Personal Information

Shiquan Zhou, Doctor, Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

 

Important Research Project

07/1985-09/1988 National “Seven-Five” Important Research Topic and Hubei Province Scientific Committee Important Research Topic

Customer: China Dongfeng Automobile Corporation and Hubei Tractor Factory

Duties: Research of Austempering Ductile Iron and Manufacturing of Austempering Ductile Iron Gear

The effect of chemical elements, smelting, casting and heat treatment process on microstructures and properties had been investigated, the optimizing chemical elements, smelting, casting and heat treatment process had been established. The High Strength and Toughness of ADI had been manufactured by using low Sulphur and Phosphorus, high Carbone and Silicon with medium Mo and Ni, and then austempering in the 370℃molten salt. The tensile Strength is due to 1200MPa and the elongation is due to 10% and the impact toughness is due to 150J/cm2. First the casting gears were fabricated by sand mould, secondly the casting gears were machined as semi-fine, thirdly the semi-fine gears were austempered in the370℃ molten salt bath, finally austempering gears were sandblasted. The gears had been applied in automobile engine (Cummins Engine) and Shenniu Tractor. This project had been awarded Hubei Province Scientific Advanced Prize two-grade.

07/1993-09/1996 Hubei Province Natural Scientific Fund Project

Duties: Research of Process and Properties on Al-Matrix Composites

The Melt-stirred composing and the reactive self-composing process were investigated, the Melt-stirred composing device was designed and manufactured. The compact Al2O3(p)/Al, Gr(p)/Al and SiC(p)/Al composites were made by controlling parameters such as temperature, stirring speed and molding pressure. The key factor is keeping the Al alloy molten liquid between solid and liquid line temperature. The Al/Al2O3 composites were made by reactive self-composing, the key technology is controlling Mg percentage in Al alloy among 3-5wt% and reactive temperature among 1400-1450℃. The relationship between properties and microstructures was investigated, it has been found that the composites can provide with good synthetic mechanical properties when weight percentage of Al2O3(p) and SiC(p) is about 20wt%. The graphite effect in Al alloy is provided with good wear resistance. High hardness and strength can be obtained while weight percentage of Al2O3 is due to (60-70)wt%. Eight papers had been published, the two of them were embodied by SCI, the two of them were embodied by EI, the one of them were embodied by ISTP.

12/1996-09/2001 National Ministry of Education 21st Century Teaching Reform Project

Duties: Reform and Practice of Mechanical Fundamental Courses

The courses system of mechanical fundament was established, the innovative design and numerical control technology were focused, it is emphasized that the internship is needed for the undergraduate students. The modes of Integrated Work Learning and Project-Based Learning or Problem-Based Learning were developed. The five textbooks had been published and used in teaching for about 20 universities. This project had been awarded National Excellent Education Achievement Prize one-grade.

12/1996-09/2001 Hubei Province department of Education 21st Century Teaching Reform Project

Duties: Reform and Practice of Manufacturing Technology Courses

The courses system of mechanical manufacturing process was established, the innovative process and thinking method were focused, it is emphasized that the working is needed for the undergraduate students. The modes of Integrated Work Learning and Project-Based Learning or Problem-Based Learning were developed. The four textbooks had been published and used in teaching for about 25 institutions. This project had been awarded Hubei Province Excellent Education Achievement Prize two-grade.

10/2003-09/2006 Products Research and Development Project

Duties: Design and Manufacturing of Welding, Die Casting, Centrifugal Casting Machine Some small parts forming is difficult for Machine-Electrical Company Attached for HUST, the company signed a contract with me to develop automatic forming machine for small metallic parts. These machines were driven and controlled by reversible transformation motor, the Gas-Hydra composing pressure system was used in the machines. Therefore, these machines had some characters such as small volume; speed controlling and pressure adjusting accurate, moving stable, yawp small. The Company had produced more than ten sets of the machines, which brings a great economic benefit to the company.

