A workshop to promote the use of high-energy x-ray diffraction experiments and detailed computational analyses for understanding multiscale phenomena in crystalline materials

October 13-15, 2011 at Argonne National Laboratory

October 13 & 14: Plenary Session, Bldg. 240 Conference Room 1416
October 15: Technical session on synchrotron diffraction and data analysis, Bldg. 401 Conference Room E1100/E1200

Attendance is by invitation only. Please contact a member of the Organizing Committee to discuss potential attendance.

Abstract

The goal of this workshop is to advance research in the general area of micromechanics of polycrystalline materials. Presentations will be given by international experts who i) conduct synchrotron x-ray diffraction experiments, ii) model material behaviors on multiple size scales, and iii) work in industry on relevant materials. The workshop should enhance contacts between these distinct communities. The impact of the high value data (both experimental and virtual) should be optimized by assuring that the most relevant and timely studies are performed and that these results can then serve as templates for experimental/theoretical collaborations in the future. It is the hope of the organizers that this workshop might initiate a community around the theme of diffraction/micro-mechanics. For this reason, a group of young investigators have been invited to attend the workshop and present their work in a special poster session.

Scope

  • Newest tools for quantifying mesoscale processes in polycrystalline materials subjected to external stimuli.
  • Capabilities of synchrotron diffraction techniques beyond macroscopically averaged observations.
  • Computational modeling approaches from multiple relevant size scales.
  • Technologically significant challenges in polycrystalline materials.

Goals

  • Facilitate collaborations between x-ray experimentalists, modelers and materials experts.
  • Disseminate knowledge of capabilities and future developments of relevant synchrotron diffraction techniques to modelers and materials specialists with particular emphasis on data reduction and evaluation software.
  • Identify methodologies for comparing diffraction data and model predictions.
  • Provide guidance to experimenters from modelers and materials specialists.
  • Identify pertinent materials challenges of technological importance.