Projects / Programmes
January 1, 2020
- December 31, 2027
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 |
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
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on
September 14, 2024;
A3 for period
2018-2022
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 (18)
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 |
23 |
2. |
36952 |
PhD Matjaž Berčič |
Materials science and technology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2021 |
8 |
3. |
28832 |
Zoran Bizjak |
|
Technical associate |
2020 - 2024 |
0 |
4. |
28493 |
PhD David Bombač |
Manufacturing technologies and systems |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
120 |
5. |
05204 |
PhD Peter Fajfar |
Materials science and technology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
439 |
6. |
25369 |
PhD Aleš Hančič |
Materials science and technology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
105 |
7. |
19623 |
PhD Goran Kugler |
Materials science and technology |
Head |
2020 - 2024 |
289 |
8. |
18792 |
Tomaž Martinčič |
|
Technical associate |
2020 - 2024 |
0 |
9. |
11625 |
PhD Jožef Medved |
Materials science and technology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
998 |
10. |
58158 |
Jakob Mrvar |
Materials science and technology |
Junior researcher |
2023 - 2024 |
3 |
11. |
18565 |
PhD Primož Mrvar |
Materials science and technology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
820 |
12. |
50170 |
Andrej Penko |
Materials science and technology |
Technical associate |
2020 - 2021 |
20 |
13. |
20880 |
Anton Pristovšek |
|
Technical associate |
2020 - 2024 |
10 |
14. |
08302 |
PhD Tomaž Rodič |
Materials science and technology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
242 |
15. |
32572 |
Edvard Roglič |
|
Technical associate |
2020 - 2024 |
0 |
16. |
16096 |
PhD Tomaž Šuštar |
Mathematics |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
46 |
17. |
27601 |
PhD Maja Vončina |
Materials science and technology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
344 |
18. |
53525 |
Matic Žbontar |
Materials science and technology |
Junior researcher |
2020 - 2023 |
4 |
Organisations (3)
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.