“TMS 2010 139th Annual Meeting and Exhibition: Supplemental Proceedings, Volume 2, Materials Characterization, Computation, Modeling and Energy”

This volume contains a collection of papers from seven symposia, related to materials characterization, computation and modeling, held at the TMS 2010 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, February 14-18, 2010.

The symposia include:

• Global Innovations in Photovoltaics and Thermoelectrics
• Solar Cell Silicon: Production and Recycling
• Manufacturing Issues in Fuel Cells
• Applicable Computing Technologies in Heat Treating
• Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics
• Synergies of Computational and Experimental Materials Science
• Progress in Computational MSE Education

Key Topics Covered:

The Vasek Vitek Honorary Symposium on Crystal Defects, Computational Materials Science and Applications.

Pushing Boundaries: Symposium Honors the Contributions of Vasek Vitek.

Dislocations I.

• Dislocation Nucleation and Re-Ordering of Bicrystal Interfaces (G. Tucker, and D. McDowell).
• Mechanical Properties.
• Breakdown of Relationship between Chemichal Bonding and Deformation Behavior in Crystalline Materials (P. Panfilov, Y. Gornostyrev, and A. Kuznetsov).
• Transitions of Dislocation Glide to Twinning and Shear Transformation in Shock-Deformed Tantalum (L. Hsiung, G. Campbell, and J. McNaney).
• Multiscale Modeling of Thin Films: Linking Dislocation Dynamics with Macroscopic Mechanical Behavior (R. Fertig, and S. Baker).
• Crystal Defects and Mechanical Properties.
• The Strength and Deformation of Gum Metak (J. Morris, E. Withey, R. Sankaran, A. Minor, and D. Chrzan).
• Deformation of Precipitate Platelets in High Strength Aluminum Alloys under High Strain-Rate Compression (K. El-Khodary, W. Lee, L. Sun, B. Cheeseman, D. Brenner, and M. Zikry).
• Propagation of Shear Transformation Zone at Sound Velocity in Metallic Glass (S. Takeuchi, Y. Kamimura, T. Yoshihara, and K. Edagawa).

Dislocations II.

• Dislocation Statistics in FCC Crystals (M. Mohamed, J. Deng, and A. El-Azab).
• Poster Session.
• Dislocation-based Modeling of Yield Strength of Multilayer Thin Films with Nanoscale Microstructures (Q. Li).
• Thermodynamic Study of the Neptunium-Zirconium System (S. Bajaj, A. Garay, R. Arroyave, C. Sevik, T. Cagin, and P. Turchi).
• Advanced Materials and Fuels Enabling Future Fusion, Fission and Hybrid Reactor Systems.

Session I.

• Interatomic Forces in Stainless Steels (G. Ackland, and D. Hepburn).
• TEM Study of Oxide Nanoparticles in ODS Steels Developed for Radiation Tolerance (L. Hsiung, M. Fluss, J. Kuntz, B. El-Dasher, W. Choi, and S. Tumey).
• Thermo-Mechanical Response of a TRISO Fuel Particle in a Fusion/Fission Engine for Incineration of Weapons Grade Plutonium (M. Caro, P. DeMange, J. Marian, and A. Caro).

Advances in Composite, Cellular and Natural Materials.

• Natural Materials and Polymer Matrix Composites.
• Development of Eco-Friendly Brake Friction Composites (Y. Lu, B. Suo, H. Wang, and Y. Lu).
• Energy Attenuation Capability of Woven Natural Silk (WNS)/Epoxy Composites Plates Subjected to Drop-Weight Impacts (A. Ude, C. Azhari, and K. Sopian).
• Structure and Capability of TiB2/UHMWPE Composite
• Shielding Material for Nuclear Radiation (X. Cao, X. Xue, and T. Zhang).

Cellular and Porous Materials.

• Mechanical and Biological Properties of Titanium Syntactic Foams (X. Xue, V. Kearns, R. Williams, and Y. Zhao).
• Mechanical Properties of LCS Porous Steel: Comparison between the Dissolution and Decomposition Routes (M. Lu, and Y. Zhao).

Metal Foams I.

• Formation and Disappearance of Crack-Like Pores for Al Foams Made by PM Route (L. Wang, G. Yao, X. Zhang, Y. Liu, and J. Ma).
• Mechanical Damping Properties of Al-Si Closed-Cell Aluminum Foam (Y. Mu, G. Yao, and H. Luo).
• Sound Absorption of Closed-cell Aluminum Foam Fabricated by Melt Foaming Route (L. Liang, Y. Mu, L. Wang, Z. Hua, J. Ma, and G. Yao).

Metal Matrix Composites.

• Fabrication of Al6061-SiC Composite by a Novel Semisolid Powder Processing (Y. Wu, G. Kim, I. Anderson, and T. Lograsso).
• Un-bundled Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Titanium Composites via Powder Metallurgy Process (K. Kondoh, T. Threrujirapapong, H. Imai, J. Umeda, and B. Fugetsu).
• Fabrication of High Strength Pure Ti Matrix Composite Reinforced with Carbon Black Particle via Wet Process (T. Threrujirapapong, K. Kondoh, H. Imai, J. Umeda, and B. Fugetsu).
• Microstructural Evaluation of ZrC Reinforced Al-Cu Matrix Alloy Composites Fabricated by Mechanical Alloying and Vacuum Hot Pressing (H. Kaftelen, N. Unlu, M. Ovecoglu, and H. Henein).

