USTB also puts a premium on the importance of material service safety assessment,seeking to improve the service safety of structural materials,and establish related standards and specifications for material service.
“We have developed large physical testing facilities and multi-scale simulation systems under the support of Materials Service Safety Assessment Facilities(MSAF),a major national science and technology infrastructure project supported by the National Development and Reform Commission.Relying on these facilities,we have established the National Center for Materials Service Safety (NCMS),"says ZHANG Weidong,NCMS'Chief Director and Vice President of USTB.
"We aim to unveil the damage mechanism of key materials and components, and improve their reliability under their real service conditions, providing technical support to various industrial sectors such as nuclear power, petroleum, marine engineering and transport engineering,”ZHANG notes.
According to ZHANG, NCMS has carried out a series of major assessments in recent years. One of the highlights was providing materials service safety assessment for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. NCMS conducted reliability evaluation, selected key components for the hydrogen fuel supply system for the main torch under low temperature environment,and performed fatigue tests on the steel cable net structure of the National Speed Skating Oval to assess the life span of this landmark stadium.
State Key Laboratory For Advanced Metals And Materials
Established in 1990, the laboratory is committed to discovering advanced materials and upgrading traditional materials. To push the limits of metallic materials research and meet national development needs, five principal research directions have been formed: Frontier metallic materials, Novel functional materials, Advanced steels, Advanced materials processing, and Materials genome engineering. Over the last decade, it has made insightful contributions in design principles,preparation and application of advanced materials. The lab will actively refine its research priorities to transform materials processing and raise its global profile.
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center For Materials GenomeEngineering
Launched with the support from Beijing Municipal Government in October 2017, the center strives to inspire the growth of emerging industries and high-end manufacturing with innovative solutions of materials genome engineering.It intends to develop high-quality materials that can be applied at a lower cost and higher efficiency by incorporating big data technologies and databases,high-through-put processing and characterization,computation approaches,and performance assessment.The center gathers top-notch talents and carriesout frontier research,with the ultimate goal of transforming into a global leader in materials genome engineering.
