Ti-6Al-4V compact bulk was fabricated by Spark plasma sintering (SPS) with initial pressure of 1.7 MPa, holding pressure of 50 MPa, heating rate of 100 °C/min, and holding time of 5 min at different sintering temperature. The fracture morphology of the specimen sintered at different temperatures was observed to investigate the sintering mechanism. It can be concluded that there are four stages in the SPS process: activation and rearrangement of particles, connection of particles, growth of sintering neck and bulk deformation. The high-quality bulk compact can be obtained when the above mentioned four sintering stages proceed in turn and are all fully completed. The compact bulk has the best mechanical properties when the sintering temperature was 1050°C. The relative density of the bulk Ti-6Al-4V exceeds 99.5%. The tensile strength and the elongation of Ti-6Al-4V obtained by SPS process are 901 MPa and 13.9%, respectively.
Spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique was employed to fabricate nanocrystalline aluminum (Al) with the organic-coated Al nanopowders as raw material. A low initial pressure of 1 MPa and a high holding pressure of 300 MPa were used in the investigation. The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and the physical properties of the nanocrystalline Al was investigated. The results demonstrated that both the grain size and the thermal diffusivity of the nanocrystalline Al increase with an increase in sintering temperature. However, the resistivity of the nanocrystalline Al deceases with increasing sintering temperature.
At present, vascular stent which is a very important method to cure vascular stenosis is a hot point of study. Metal cover rate and expand level are two important elements of stent designing. In this paper, we use the method of finite element analysis to study how metal cover rate and expand level influences the properties of stent. The result shows that in the expand process, the stent that have a lower metal cover rate and expand level will expand easier, and this conclusion can be used to evaluate the designed stent. At the same time it shows that the finite element analysis is a useful method to design and evaluate the stent.
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