COST 507 - Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto

Aluminium-based systems
Titanium-based systems
1
2
3
4
Al-Mg-Mn-Fe-Si
Al-Si-Cu-Mg
Al-Zn-Cu-Mg
Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr
5
6
Ti-Al-metal
Ti-Al-non metal
The prime purpose of Round II was to move to multi-component systems of the real
industrial world, as required by European industry and commerce.
In addition to the continuation of the four Coordination Groups established during
Round I to manage the Action:
Group A Experimental phase diagram
and thermodynamic investigations
Peter Rogl
Group B Phase diagram assessments Günter Effenberg
Group C Thermodynamic database Philip Spencer
Group D Thermophysical properties Greg Haidemenopoulos
System Managers "volunteered" to manage, in conjunction with the Coordinators the
division and timing of the workload, according to the matrix shown in Table 1.
The strategy was to:
1 Compile and critically assess constitutional data prior to calculation;
2 Generate missing data by experiments;
3 Critically assess and optimise thermodynamic data;
4 Generate and compile thermo-physical data.
Meetings
A considerable number of formally structured meetings, progress meetings, working
groups and quite informal get-togethers have taken place over the years. Some of the
more important are given in the Appendix. Please note that this Appendix is not meant
to suggest that COST 507 has been governed by bureaucracy. Quite the opposite. All
meetings, including those of the Management Committee, consisted of people doing
real work for the overall project.
It is very nice to report that during the entire course of the Action, all Management
Committee meeting decisions were unanimous, which for a group involving
representatives from some 14 European countries, is an indication of the calibre of
those involved, and the measure of success.
Of note for future COST Actions, the mechanism of "Working Group" meetings, and
"Short Term Scientific Missions", supported by DG XII, whereby relatively large
groups of scientists or a few individuals respectively, could meet for short periods to
work and exchange ideas, was particularly profitable.
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