News – mineAlloy

Running DEM simulations at the National Computational Infrastructure

The researchers of mineAlloy, Vadim Zolotarevskiy and Michael Pereira, have been recently granted with access to the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI). The NCI facility operates Gadi - the most powerful Australian supercomputer. Gadi, that was launched in the beginning of 2020 and already ranked as 24th in the TOP500 list of the global su...

Design, modelling and characterisation of wear-resistant steels

Yuxiang Wu is currently a research fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Monash University. His work involves quantitative studies of microstructure development with both experimental and modelling components. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Monash University in 2019. In the mineAlloy trainin...

Confirmations and completion

Congratulations to George Galis for successfully completing his confirmation of candidature at University of Queensland earlier this month. In this way, George joins the cohort of mineAlloy students who completed their confirmation of candidature this year, including: Abhishek Jain at University of Queensland, and Vamshi Chennuri, Roshan Sasi and E...

Xin starts master’s at Deakin

Xin Zheng has started his Master of Engineering project with the mineAlloy team at Deakin University. The project will use DEM modelling to develop design principles for titanium carbide inserts embedded in the mantles of cone crushers. Xin recently completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) degree. His thesis was titled “Compu...

Rocky DEM workshop

LEAP Australia and ESSS delivered a workshop on Rocky DEM software to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the Institute for Frontier Materials and the School of Engineering at Deakin University. The presenters, Marcus Reis and Leon White, had originally planned to visit Waurn Ponds, but they had to deliver the workshop over ZOOM ...

PhD students wanted

The mineAlloy team at Deakin University is accepting expressions of interest from PhD candidates to join the mineAlloy training centre and related projects. The research topics gravitate around wear resistant materials, additive manufacturing and repair technologies, as well as advanced modelling and testing techniques. To find out more, please ...

Pushing the boundaries of modelling methods

Alban de Vaucorbeil recently published some of his work using the Material Point Method (MPM) to simulate engineering problems involving large displacements, large deformation and contacts. The article appeared in Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering earlier this year (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.112783). This article fol...

Matt delivers workshop on deformation

Prof Matthew Barnett, from Deakin University, delivered a workshop on deformation of materials to an audience composed of students and researchers of the mineAlloy training centre and beyond. The deformation mechanisms of metallic materials have a significant effect on their mechanical properties and wear resistance. The workshop covered both funda...

mineAlloy annual meeting 2019

The mineAlloy team had its annual meeting in Waurn Ponds earlier this week. The meeting was well attended by delegates from around the country and from overseas. The morning session included presentations by Prof Veli-Tapani Kuokkala from Tampere University (Finland), Mr John McCracken from Australian Ceramics Engineering in Perth, and Prof Matt...

Training course on wear of materials

mineAlloy is hosting Materials Australia for a training course on wear of materials and wear testing. The course will take place in Waurn Ponds Estate on Wednesday 6th of November and will be delivered by Paul Huggett, who has over 30 years experience in research, manufacturing and failure analysis of wear resistant materials. The content of the co...

George starts MPhil at UQ

George Galis officially commenced his MPhil at the University of Queensland in October 2019. He will work on NiHard white cast iron for ore chute liners under the guidance of Dr Jeff Gates, researching advanced alloying additions to enhance the wear performance. George recently obtained his Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Mechanical Engine...

mineAlloy researchers attend IUMRS-ICA conference in Perth

Researchers from Monash University attended the IUMRS-ICA conference in Perth, between 22nd and 26th September 2019. Xiaohan Weng and Chunkit Sit presented their work on “Advanced steel design for abrasive wear resistance” and “Direct laser deposition of WC/Co cermets as wear resistant coatings” respectively, in the session dedicated to Adv...