07/2000-09/2006 National Natural Scientific Fund Project

Duties: Research of Process and Properties on The Cermets Based on Ti(C,N) The effect of powder sintering process and chemical composition on mechanical properties was investigated, The compact cermets based on Ti(C,N)-Ni were made by controlling parameters such as sintering temperature, heating and cooling speed and addition amount. The key factor is keeping the binder phase Ni wetting Ti(C,N) ceramic, which can be realized by rapid heating through 1000-1300℃ and holding 60-90 min at 1450-1500℃, and then rapid cooling through 1500-1300℃; Also needs some addition elements such as Mo, Cu, Nb, WC and CrC to improve wettability between Ni and Ti(C,N) and to drop down the liquid phase sintering temperature. The relationship between properties and microstructures was investigated, it has been found that the cermets can provide with good synthetic mechanical properties when weight percentage of Ni metal phase is about 30wt%. High hardness and strength can be obtained while weight percentage of Ni metal phase is due to (10-15)wt%. Five papers had been published or accepted, the three of them were embodied by SCI, the one of them were embodied by EI. The cutting tools and metal forming dies had been produced with the cermets.

10/2006-11/2007 The Automobile of The 21st Century (Auto21) Research project-Canada

Duties: Laser lap welding of Zinc Coated Steel Sheets

The defects produced by Zn vapour and the method of the defects prevented were investigated in this project. Along with more and more high strength zinc coated (galvanized) sheet steel was applied in automobile body structures, the laser lap welding of the steels was attended by enterprises. But the only barrier to applying this process widely to high-quality volume production is that the imperfects such as porosity and spattering were resulted from the zinc expulsion at the interface of two sheets. The fundamental principles are discussed first in order to provide a metallurgical background about vapour and boiling of Zn-Al alloy. And then, both Al interlayer thickness and laser welding process are experimented, so the relationship between good surface quality & mechanical property of lap joint and Al interlayer thickness & laser welding process is presented. By double welding procedures, the high travel speed is used in the first welding for forming Zn-Al alloy which has high boiling temperature in the interface, and the low travel speed is employed in second welding for establishing suitable fusion zone, the results show that the process operation is predigested and the mechanical properties is improved for welds with 25μm Al interlayer at the interface.

10/2007-11/2008 The Project of international cooperative among China-Canada-USA

Duties: Welding process of Magnesium alloy

Design capability: AutoCAD, Photoshop, Solidworks,

 

