Area of research :

Engineering Sciences, Material Sciences

Focus area :

Net Shape Manufacturing with Engineered Properties

Principal Investigator :

Dr. Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

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Executive Summary :

Bimetallic sheet components (both micro and macro sized) have potential application in many industries such as consumer electronics, telecommunication, micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS), heating components, structures used in aerospace and defence sectors. However, the bimetals developed by the existing manufacturing processes (roll boding, cladding etc.) shows: (i) poor interfacial bonding, (ii) lower mechanical strength and (iii) unfavourable anisotropy arising due to texture while processing of bimetals. In order to address the aforementioned challenges, the present proposal aims to establish novel manufacturing routes to (i) develop ultra-fine grained bimetallic sheets and (ii) manufacture micro deep drawn bimetallic components with ultrafine grained microstructure. These ultra-fine grained bimetallic sheets will be beneficial for production of components both by macro and microforming. Due to its nanometric/ultrafine grain size, such sheets can possibly tackle the ‘size effect’ related material abnormability and show improved microformability.

Co-PI:

Prof. M. S. Shunmugam, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, Prof. Satyam Suwas, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Total Budget (INR):

1,66,92,000

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