Welding Engineering and Metallic Glasses

The research group deals with issues of welding engineering as well as the synthesis and characterization of structure and properties of metallic glasses. In the field of welding engineering, the research topics include: – microstructure and properties of welded joints, mainly for the power industry and transport, – assessment of the cracking tendency of hot alloys used for high-temperature turbine components, – assessment of the weldability of iron- and nickel-based metal alloys for the power industry and transport, – microstructure and properties of welded joints of precipitation-strengthened stainless steels and new types of stainless steels, – analysis of the stability of the structure of modern bainitic and martensitic steels for operation in supercritical conditions in conventional power plants, – effect of welding thermal cycles on the structure and properties of the heat-affected zone of high-strength steels, – studies of the operational brittleness of welded joints, In the field of metallic glasses, the topics include: – synthesis of metallic materials by arc melting (conventional crystalline alloys, reactive and refractory alloys, high-entropy alloys), – synthesis of metallic materials solidifying in non-equilibrium conditions by arc melting and suction casting, – production and characterization of the structure and mechanical properties of metallic glasses and amorphous-crystalline composites using the effect of plasticization induced by martensitic transformation, – studies on the effect of rare earth metal additives on the possibility of obtaining metallic glasses in Zr alloys with increased oxygen content, – studies on the effect of casting conditions on the structure and mechanical properties of massive metallic glasses, – determination of the possibility of joining metallic glasses using various welding techniques.

Piec łukowy

Laboratory of microscopy

Laboratory of materials synthesis

Laboratory of mechanical and areological research

Laboratory of heat treatment

Laboratory of welding engineeri

Metallic glass matrix composites using the effect of martensitic transformation induced plasticity (UMO-2021/43/O/ST5/00058)

Effect of casting conditions on the structure and mechanical properties of bulk metallic glasses (2023/07/X/ST11/01153)

Innovative method of prefabricating tubes for use in conventional and supercritical energy applications with the use of additive manufacturing (LIDER14/0272/2023)

Single-crystalline Ni-based superalloys modified with platinum for future aerospace and astronautics - multi-scale computer modeling, analysis of microstructure, stability and creep resistance (UMO-2023/51/D/ST11/00945)

Influence of high frequency direct induction preheat temperature on decrease in susceptibility to liquation cracking and microstructural changes in high volume gamma prime nickel based superalloy (UMO-2017/25/N/ST8/02368)

Development of the manufacturing and deposition technology of metal-ceramic nanocomposite coatings for the structural reconstruction of heat-resistant nickel-based superalloys (LIDER13/0036/2022)

University of Miskolc

Open Univesity

Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Warsaw University of Technology

Gdansk University of Technology

Silesian University of Technology

Cracow University of Technology

Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences

Institute of Materials Research

Łukasiewicz Research Network – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology

Łukasiewicz Research Network – Krakow Institute of Technology