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Aluminum Sheets (aluminum + sheet)
Selected AbstractsConstituent Particle Break-Up During Hot Rolling of AA 5182,ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 1-2 2010Nicolas Moulin Aluminum sheet is currently used for body panels on a number of mass-produced vehicles, in particular for closure panels. AA5xxx alloys always contain coarse inter-metallic particles (Alx(Fe,Mn)ySi, Mg2Si) after casting. In the present work inter-metallic particle break-up during hot reversible rolling of AA5182 alloy sheets has been analyzed. The sizes and shapes of inter-metallic particles in as-cast and industrially hot rolled AA5182 alloys sheets were characterized by 3D X-ray tomography observations. The relation between particle break-up and particle morphology was then analyzed statistically and by a micromechanical finite element (FE)-based model. The essential outcomes of the statistical approach may be summarized as follows. The inter-metallic particle population may be described by five morphological parameters. Secondly the comparison of the particle morphology in as cast and industrially rolled sheets leads to the definition of five classes. The evolution of each particle class as function of the rolling strain is provided. The statistical analysis shows which particles break-up. The stresses and strains in inter-metallic particles, embedded in an elasto-viscoplastic aluminum matrix submitted to plane strain compression, were analyzed by an FE model. A new failure criterion was proposed. The essential outcomes of the mechanical approach are as follows: a precise description of stress concentration mechanisms in nonconvex particles, a close description of the parameters controlling particle break-up, and finally a simplified classification of the failure behavior. [source] Tailoring Materials Properties by Accumulative Roll Bonding,ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 8 2010Tina Hausöl Accumulative roll bonding (ARB) as a method of severe plastic deformation (SPD) is an interesting established process to produce ultrafine-grained (UFG) sheet materials with high potential for light weight constructions. The ARB process offers a high flexibility for tailored material design. Al2O3 particles, carbon fibers and titanium foils are used as reinforcement of aluminum sheets introduced during accumulative roll bonding. Furthermore multicomponent materials are produced by cladding of different aluminum alloys. These sandwich-like structures allow to combine desired properties of the materials involved. Post-ARB heat treatment offers another possibility for tailoring materials properties of graded structures as shown by formation of TiAl3 in Al/Ti laminates. The tailored materials are investigated by means of SEM, EDX, nanoindentation experiments and tensile testing. [source] Formability of Accumulative Roll Bonded Aluminum AA1050 and AA6016 Investigated Using Bulge Tests,ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 12 2008I. Topic The paper reports one of the very first attempts to investigate the formability of ultrafine-grained aluminum sheets produced by a severe plastic deformation process known as accumulative roll bonding. During hydraulic bulge testing the samples showed a tendency to higher achievable burst pressures and/or von Mises equivalent strains with increasing number of accumulative roll bonding cycles, indicating promising deformation behaviour and good formability. [source] Development of cryogenic chromatography using thermoelectric modules for the separation of methyltin compoundsJOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE, JSS, Issue 6-7 2003Liu Jiemin Abstract A nonliquid cryogenic gas chromatograph using thermoelectric modules for the cryogenic separation of low boiling-point compounds was developed. The new system included four thermoelectric modules, a U shape heat exchanger, a cold block, a temperature controller, and three aluminum sheets. The minimum operating temperature of the assembly was ,10°C. This thermoelectric system was used to directly cool the capillary column, without any need for a traditional cryogen and had a small volume. The system was cost-effective and convenient to operate. It was successfully applied to the separation of methyltin species. [source] Adhesion of thermoplastic elastomer on surface treated aluminum by injection moldingPOLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 8 2007P.A. Fabrin Hybrid composites were prepared using insert injection molding without preheating. Thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) was overmolded on etched aluminum sheets having porous surface to provide large contact area between insert and TPE. The resulting bond strength was studied using a 180° peel test. The effect of aluminum microstructure and various processing steps of the surface treatment procedures on adhesion were studied. Maximum peel strength obtained was 9.33 N/cm using P2 treatment with alkaline-acid pretreatment. Lowest peel strength of 1.68 N/cm was achieved by alkaline,acid treatment. Increasing insert thickness lowers the peel strength since large heat capacity of thicker insert cools the melt and limits penetration of the melt to insert microcavities. At certain insert thickness microcavities are impregnated by the melt and no additional effect can be obtained by decreasing the insert thickness. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:1187,1191, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers [source] | ||||||||||