Spin+Mechanical Sensing: Investigation and characterization of strain induced spin phenomena in engineering materials (B08)

• Subject Area: Coating and Surface Technology
• Term: from 2016 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268565370

The project contributes to a reliable determination of the correlations between microstructural changes and magnetic properties in metallic materials, especially steels, induced by monotonic (tensile test) or cyclic (fatigue) mechanical loading by means of advanced magnetic, i.e. spin based, characterization methods. We apply magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) microscopy and Micromagnetic, Multiparameter, Microstructure and stress Analysis (3MA) sensor technology on cyclically loaded engineering materials, and therewith aim to apply non-destructive, spin based approaches for identification of early fatigue states in engineering materials. Thus, the project extends the work in Spin+X to essential aspects of mechanical engineering.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 173: Spin+X: Spin in its collective environment
• Applicant Institution: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Tilmann Beck; Dr.-Ing. Marek Smaga