Behnam Shakerifard

BehnamShakerifardPhDresearcher(MPMPgroup)Industrialpartners:TATA,TKSE,ArcelorMittalandCEIT

Tel:+31(0)152784744E-mail:b.shakerifard@tudelft.nlWebsite:https://www.linkedin.com/in/behnam-shakerifard

Researchinterests:Microstructure optimizationand formability enhancementof AHSS. Dynamic and staticmechanical tests. Textureanalysis and studying damageinitiationmechanismsinmicroand nano scales. Dissimilarwelding characterization andimprovement.

Bainiteandsecond-phaseengineeringforimprovedformability

Recentresearchactivities:Microstructure characterization and textureanalysis of 2 grades of bainitic AHSS by EBSD(FIB-EBSD) and X-ray diffraction techniques.Quantitative and statistical analysis of micro-damage sites. Understanding the correlationbetween microstructural features andmechanicalproperties.

The influence of heat treatment on texturecomponent and proposing the optimum textureforenhancedcoldformability.Comprehensive study on damage process, inmicroscopic level from initiation point to finalfailure, during static and dynamic mechanicaltests.

KeyPublications:

To be submitted: “Hot cracking characterization in dissimilar weld of iron and nickel base alloys weld” in Science andTechnology of welding and joiningjournal.

OtherAchivements:

- Presenting at GLADD meeting in MaxPlanck in Dusseldorf, Germany April2016.

- First yearannual report toEC forRFCSproject ” Bainite and second-phaseengineering for improved formability”March2016.

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