BlueScope Steel Metallurgy Centre (SI)

Rolling Research 

  •    Contact mechanics and computational mechanics in materials processing
  •    Multi-scale mechanics in metal manufacturing
  •    Tribology in metal forming
  •    FEM application in metal manufacturing, stress analysis
  •    Analysis of heat transfer, thermo-mechanical and mechanical properties by numerical methods
  •    Mechanics of complex strip and thin strip rolling
  •    Development of high precision mathematical models in metal forming processes
  •    Artificial intelligence application in metal forming processes

 

Current projects:

No

Project title

Funding source

Chief Investigators

Duration

Funding

1

Advanced shape development in cold rolling of thin strip

ARC Discovery & ARF

Jiang

2008-12

$460,000

2

Mechanics of micro cross wedge manufacturing

ARC Discovery

Jiang, Wei, Manabe, Liu

2010-12

$365,000

3

Mechanics of surface effects in micro rolling of metals

AAS-JSPS Bilateral Exchange Program

Jiang

2010

$10,000

4

Multi-scale fabrication facility for complex 3D surface generation from nano to macro dimensions

ARC LIEF

Zhang … Jiang et al.

2011

$490,000

5

Image/video analysis and sensing technology

BeijingPolymer Sensing Tech Ltd

Li, Ogunbona, Jiang

2010-13

$44,800

6

Residual stress analysis of the rolled thin steel sheet

URC UIC Grants

Jiang

2010-11

$10,000

 

 Selected Recent Publications:

Zhu, H., Tieu, A. K., Dippenaar, R. J., Carter, C. D. & Ziegelaar, J. (2010). Effect of hot coil profile containing ridges on ridge-buckle defects of cold rolled thin strip. International Journal of Material Forming, 3 (1), 21-27.

Du, X., Yang, Q., Jiang, Z., Zhang, X. & Wang, X. (2010). Strip profile control in asymmetrical rolling by FEM modeling. Advanced Materials Research, 97-101 2955-2960.

Xie, G., Han, J., Liu, J. & Jiang, Z. (2010). Texture, microstructure and microhardness evolution of a hot-rolled high chromium cast iron. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 527 (23), 6251-6254.

Jiang, Z., Du, X., Du, Y., Wei, D. & He, X. (2010). Analysis of advanced strip shape during cold rolling of thin strip. Materials Science Forum, 654-656, 206-209.

Jiang, Z., Tang, J., Sun, W., Tieu, A. K. & Wei, D. (2010). Analysis of tribological feature of the oxide scale in hot strip rolling. Tribology International, 43 (8), 1339-1345.

Jiang, Z., Li, H., Han, J. T., Wei, D. & Pi, H. C. (2010). Analysis of metal manufacturing by crystal plasticity finite element method. Materials Processing Science and Technology, 1 (1), 57-71.

Wei, D., Huang, J., Zhang, A., Jiang, Z., Tieu, A. K., Wu, F., Shi, X. & Jiao, S. (2010). Experimental study on the deformation of oxide scale and friction during hot rolling of stainless steel 304L. Advanced Materials Research, 97-101 412-415.

Wang, X., Yang, Q., Du, X. & Jiang, Z. (2010). Allowable variation of cold-rolled strip transverse profiles in high tension. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 17 (5), 608-616.

Wei, D., Jiang, Z., Lu, C., Tang, Y. & Tieu, A. K. (2009). Experimental study of the effects of rough texture on surface deformation during cold metal forming. Wear, 267 (9-10), 1746-1751.

Li, H., Jiang, Z., Tieu, A. K., Sun, W., Wei, D. & Zhu, H. (2009). Tribological features of roll surface in cold metal rolling. International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering, 3 (5-6), 407-422.

Zhang, X., Jiang, Z., Tieu, A. K., Zhu, H. & Tian, Z. (2009). Analysis of surface temperature and thermal stress field of slab continuous casting. Advanced Materials Research, 76-78 554-559.

Wang, J., Huang, Q., Jiang, Z. & Tieu, A. K. (2009). The effects of shear stress on the lubrication performances of oil film of large-scale mill bearing. Advanced Materials Research, 76-78 713-718.

Xie, H., Jiang, Z., Du, Y., Wei, D. & Tieu, A. K. (2009). Analysis of surface roughness of low carbon steel during cold rolling of thin strip. Advanced Materials Research, 76-78 544-547.

Jiang, Z., Wei, D. & Tieu, A. K. (2009). Analysis of cold rolling of ultra thin strip. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 209 (9), 4584-4589.

Wei, D., Huang, J., Zhang, A., Jiang, Z., Tieu, A. K., Shi, X., Jiao, S. & Qu, X. (2009). Study on the oxidation of stainless steels 304 and 304L in humid air and the friction during hot rolling. Wear, 267 (9-10), 1741-1745.

 

Postgraduate Students:

Ninan Mathew (PhD); email: nm560@uow.edu.au   

Project Title: Development and Optimisation of Multi-Layer Composite Energy Attenuating Structures


Saud Almotairy (PhD); email: smma660@uow.edu.au   

Project Title: Tribological research on cold rolling of thin strip


Xianglong Yu (PhD); email: xly991@uow.edu.au   

Project Title: Simulations and Optimization of Steelmaking Processes


Abdulrahman Aljabri (PhD); email: ada507@uow.edu.au  

Project Title: Analysis of Advanced Shape of Thin Strip Manufacturing


Haina Lu (PhD); email: hl418@uow.edu.au   

Project Title: Mechanics of Micro Cross Wedge Rolling of Metals


Hejie Li (PhD); email: hl993@uow.edu.au   

Project Title: Surface Roughness in Cold Metal Forming


Haibo Xie (PhD); email: hx899@uow.edu.au   

Project Title: The Research on the Edge Crack of Cold Rolled Thin Strip


Yucheng Zhang (Master by esearch); email: yz997@uow.edu.au  

Project Title: Modelling of Vertical Twin-roll Casting of Magnesium Alloy


Qi Zhang (Master by research); email: qz496@uow.edu.au   

Project Title: Tribology of Materials Manufacturing

Last reviewed: 6 April, 2011