Important Publication


  1.  “The Physics of Welding” English Reading for Welding Major, published by Center of Textbook Publishing of Wuhan Automobile Polytechnic University, 1996-1997
  2. “Metal Working Technology Training Textbook”. Published by Higher Education Publishing Company, 2000
  3. “Fundament of Materials Forming Technology”. Published by HUST Publishing Company, 1999
  4. “Process Design and Innovative Experiments of Materials Forming and Manufacturing”. Published by HUST Publishing Company, 2002
  5. “Engineering Practice – enginery and similar enginery”. Published by HUST Publishing Company, 2003
  6. “The fundament of Manufacturing Technology”. Published by HUST Publishing Company, 2005.
  7. Investigation of Nano-Powders made by Spark Discharging Reaction, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 194-196 (2011) pp 571-575
  8. Research and Development of UG-Based CAD/ CAM System for Turbine Blade, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 201-203 (2011) pp 215-219
  9. The Mechanisms of Resistance Spot Welding of Magnesium to Steel, METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, 2010,41A(10): 2651-2661(SCI)
  10. Effects of welding parameters and surface pretreatments on resistance spot welding of AZ31B Mg alloy, Metals and Materials International, 16(2011): 967-974
  11. Effects of surface conditions on resistance spot welding of Mg alloy AZ31. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 2009, 14(4): 656-61
  12. Effects of surface conditions on resistance spot welding of Mg alloy AZ31, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 2009,14(4): 356-361
  13. Thermodynamics of the formation of contiguity between ceramic grains and interface structures of Ti(C,N)-based cermets, International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, 2009, 27：740–746,(SCI)
  14. Microstructure and properties of the cermets based on Ti(C,N). International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, 2009, 27: 26–32(SCI)
  15. Ti(C,N) nano-grains of reaction synthesizing assisted by spark discharge. PowderMet2010, Hollywood, Florida, USA
  16. he Forming Mechanism and Effect of Nano-Grains on Properties of Ti(C,N)-Based Cermets. 2009IC on PM2.Las,Vagas, USA
  17. Interfacial Microstructure and Properties of Ti(C,N)/Ni Bonded by Transient Liquid-Phase Diffusion. J. Wuhan Univer. of Techn..(Materials Science Edition), 2009,24 (3): 432 -438
  18. Effect of Mo and Mo2C on Microstructure and Properties of the Cermets based on Ti(C,N). Acta metallugica Sinic. (Engl. Lett.), 2008,21 (3)
  19. The Investigation of Diffusion Welding Process and Interfacial Microstructure & Properties on TiCN/Ni, Materials Science Forum. 2007, 539-543: 4042-4047(EI, SCI)
  20. The effects of magnesium in Al2O3/Al-Mg-Si composites, Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2006, 35(11): 1779-1782 (SCI)
  21. Research of Initiative Learning Mode in Modern Engineering Education, the 15th WACE international conference, Singapore, June 26-29, 2007
  22. Interfacial Microstructures and Properties of Ti(C, N)/Ni Bonded by Diffusion, J. of Materials Research, 2007, 21(1): 87-91(EI)
  23. Manufacturing Particle Reinforced MMC by Stirring, Pro.5th AFS, Printed by HSU, 1997: 437
  24. Interface Microstructure and Properties of Graphite (C)/Ni-Al-Ti Alloy Bonded by Vacuum Diffusion, 2005 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, June 19–23, 2005, Montreal, Canada.
  25. Al2O3/Al Ceramic Composite - Kinetics of Melt Oxidation, Pro.5th Inter. Symp. On CMCE, Edited by W.S. in Singapore, 1995:388. (SCI)
  26. Effect of Process Parameters on Microstructures and Properties of Al/Al2O3 Composite, J. of Materials Research, 1995, 9(5): 473(EI)
  27. Composing Rapid Manuf.of Metallic Liquid Deposition and High Speed Micro Cutting, Pro. Of 7th Inter. Conf. On MIT, Chongqing University Press, 2004:363
  28. Theory and Practice of Innovation Eng. Training, Pro. Of 7th Inter. Conf. On MIT, Chongqing University Press, 2004: 112
  29. Investigation of Integrated Process Design and Innovative Experiment in Industrial Training, Pro. Of 6th Inter. Conf. On MIT, Edited by Tsinghua University Publishing house, 2000:401-405
  30. Effect of Process Parameters on Interface Layer and Properties of Liquid Aluminum/ Steel, Special Casting & Nonferrous Alloys, 2000(2): 16(EI)
  31. Process and Properties of Al2O3(p)/Al composites, Hot working Technology, 1997(6): 8-10(EI)
  32. Microstructure and Properties of Al2O3/Al Ceramic Matrix Composite, Special Casting & Nonferrous Alloys, 1988(4): 41
  33. Microstructure and Properties of Loop Projection Welding Joint Between Large – Diameter Screw Nut and Galvanized Thin Steel Plate, Electric Welding Machines, 1999, 29(5): 26
  34. MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF THE CERMETS BASED ON Ti(C,N) ,  32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Date: JAN 27-FEB 01, 2008 Daytona Beach FL;  MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSING OF CERAMIC BINARY,TERNARY, AND COMPOSITE SYSTEMS Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 41-50   Published: 2009(SCI)
  35. The investigation of diffusion welding process and interfacial microstructure & properties on TiCN/Ni, 5th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Date: JUL 04-08, 2006 Vancouver CANADA, THERMEC 2006, 2007,539-543: 4042-4047(SCI）
  36. Fabrication and mechanical properties of SiC/Al composites by die-forging of semi-solid, 3rd China Cross-Strait Conference on Composite Materials, Date: MAY 07-12, 2003 WUHAN PEOPLES R CHINA; COMPOSITE MATERIALS III  2003, 249: 273-275(SCI)