Modeling the break-up of nano-particle clusters in aluminum- and magnesium-based metal matrix nano-composites
- Submitting institution
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University of Greenwich
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 13651
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1007/s11661-015-2934-0
- Title of journal
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
- Article number
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- First page
- 2893
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 7
- ISSN
- 1073-5623
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- In the manufacture of metal matrix nanocomposites, the biggest challenge relates to the uniform dispersion of nanoparticles that tend to cluster together becoming defects in the final product. This paper answers the challenge in a first-principles approach, explaining the fundamental forces between particles and quantifying their response to external pressure pulses. A DEM code was written for this purpose as part of a CFD-DEM scheme, to simulate MMNC production (€ 18M FP7 ExoMet) with EM induced acoustic cavitation as the pulse source. Code also applied in FP7 SIKELOR (removal of silicon carbides from recycled photovoltaic silicon) and EPSRC (EP/P034411/1) ‘Top-Coil’.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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