Granta to Offer Data to Japan’s NIMS for Plant Applications
 CAMBRIDGE,
UK, Jan 31, 2012 - Granta Design today announced an agreement with Japan’s National Institute for
Materials Science (NIMS) to provide searchable access to metals property data
from NIMS. This world-leading data-set results from years of continuous testing
of metals including steels (e.g., carbon steels, low alloy steels, high chromium
steels, and austenitic stainless steels) as well as a wide range of alloys
(e.g., Iron-based, Nickel-based, and Cobalt-based alloys). It includes the raw
numerical data from detailed creep measurements and fatigue data, which is
crucial for materials engineers considering safety and long-term reliability in
the energy fields.
NIMS is world-renowned for its expertise on the long-term behavior of
metallic materials. This behavior is critical for power stations and processing
plants, and the data generated by NIMS is important for design, maintenance, and
overhaul.
The results of about fifty years of research data (the original research
body, the National Research Institute for Metals, was established in 1956) have,
until now, only been generally available as published graphs and figures. For
the first time, users will be able to access and use the underlying raw
numerical data. The data will be available through the leading materials
information management system, GRANTA MI, which gives easy web browser-based
access and allows users to search, plot, and export data for use in Computer
Aided Engineering (CAE).
NIMS has already made an independent study of distribution methods that allow
more active use of this valuable data. Under this agreement, NIMS will supply
creep and fatigue characteristics data to Granta, which has a proven record in
the development and sales of materials information systems. Wider access to this
data will enable the engineering community to make an even greater contribution
to the creation of a safe, secure, and sustainable society at the global level.
Granta will be making the NIMS data available as a GRANTA MI data module
later in 2012. Installing GRANTA MI on a corporate network can also provide
fast, integrated, enterprise-wide access to in-house and other reference data,
complementing the NIMS dataset.
Dr. Toshio Ogata, Station Director of the Materials Information Station at
NIMS, commented that he “expects this agreement to provide the opportunity for
use of data that NIMS has accumulated in a wide range of fields, from energy to
transportation equipment and structures.”
"This is great news for anyone who needs materials property data in energy
and processing plant applications,” commented Granta’s Chief Operating Officer,
Dr Patrick Coulter. “We are delighted to be working with NIMS to make this
leading source of materials information more widely available, and to add this
valuable creep and fatigue data to our extensive portfolio of property data on
metals, alloys, and other materials.”
ABOUT GRANTA DESIGN
Granta Design Limited are the materials information technology experts.
Granta develops the leading software for materials information management in
engineering enterprises, and the leading teaching resource for materials
engineering education. Granta serves sectors as diverse as aerospace, defense,
energy, medical devices, automotive, manufacture of consumer and industrial
equipment, materials production, and publishing. Customers realize multi-million
dollar benefits in reduced cost, enhanced product performance, improved quality,
and faster design turnaround. Granta was founded in 1994 as a spinout from the
University of Cambridge and the work of Professors Mike Ashby and David Cebon.
For further information, visit
www.grantadesign.com.
ABOUT NIMS
NIMS is Japan's sole Independent Administrative Institution
(IAI) specializing in materials science. NIMS was created through the merger of
two National Research Institutes, NRIM (National Research Institute of Metals)
and NIRIM (National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials), in April
2001. NIMS is charged with the task of comprehensive management of basic
research and development of materials science and to advance the level of
expertise in the field. To do this, NIMS also reaches out to other research
centers in Japan and around the world. NIMS has its headquarter in Tsukuba,
Ibaraki Prefecture, and has research centers some of which focus on special
research and international activities. NIMS has 1,489 staff in total (as of
Oct.1, 2011. Fixed-term employees included).
Further media information, visit
www.nims.go.jp/eng.
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