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Research—Anderson Group. With Los Alamos National Labs, Oak Ridge National Labs, Cornell University. Nanolayered composites. 10 to 20 nm thick layers. Novel mechanical testing:. • inside a scanning electron microscope. • inside a X-ray diffractometer. Cu/Ni. Super strong! ~ 2 GPa.
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Research—Anderson Group With Los Alamos National Labs, Oak Ridge National Labs, Cornell University • Nanolayered composites 10 to 20 nm thick layers Novel mechanical testing: • inside a scanning electron microscope • inside a X-ray diffractometer Cu/Ni Super strong! ~ 2 GPa GOAL: Push strength to the limit! Research support: US National Science Foundation DMR0907024; Michael Gram, graduate student
Research—Anderson Group With Electric Power Research Institute, University of Tennessee, CNPEM (Brazil) Ex: Butterfly valve • Galling Resistant Materials • Activities Application: Nuclear Power Plant Valves Problem: Current Fe-based alloys have cobalt: wear particles are radioactive Goal: Engineer an Fe-base alloy w/o cobalt but with good wear properties alloy design+ heat treatment galling tests microscopy: wear surfaces Mechanical testing inside synchrotron diffractometer With Suresh Babu (UT), Ryan Smith, OSU graduate student