Functional Composite Materials.

• Extreme Piezoresistivity of Silicone/Nickel Nanocomposites for High Resolution Large Strain Measurement (O. Johnson, G. Kaschner, T. Mason, D. Fullwood, T. Hyatt, B. Adams, and G. Hansen).
• Synthesis and Microstructural Evolution of SiC/Si3N4/Si2N2O Nitride Porous Ceramic Composites Processed via HYSYCVD (M. Pech-Canul, and J. Flores-Garcia).
• Long Term Thermal Stability of Al2O3 Fiber (Sapphire) Reinforced NiAl Composites (J. Song, W. Hu, and G. Gottstein).

Metal Foams II and Modelling of Composites.

• An Accurate and Efficient Method for Constituent-Based Progressive Failure Modeling of a Woven Composite (R. Fertig).
• SMT Reflow Jig Material Analysis (X. Ma).
• Microstructure in Work-Hardened Micro-Truss Materials Given Post-Forming Annealing Treatments (B. Bouwhuis, U. Klement, and G. Hibbard).
• Compressive Properties of Closed-Cell Aluminum Foams Reinforced with Fly Ash Particles (Y. Mu, G. Yao, and H. Luo).
• The Influence of Cell Shape Anisotropy on the Compressive Property of Closed-Cell Al-Si Alloy Foam (Y. Mu, and G. Yao).
• Study on Compressive Properties of Aluminum Foams Reinforced with Short Copper-Coated Carbon Fibers (J. Du, G. Yao, and Z. Cao).
• Research on Aluminum Foam Railway Noise Barrier (L. Liang, G. Yao, L. Wang, Y. Mu, Z. Hua, and J. Ma).

Poster Session.

• Effects of Particle Sizes of Titanium Hydride on Cell Structures for Al Foams (L. Wang, G. Yao, H. Luo, L. Liang, J. Ma, and Z. Hua).
• On Closed-cell Aluminum Foam Used as Train Floor and Side Plate (L. Liang, G. Yao, Y. Mu, and L. Wang).
• Nanocrystalline Al4Si3C6 Formed in Low Temperature Sinter Processing (L. Xiaodan, Z. Yuchun, Q. Feng, and Z. Haixin).
• Preparation of Aluminum Matrix Composites Reinforced with Nano-SiC Particles by Stir Casting Technique (L. Xiaodan, Z. Yuchun, Q. Feng, and Z. Haixin).
• Effect of Vacuum Degassing on Composites Preparation (C. Dehui, Y. Guangchun, K. Wei, and Z. Xiaoming).

Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics Phase Field, CALPHAD and Other Modeling Techniques.

• A Mixed-mode Model for Precipitation in Al-Mg-Si Alloys (A. Bahrami, A. Miroux, J. Sietsma, and L. Kestens).
• Thermodynamics, Structural Properties and Transformation Behavior of CoNiGa Alloys from First Principles (R. Arroyave, A. Junkaew, A. Garay, A. Chari, and C. Yao).
• Occupancy Probability of a Sublattice Of D022-Ni3V In Ni-Al-V System: Determined by Microscopic Phase Field (J. Zhang, H. Zhuang, and Z. Chen).

Poster Session.

• Using Size Distributions for Determining Growth Mechanisms of Grain Boundary Precipitates (S. Northover).
• Kinetics of ALN Precipitation in the Ferrite Phase Field of Microalloyed (HSLA) Steels (R. Radis, and E. Kozeschnik).
• Modeling of Phase Transformation Behaviors by Cementite Formation at Isothermal Bainite Transformation Region in TRIP-Assisted Steels (B. Park, J. Choi, S. Kim, and K. Lee).
• Modeling of Cementite Formation in Extra and Ultra Low Carbon Steels (J. Choi, B. Park, S. Kim, K. Lee, and K. Lee).
• Simulation of Decarburizing Depth In AISI 1074 Steel with Spheroidite Microstructure (L. Quan, L. Cerully, and T. Sanders).
• Kinetics of Corrosive Defects Formed on Au Substrates Accompanied by Alkanethiol Monolayer Assembly in the Presence of Oxygen (Z. Cao, P. Zeng, X. He, D. Huang, and L. Zhang).

• Heterogeneous Nucleation and Initial Microstructure Evolution in Alloys and Colloids.
• Experiment-I.
• Experiment-II.
• Session V.
• SOFC - I.
• SOFC - II.
• PEM and Batteries.
• Nuclear Energy: Processes and Policies.
• Material Behavior.
• Polymer Nanocomposite.
• Polymer Nanocomposites: Fabrication, Characterization, Modeling and Applications.
• Solar Cell Silicon.
• Production and Recycling.
• Stochastic Methods in Materials Research.
• Stochastic Methods I: New Algorithms and Model Building.
• Stochastic Methods II: Property Prediction and Material Design.
• Surface Engineering for Amorphous-, Nanocrystalline-, and Bio-Materials.
• Molecular Solids II.
• Three-Dimensional Materials Science VI.
• Applications of 3D Microstructural Data
• Ultrafine Grained Materials - Sixth International Symposium.
• Characterization and Computational Modeling.
• Mechanical Response.
• Processing Technologies.
• Deformation and Processing Mechanics.
• Applications and Transitions
• Processing-Microstructure-Properties I.
• Processing-Microstructure-Properties II.
• Author Index.
• Subject Index.

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