SummarySelective laser technology is an additive technology that can allow for the manufacture of cellular structures using different types of metallic powder with complex applications in industries such as aerospace, automotive and medical implant industries. This paper presents the effect of climate and mechanical stresses on some honeycomb cellular cores, used in sandwich structures made of 316L stainless steel powder by applying the selective laser melting technology. The honeycomb cellular cores have undergone the microhardness testing and the resulting variation obtained from the analyzed samples was 225 ± 15 HV 0.3 . The compressive strength and the modulus of elasticity of the cellular structures were determined for flatwise and edgewise compressive stresses. Also, the cellular structures were subjected to accelerated corrosion tests in order to determine their mean life in application use conditions similar to those near seas and oceans. Also, a microstructural evaluation of salt deposits was carried out on the cellular structures subjected to accelerated corrosion tests using a salt spray test chamber.
Using the reliability accelerated tests in the early stage of solar cells life cycle, by using an high level of stress, in order to highlight the one or more degradation factors, on which could be quickly acquired a series of the experimental data, leads to point out the design errors of solar cells and to predictive assessment of reliability indicators. Environmental factors influence the lifetime of a solar cell. The action of each factors determines its aging and finally its degradation as the result of the combined action of sunlight, emissions, climate change, temperature and humidity, the action of dust, the saturated air from the proximity of oceans and seas, whose actions a solar cell undergoes during normal operation. In this paper has been analysed 10 polycrystalline solar cells subjected to accelerated corrosion tests. It has been also carried out two analyses, the first a quantitative analysis by determining the values of reliability indicators and the second one was a qualitative analysis of the degradation of polycrystalline solar cells using the optical microscope.
In this study, lightweight sandwich structures with honeycomb cores are proposed and their mechanical properties are investigated through experiments and FEA (finite element analysis) simulation. Sandwich structures were fabricated out of Inconel 718 using selective laser melting technique with two different topologies—sandwich structures with perforated skin (SSPS) and sandwich structures with perforated core (SSPC). In addition, the effect of the homogenization heat treatment on the mechanical properties of the sandwich samples subjected to compression and microhardness tests was analyzed. Results showed significant increases of mechanical performance before and after homogenization heat treatment of the Inconel 718 samples. Microstructure analysis was performed to compare the microstructures before and after homogenization heat treatment for Inconel 718 alloys manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM). The accuracy of experimental data were evaluated by modeling of sandwich samples in Ansys software at the end of this study.
The Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology uses metal powders as building material which is melted and welded together using a high-power laser in order to obtain quick configuration of complex parts, most often for testing them. Another advantage of this method is the fact that allows obtaining any 3D geometry of the parts, even parts that cannot be processed through conventional manufacturing procedures. In this work were performed a number of tests for accelerated corrosion of AlSi10Mg alloy specimens in order to determine their mean life in the conditions of their use in a high salinity environment. For specimens, optical analysis was used the SEM microscope which has the advantage of obtaining an enlarged image of the investigated objects without processing. Following these analyses, it has been determined the mass loss of specimens due to corrosion.
The scope of this paper is focuses on the study of the behaviour and of the mean life of materials (solar mirrors from parabolic - trough collectors) from the field of renewable energies, using accelerated degradation/reliability testing. This paper is focused on influence of environmental factors (temperature, humidity, UV and salt spray) at mean life of solar mirrors from parabolic - trough collectors under accelerated testing conditions. In today’s highly competitive environment, companies are pressured to shorten their development cycles, reduce development costs and produce highly reliable products. Accelerated reliability/durability tests are a very powerful tool in achieving these goals, providing the means to observe failures more rapidly under higher-stress operating conditions while accurately predicting reliability under normal operating conditions.
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