The project will study several important existing and proposed titanium and nickel based engineering alloys through a container-less oscillating drop technique utilizing laboratories at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the Louisiana based, NSF funded, Consortium for Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM). Funded by other sources, the CIMM will provide additional resources to extend the reach of the funds provided by NASA. Thermodynamic data will be generated and compared to CALPHAD (Calculation of Phase Diagram) simulation results while thermophysical data of liquid alloys will be compared to molecular dynamics results. The test and simulation procedure, consistent with ICME (Integrated Computational Materials Engineering) principles and with the federal MGI (Materials Genome Initiative),will provide support for the development of improved AM simulation, and processing and control strategies.
