Aachen, Germany｜ 6-7 February 2025
We hope to see you at this our next user group meeting in Aachen, Germany. The aim of the meeting is to exchange ideas and experience in the field of CALPHAD-type thermodynamics and kinetics in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The meeting will be a two-day event.
The language of all presentations will be English.
REGISTRATION:
If you would like to join, please download and complete the registration form using the link below. Send the scanned form to andre@thermocalc.com.
We are not looking for more presenters for this user group meeting.
Registration Form
PROGRAM:
Thursday February 06, 2025
09.00 – 12.00: Optional: Training / Demo on Thermo-Calc’s Additive Manufacturing Module
A. Nicholas Grundy, Thermo-Calc Software AB
12.00 – 13.00: Registration
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 14.15: Welcome and Introduction
Andre Schneider, Thermo-Calc Software AB, and Markus Apel, Access e.V.
14.15 – 14.40: News from Thermo-Calc, Overview of recent developments, Outlook to the future
Andre Schneider, Thermo-Calc Software AB
14.40 – 15.05: How Thermo-Calc helps to investigate the Kinetics in a compositionally graded Ni-Based
superalloy
Ahmadreza Riyahi Khorasgani, ICAMS, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany
15.05 – 15.30: Simulation of microstructure formation in additively manufactured materials using the
software MICRESS
Bernd Böttger, Markus Apel, Access e.V., Aachen, Germany
15.30 – 15.55: CALPHAD and Phase-Field Modeling: A Successful Liaison, which is needing
reinforcement on the interfaces
Suzana G. Fries, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
15.55 – 16.30: Coffee break
16.30 – 16.55: ICME evaluation of AM powders for property control
Savya Sachi, David Linder, Ida Berglund, QuesTek Europe AB, Solna, Sweden
16.55 – 17.20: Investigation of nucleation kinetics in laser-induced melt pool
Aman Gupta, Kim Vanmeensel, Joris Everaerts, Ruben Wauthle, Nele Moelans, KU Leuven
& Ammonis BV, Belgium
17.20 – 17.45: Thermo-Calc Software’s Additive Manufacturing Module – from printability maps to
microstructural evolution
Andre Schneider, Andreas Markström, Amer Malik, Minh-Do Quang, Johan Jeppsson,
Thermo-Calc Software AB
17.45 – 18.10: Numerical design using TC and experimental analysis of Complex Concentrated
Alloys for heat exchangers used in Molten salt reactors
Loïc Videau, James Braun, Clara Desgranges, Caroline Toffolon-Masclet, CEA, France
18.10 – 18.35: Thermodynamic simulations of Alloy 625 weld metal with respect to microsegregation during solidification
Philippe Schaffnit, Charles Stallybrass, Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH, Germany
19.30 – late: Social gathering and dinner at “Pippin – die kleine Gastronomie”
Address: Hubertusstraße 43, 52064 Aachen, Germany
Friday February 07, 2025
08.40 – 09.05: Calculating Thermophysical Alloy Properties using CALPHAD-like Models
A. Nicholas Grundy, Thermo-Calc Software AB
09.05 – 09.30: Calculation of 2nd order bcc/B2 transitions (with examples from Fe-Al and Co-Fe-Al)
Bengt Hallstedt, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
09.30 – 09.55: CALPHAD-Aided Alloy Development in the System Al-Cr-Mo-Ta-Ti for High-Temperature
Applications
Florian Häslich, Fraunhofer-Institut IFAM Dresden, Germany
09.55 – 10.20: Thermodynamic Design of Metal-Ceramic Composites
Ángel Biedma, Elena Gordo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
10.20 – 10.45: Thermodynamic-guided hydrogen-based direct reduction of metal oxide mixtures
Shiv Shankar, Barak Ratzker, Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva, Dierk Raabe, Yan Ma,
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany
10.45 – 11.15: Coffee break
11.15 – 11.40: Corrosion of Multicomponent Multiphase Materials in Aqueous Solutions under Various
Temperature, Pressure and Molarity
Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva, Thermo-Calc Software AB
11.40 – 12.05: Thermo-Calc as a supporting tool for a core catcher design in a GFR Nuclear Reactor
Jan Komrska, UJV Rez, Czech Republic
12.05 – 12.30: Calculation of nitrogen partial equilibrium utilizing data from EDS mapping analysis
Louis Becker, Santiago Benito, Sebastian Weber, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
12.30 – 12.55: Thermodynamic modeling at Eramet Ideas
Gaurav Tripathi, Eramet, France
12.55 – 13.00: Closing remarks / Wrap up
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
From 14.00: Departure or drive to Access e.V. TechCenter
14.30 – 16.00: Optional: Access e.V. TechCenter – Prototype development and small series production of turbine blades
Jülicher Straße 322, 52070 Aachen, Germany
View the Program as a Word Document
LOCATION:
Access e.V. in Aachen, Intzestraße 5, 52072 Aachen, Germany
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