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Severe Plastic Deformation of Aluminum Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan Sponsor: DOE This project focuses on developing a new process to accomplish severe plastic deformation of aluminum. The goal is to create microstructures that make aluminum much stronger, easier to produce, and less expensive to forge. Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan’s focus is on using this new process to create nano structures that can result in applications such as lighter, stronger, and less expensive airframes. This particular process, which is being developed for the Department of Energy under its Aluminum Initiative, will have much broader applications. Not only will it enable the production of millions of pounds of aluminum each year, it will also be applicable to the processing of other materials. |