Objective Welding is the most economical and effective way to join metals permanently, and it is a vital component of our manufacturing economy. In welding, work-pieces are mixed with filler materials and molten, to form a pool of metal that upon solidification becomes a strong, permanent joint. Our ability to weld a metal to itself and to other materials is determined by the chemistry at the interface and by the complex morphology of the individual crystals at the weld centre. These boundaries are the critical regions where most catastrophic failures occur. Our project will establish the capability to design and engineer welding processes with a multi-scale, multi-physics computational modelling approach. An integrated suite of modeling software will be developed and validated, able to describe the key phenomena of the welding process at all relevant length scales, with a special emphasis on the solid-liquid interface evolution, including the description of macro-scale mass flow and thermal profiles, meso-scale solid/liquid interface movements, micro/nano-scale grain boundary and morphology evolution, mechanical integrity, and service life of the welded product. A unique aim of this project will be the prediction of interface evolution in industrially relevant systems, such as steel/steel and steel/Ni-based alloys. Validation will be ensured by state-of-the-art experimental techniques, including real-time synchrotron X-ray imaging, to observe morphological evolution of the interfaces, and electron microscopy and atom probe measurements to characterise chemistry in grain boundaries. This project will deliver an accurate, predictive, and cost-effective tool that will find widespread application in the relevant European industry for penetrating novel markets of high economic and strategic importance enabled by a new capability for intelligent design of high performance welded systems and interfaces, an essential task to ensure that Europe maintains its competitiveness. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyelectron microscopynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysics Keywords Alloy design Grain boundary Interface Modelling Welding Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP-2008-2.5-2 - Modelling of interfaces for high performance materials design NMP-2008-2.5-1 - Functionally graded materials for improved mechanical performance Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Address University road LE1 7RH Leicester United Kingdom See on map Region East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marie Adams (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 695 846,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN Ireland EU contribution € 470 726,00 Address Belfield 4 Dublin See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Donal Doolan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD United Kingdom EU contribution € 598 922,00 Address Wellington square university offices OX1 2JD Oxford See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alan Cocks (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU Norway EU contribution € 435 296,00 Address Hogskoleringen 1 7491 Trondheim See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ragnvald Mathiesen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TATA STEEL UK LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 182 730,00 Address 18 grosvenor place SW1X 7HS London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Wim Moonen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 219 474,00 Address Brinellvagen 8 100 44 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eva Sunden Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 355 000,00 Address Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact C.H.A.M. 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