Month: October 2022

mineAlloy researchers (Vadim Zolotarevskiy, Santiago Corujeira Gallo, Michael Pereira, Matthew Barnett) recently published their work on the impeller-tumbler wear test (Modelling of impeller-tumbler wear test with discrete element method, Wear, Volumes 510–511, 204509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2022.204509).

Discrete element modelling (DEM) was used to model the wear of mild steel and the results were validated against the experimental results. Important quantities such as the normal and tangential force ratio and the collision energy for different particle size distributions were analysed. This helps researchers to better understand this impact-abrasive wear test, such as the occurring wear mechanisms.

The paper can be downloaded:

https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1fwzJ9q8NuTlg

Good work!

mineAlloy researchers and PhD students attended a workshop for early career researchers.

The workshop was organised by Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) and held at the Waurn Ponds Estate. The program included highlights such as publishing in high impact journals (provided by a senior editor of Nature), presentation and media training, a grant writing workshop and networking event. Very positive feedback has been received from all participants and more workshops are planned.

mineAlloy just joined LinkedIn: mineAlloy: Overview | LinkedIn

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Congrats to Dr. Alban de Vaucorbeil! Alban has been awarded the prestigious DECRA fellowship from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Truly an honour and appreciation of his contribution to the field of numerical modelling of material behaviour.

More details can be found on the ARC website: Selection Report: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2023 | Australian Research Council