The aim of the project was to develop new constitutive equations suitable to take into account all the relevant parameters affecting the behaviour of austenitic stainless steel during the forming process. To support the objective of the research project, tensile tests, forming tests and...

The knowledge of segregation is a permanent field of improvement in steel industry. The determination of it presents a real interest for the characteristics of the product (or semi-product) and the control of the continuous casting as an example. The characterisation techniques applied by the...

This booklet has been compiled to provide general information on the organisations that are participating in the European fusion programme. It explains the overall structure of the programme and the general facts and figures such as the number of personnel, budgets, the general research...

The growing success of the European players in nanoelectronics is well known. However, in view of the tremendous technological, economic and social challenges ahead, this document presents the first building block of a new European initiative for this sector. It results from consultations with a...

The research aimed at proposing a reliable methodology to determine cohesive zone characteristics based on the furnace real-time process data. Finally, three different tools were built and/or evaluated for this purpose. Aceralia developed a model which proposes an indirect estimation of the...

DG Research commissioned an Expert group in the end of 2003 to develop "blueprints" for how to effectively initiate foresight processes in regions facing different types of challenges. Five blueprints aimed at foresight practitioners (i.e., regional stakeholders championing or initiating...

Uncoated, electrolytically coated and hot-dip galvanised thin sheet grades are high-value added products of great importance in the steel industry. Despite the excellent level of knowledge about soft thin sheet grades based on aluminum-killed low or extra low carbon and interstice-free...

Report on the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC work carried out in 2003. An overview is given of the mission and its implementation, the scientific activities and the relations with the outside world.