Projects and Interaction

Primary Processing Program

High temperature behaviour of resin bonded refractory composite

S Nightingale
L WellsS Sullivan
G Brooks (McMaster)

Stickiness of fine iron ore during reduction

R Dippenaar
B Monaghan
D Blundell (PhD Candidate)

Casting and Rolling Program

Casting

The peritectic reaction and the quality of continuously cast steel

W-K Soh
Y Zhao (PhD Candidate)

High temperature mechanical properties and the quality of continuously cast steel

W-K Soh
Y Lam (PhD Candidate)

Direct hot-processing of micro-alloyed steel strip from thin-cast slabs

B Parker
R Dippenaar
K Carpenter (PhD Candidate.)

The effect of Cr and Mn on the formation of graphite and carbide on the surface of low carbon sheet steel

Z Chen
D Dunne
P Wilson (PhD Candidate)

ROLLING

Heat transfer in the cooling of hot steel strip by water jets

W-K SohY Zhao (PhD Candidate)

An investigation into the pickling efficiency for the picking process in steel production

W-K SohY Lam (PhD Candidate)

Roll bite lubrication in hot strip rolling

K TieuJ Tang (PhD candidate)

Strip shape performance at tandem cold mill

K TieuC LuQ Lin (PhD candidate)H Ren (PhD candidate)

Grain growth and high-temperature mechanical properties of carbon steel

R DippenaarS-C Moon (M.Eng Candidate)

Dynamic recrystallization and preferred orientation in ultra-thin steel-strip under conditions of fluctuating temperature and stress

R DippenaarK TieuW. Melfo (PhD candidate)

Analysis of complex systems for the condition monitoring of a rolling mill

K Tieu

Coating Program

Organic coatings

Adhesion of small particles to paint films

H Brown
G Spinks
C Lukey
Tien Tran (PhD Candidate)

Paint baking optimisation

H Brown
G Spinks
C Lukey
N Jones (PhD Candidate)

Paint indentation analysis (follows on from Paint Baking Optimisation)

G Spinks
H Brown
J Liu
M Swain (U Sydney collab)
J Liu
S W Wai (PhD Candidate)

Lacquer adhesion to tinplate

H Brown
G Spinks
D McCubbery
D Capararo (PhD Candidate)

Nano-scale modification of paint surfaces for contamination resistance

H Brown
C Lukey
I Yarovsky (RMIT collab)

Metallic Coatings

Nucleation and growth of 55%Al-Zn on steel substrates

Prof R Dippenaar
D Phelan
B Xu (PhD Candidate)

The formation and stability of intermetallic phases in a ZINCALUME® coating bath

R Dippenaar
D Phelan
K Carpenter

The surface reaction kinetics of zinc gas in hydrogen containing atmospheres

R Dippenaar
D Phelan
J Williams (PhD Candidate)