COST 507 - Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto

The database has been geared to deal with a broad range of applications, from
conventional wrought and casting alloys for transport, aerospace and packaging,
through to high-tech materials including titanium aluminides for gas turbine blades,
aluminium-lithium based alloys, metal-matrix composites and high-strength low-density
alloys. Environmental applications including recycling have been involved. The project
as a whole has been targeted to provide the requirements of European industry and
commerce in this field, based on discussions with representatives from industry.
Organisation, Management
The organisation and management of the project, commencing at RWTH Aachen, has
centred around the Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Stuttgart, with Prof Dr
multi Günter Petzow (known by his friends as "Petz") as the original Chairman of the
507 Management Committee, together with the National Physical Laboratory,
Teddington and Günter Effenberg, Materials Services International GmbH, with
immense help and support from the COST Secretariat in Brussels. Philip Spencer,
RWTH, has always been a key player, as originator of the Action and Coordinator
Group C (see below), and now, the Final Workshop, after some 10 years, returns in
1997 to Aachen:
RWTH Aachen 1986
COST 507 1986-1997
MPI Stuttgart
NPL Teddington
MSI Stuttgart
COST Secretariat
Brussels
RWTH Aachen 1997
(Vaals)
Round I led to a computerised working database for 63 binary systems, provided by
Himo Ansara, LTPCM Grenoble, our Database Manager [94Ans], together with
constitutional data for some 35 ternary systems.
In order to deal with industrial requirements within existing resource limitations, six
"leading systems" were defined before the commencement of Round II during the
Leuven Workshop 1991 (see Appendix) in collaboration with industry, and the work
load prioritised:
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