Ti-2015: The 13th World Conference on Titanium
August 16-20, 2015 * Manchester Grand Hyatt * San Diego, California
Titanium and Titanium Alloys: Attributes, history, metallurgy, processing and case studies
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Practical implementation of Microstructure Databases
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Titanium and its alloys are a versatile family of materials with applications in many industries. They have high strength to weight ratios; excellent corrosion resistance; high and low temperature capabilities; compatibility with graphite fibers, which is gaining importance with the increased utilization of composites in aircraft; and other attractive features. This unique combination of physical, mechanical, and chemical properties make them attractive for aerospace, marine, industrial, biomedical, and other applications. An overview of the unique attributes of titanium, a brief history, basic metallurgy and heat treatment, and some basics on its melting and processing will be provided. Several case histories which help demonstrate some of the unique properties will be presented.
Rodney Boyer, consultant at RBTi Consulting, spent nearly 47 years at Boeing—about 45 years as a titanium specialist and 35 years as the lead engineer of the Titanium Metallurgy Group. Boyer was responsible for directing titanium research for commercial airplanes; titanium procurement and processing specifications; resolution of titanium fleet and manufacturing issues; and approval of suppliers worldwide. In his time at Boeing, he conducted studies of all conventional Ti-alloy systems and almost all product forms. He introduced several new technologies onto Boeing aircraft, which were ultimately used by other airframe manufacturers. Since leaving Boeing, he has been working as an independent consultant.
Online registration is now closed. Onsite registrations are welcome beginning Sunday, August 16 at 3:00 p.m. at the Harbor Foyer area of the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA.
Fees are as follows:
| Member Fee |
$275 |
| NonMember Fee |
$325 |
| Late Member Fee |
$350 |
| Late NonMember Fee |
$425 |
| Student Fee |
$125 |
| Late Student Fee |
$175 |
Cost includes course materials and afternoon coffee break.
Please note: must be a full-time graduate or undergraduate student to receive student registration rate; a copy of student school
identification card must accompany registration form; must mail or fax form.
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The main goal of this course is to provide participants with an overview of microstructure quantification, informatics, and databases, with an emphasis on practical implementation of these tools using real datasets to address challenges in microstructure-sensitive quality control and modeling of mechanical behavior. Participants will use the provided toolkit to gain hands-on experience in: (i) quantification of microstructure heterogeneities found in titanium alloys; (ii) processing and analytics of optical, BSE, and EBSD datasets; (iii) data flow and visualization of microstructure databases; (iv) materials data science techniques for identification and quantification of multi-dimension microstructure heterogeneities (e.g. macrozones); and (v) insertion of microstructure variability in quality control and process modeling.
This practical, hands-on course is aimed at engineers involved in materials design and quality control, CAE analysts, product design engineers, engineering managers, graduate students, and educators who are interested in understanding quantification and ICME integration of microstructure heterogeneities using microstructure databases.
Participants are encouraged to bring a PC (BYOPC) to the course for practice sessions and access to the ICMRLTM toolkit during the conference via MRL cloud (applications are web-based and do not require additional software installation).
In order to make the course content and hands-on sessions as practical as possible, participants are encouraged to interact with the organizers prior to the course regarding example datasets.
Tentative Agenda
Session 1 (9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)
- Introduction to novel microstructure quantification tools based on spatial-correlation functions for non-statisticians – 30 min
- Break – 5 min
- Training on quantification tools using alpha/beta titanium microstructures from optical and BSE datasets – 45 min
- Coffee Break – 20 min
- Fundamentals of microstructure databases for quantitative comparisons and image-based quality control – 30 min
- Break – 5 min
- Training on using data analytics and databases for image-based quality control – 45 min
Lunch (12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.)
Session 2 (1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.)
- Fundamentals of identification and quantification of heterogeneities in crystallographic orientation (i.e. microtextured regions) in titanium alloys – 30 min
- Break – 5 min
- Training on texture analytics tools for quantifying microtextured regions in titanium alloys – 60 min
- Coffee Break – 20 min
- Introduction to integrating microstructure heterogeneity with crystal plasticity FE to predict performance variability – 45 min
- Break – 5 min
- Training on using microstructure informatics with stochastic crystal plasticity FE analysis to predict performance variability in sheet metal forming (e.g. springback) – 45 min
- Discussion, extension to other aerospace alloys (e.g. Ni-based superalloys), and wrap-up – 30 min
Ayman Salem
is the president and CEO of Materials Resources LLC (MRL), a small business specialized in acquisition and analytics of "Materials Big Data." Leveraging expertise in characterization, data analytics, and numerical models, MRL is the first to offer microstructure analytics software as a service (SaaS). ICMRLTM can be accessed remotely as a web-based service or locally on a client’s private cloud. The continuously growing database includes numerous microstructure datasets (optical, BSE, and EBSD) for various titanium alloys (e.g. Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-6242, CP-Ti, etc.) with future expansion towards other aerospace alloys (e.g. Ni-based superalloys, aluminum, steel, etc.).
Salem received his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Drexel University in 2002. Salem has been working on quantifying the effect of microstructure on the mechanical behavior of aerospace alloys during thermomechanical processing and in-service applications under multiple contracts with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and OEMs. Since 2009, Salem has been the CEO of MRL with a team focused on materials data science. He and his team have published more than 44 articles and two pending patents which have garnered more than 850 citations. Emphases of MRL’s research include the implementation of data science techniques to extract knowledge from microstructure data by employing signal processing, machine learning, pattern recognition and learning, visualization, predictive analytics, probability models, computer programming, data engineering, uncertainty modeling, and data warehousing. MRL generates microstructure data for titanium alloys, aluminum, steels using optical, BSE, EBSD, micro-hardness, and mechanical testing for characterization of component performance, process simulation, and quality control.
Online registration is now closed. Onsite registrations are welcome beginning Sunday, August 16 at 3:00 p.m. at the Harbor Foyer area of the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA.
Fees are as follows:
| Member Fee |
$575 |
| NonMember Fee |
$625 |
| Late Member Fee |
$650 |
| Late NonMember Fee |
$725 |
| Student Fee |
$250 |
| Late Student Fee |
$325 |
Cost includes course materials, continental breakfast, a.m. and p.m. coffee breaks, and lunch.
Please note: must be a full-time graduate or undergraduate student to receive student registration rate; a copy of student school
identification card must accompany registration form; must mail or fax form.
This is course is brought to you in part by the generous support of
MRL.
