DeMaMech: EU-Japan Collaboration in Higher Education Student Exchange Program

Offer of Research Topic

Offer from	University	Delft University of Technology
	Faculty/Department/Institute	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Marine Technology and Material Science, Department of Precision Mechanics and Engineering
	Group Name	Precision Manufacturing and Assembly
Research Theme		Profiling of vitrified diamond grinding wheels
Brief Explanation		Profiling of diamond grinding wheels is a difficult task because of the extreme hardness and abrasion resistance of this material. A new method to profile vitrified bonded diamond grinding wheels is employed. More insight is however needed in the theory behind the working mechanism. The topic of the research is to gain insight in the behavior of the binder material. Among the influential factors will be: toughness, crack propagation, influence of deformation speed on cracking behavior.
Research Steps		1. a literature survey on the cracking behavior of vitrified (ceramic) materials 2. development of a simple model for the cracking behavior (qualitatively) 3. making the model quantitative 4. experiments to verify the theory (if applicable)
Period		5 months.
Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills		Basic understanding of grinding process Basic knowledge in materials engineering Communication skills in English (or German or Dutch)
Further Information		http://www.wbmt.tudelft.nl/pto/
Contact Person		Jeroen Derkx (j.m.derkx@wbmt.tudelft.nl

European offers have to be 5 months, due to the EU requirement to Japanese students that they have to stay at two European Universities.