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Advanced Metallurgy

Periods
Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
2.04.02  Engineering sciences and technologies  Materials science and technology  Metallic materials 

Code Science Field
T450  Technological sciences  Metal technology, metallurgy, metal products 

Code Science Field
2.05  Engineering and Technology  Materials engineering 
Keywords
Foundry, Casting, Solidification, Solid-state phase transformations, Hot working, Metallurgical processing, Computational metallurgy, Thermal fatigue, Aluminum, Steels, Cast iron, Simulations, Thermal Analysis, Injection-molding, Thermodynamic of materials, Recycling, Melt-treatment, Heat treatment
Evaluation (rules)
source: COBISS
Points
3,655.92
A''
103.17
A'
1,216.22
A1/2
2,165.85
CI10
2,764
CImax
264
h10
24
A1
12.07
A3
15.83
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on June 30, 2024; A3 for period 2018-2022
Data for ARIS tenders ( 04.04.2019 – Programme tender , archive )
Database Linked records Citations Pure citations Average pure citations
WoS  270  2,771  2,452  9.08 
Scopus  308  3,473  3,117  10.12 
Researchers (17)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  39234  PhD Jože Arbeiter  Materials science and technology  Junior researcher  2020 - 2021 
2.  36952  PhD Matjaž Berčič  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2020 - 2021 
3.  28832  Zoran Bizjak    Technical associate  2020 - 2023 
4.  28493  PhD David Bombač  Manufacturing technologies and systems  Researcher  2020 - 2023 
5.  05204  PhD Peter Fajfar  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023 
6.  25369  PhD Aleš Hančič  Manufacturing technologies and systems  Researcher  2020 - 2023 
7.  19623  PhD Goran Kugler  Materials science and technology  Head  2020 - 2024 
8.  18792  Tomaž Martinčič    Technical associate  2020 - 2023 
9.  11625  PhD Jožef Medved  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023 
10.  18565  PhD Primož Mrvar  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023 
11.  50170  Andrej Penko  Materials science and technology  Technical associate  2020 - 2021 
12.  20880  Anton Pristovšek    Technical associate  2020 - 2024 
13.  08302  PhD Tomaž Rodič  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023 
14.  32572  Edvard Roglič    Technical associate  2020 - 2023 
15.  16096  PhD Tomaž Šuštar  Mathematics  Researcher  2020 - 2024 
16.  27601  PhD Maja Vončina  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023 
17.  53525  Matic Žbontar  Materials science and technology  Junior researcher  2020 - 2023 
Organisations (3)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  1555  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engeneering  Ljubljana  1627074 
2.  1522  Slovenian Tool and Die Development Centre  Celje  5865018000 
3.  1533  Centre for Computational Continuum Mechanics  Ljubljana  5663270 
Abstract
The main focuses of proposed research are investigations on technologically important metallic materials and technologies for their production and on providing a scientific basis for improving their macroscopic properties. It is based on three main work packages: innovative materials processing, computational metallurgy and environmental degradation of metallic materials. It covers several closely interrelated goals that aimed to deepen the understanding of the kinetics of elementary processes that take place at different spatial and temporal scales in materials and determine the evolution of their microstructure. An equally important goals are technological aspects of production of metallic and polymer materials, characterization of their properties and their testing by imposing precisely externally controlled thermomechanical loads, which may be homogeneous or inhomogeneous and can be exploited to engineer their microstructural features that consequently result in prescribed properties. The research program "Advanced Metallurgy" consists of five partners, i.e. Chair of Foundry, Chair of Metallurgical Process Techniques, and Chair for Materials Forming from Department of Materials and Metallurgy, and Tecos, and C3M.
Significance for science
Added value materials with higher knowledge content, new functionalities and improved performance are becoming indispensable for industrial competitiveness and sustainable development. According to the new models of manufacturing industry, “materials are the key for today's technological advances and they represent the first step in increasing the value of products and their performance”. Thus our research program is aimed to develop such new higher-knowledge metallic and polymer materials with new functionalities and is directed toward the development of necessary technology for their production as well toward the study of the processes that on different spatial and temporal scales simultaneously takes place in the material during their production and during their usage. The results will contribute to a better understanding of mechanisms which control the evolution of their microstructure and to better understanding of the influence of various manufacturing parameters on the local development of microstructure, which is very important from a theoretical as well as from a practical point of view. Modeling of the evolution of microstructure during processing of metallic materials will enable both the deeper understanding of synergetic influence of various processing parameters that influences the evolution of microstructure. We expect that the proposed research program will contribute to the body of knowledge in many technological areas such as structural components for space applications, materials forming, foundry, process engineering, steelmaking, manufacturing of polymers and plastics products. On the other hand, the proposed program is designed in such a way that will surely enable discoveries and deeper insights in the fields of metal and plastic materials, and in the fields of modeling, numerical simulations, thermodynamics, development of new tests and experimental methods, as well as the development of new metallic materials.
Significance for the country
The development of high-tech advanced materials that are based on sophisticated knowledge are gaining on importance and it is expected that in the future they will play very important role in the development of modern technologies in various sectors. In Slovenia, we have a large proportion of metal forming, metal processing and foundry industries and also strong plastics industry, which supplies materials and components for both domestic as well as foreign markets. Due to very fast development many are challenged by new technological challenges and also many problems. Since they have to deal with their specific technologies, it is very important that fundamental understandings of the processes are combined with technological expertise. To fulfil their needs member of research program are active on many areas that are all very important for development of Slovenia: (i) We offer Slovenian industry many research services: integrated product and devices development, construction of technological, conceptual design, optimization of product design, customized solutions for manufacturing processes and product development, development of new models for simulations of processes taking place in materials, simulations at different spatial and temporal scales, precision measurement and testing on our equipment, advanced computer-aided design, structural analysis, complex analysis by FEM, process analysis, simulations of casting (gravity, low and high pressure casting, sand casting, etc.), simulation of massive forming (forging, extrusion, rolling, etc.), rapid prototyping of accurate CAD models, digitization of large objects on the ground, the production of a detailed tools, even when there are no suitable CAD data, we are able to reproduce products with digitized data, precision optical 3D measurement, fast measurement control of complex shapes and free surfaces, rapid control of geometric tolerances, calibration of injection molding simulations, etc. (ii) Members of this research group are cooperating with foreign universities and research institutions and have participated and still participate in many European projects. Thus we have contacts with quality foreign researchers and companies from materials science and metallurgy research field as well as from closely related fields and disseminate acquired knowledge to Slovenia. (iii) Members of this program group are organizing specialist trainings and excursions for the industry, which is of great importance for the development of the profession and engineering practices. (iv) We are involved in teaching process at Department of Metallurgy, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Ljubljana, where we held courses on BSc, MSc, and PhD levels.
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