Microstructure Study of Diffusion Bonding of Centrifuged Structural Steel-Bronze

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

2019

The present work refers to describe the effects of Al2Cu variations on various properties of thick-walled functionally graded (FG) cylindrical shell. Al-25 wt.% Cu hypo-eutectic alloy ingot is melted and centrifugally casted to obtain high entropy FG composite. A series of microstructure examinations such as FESEM and EDX analysis were carried out to determine the distributions of constituent phases and elements. It is revealed that the maximum volume fraction of Al2Cu particle is reached near the inner surface with 35.7 Vol.% and then reduces gradually to 32.5 Vol.% at the outer surface of FG cylindrical shell. The effects of the variations Al2Cu along radial direction of FG tube are discussed through Vickers hardness, wear rate, coefficient of thermal expansion and compressive test measurements. The experimental results show that the wear and hardness are varied in graded manner which the highest wear resistance with wear rate of 9.1×10−5g/mm2 and hardness with 153HV are found towards Al2Cu enriched zone or inner periphery. Moreover, the studied FG cylindrical shell shows drop 2.5% in yield stress and 4.5% in elastic modulus from intermediate to inner layers due to Al2Cu particles clustering in metal matrix.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mechanical Properties of Al 25 wt.% Cu Functionally Graded Material

Mehditabar

Rahimi

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

2019

“…Soflaei and Vahdat (2016) and Vahdat (2016) manufactured a mould made of structural steel coated by thick layer of bronze under centrifugal casting method. The microstructure evaluation of the bonding location and bond’s length determination between these two materials were studied.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Characterization of Al-Al₂Cu functionally graded material produced by using horizontal centrifugal casting

Mehditabar

Rahimi

2018

MMMS

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the characterizations of high energy thick-walled functionally graded (FG) cylinder containing Al-26%Cu fabricated by horizontal centrifugal casting technique. Design/methodology/approach Field emission scanning electron microscopy in conjunction with image analyser software and energy dispersion spectroscopy is applied to measure the variations of constituent phase’s content and elemental ratios along the radial direction, respectively. Distributions of the FG properties are measured through hardness, CTE, E and σy along the radial direction to investigate the mechanical and physical properties corresponding to the variations in microstructure. In addition, the variations of wear rate along the thickness are evaluated through a series of dry sliding wear tests using the pin-on-disk wear machine. Moreover, scanning electron microscopy is employed to characterize the worn-out surfaces and morphology of wear debris in order to clarify the dominant operative wear mechanism. Findings Results showed that Al2Cu content gradually decreases from the inner wall containing 33.3 vol.% to outer wall containing 26.4 vol.% in the FG cylindrical shell. The elastic modulus and yield strength measured through compression tests reveal that these mechanical properties are limited up to certain value of Al2Cu. The obtained optimum value of Al2Cu content for studied Al-Al2Cu FG is almost 31 vol.%. Originality/value The obtained optimum value of Al2Cu content for studied Al-Al2Cu FG was almost 31 vol.%.

“…A method for making a steel-bronze bearing is horizontal centrifugal casting method. In this method, the length of the bond has been reported up to 2.4 micrometers [6,7]. The techniques used in that research is expensive.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strength of the Bond of Structural Steel S235JR to Bronze SAE660 Produced by Casting in Pre-Mold

Zaheri

Archives of Foundry Engineering

2017

Self Cite

Different methods are used for production of bronze bearings. In terms of technical specifications, the success of each of these methods depends on the bond's strength and in terms of economic, the production method is important. In this study, the aim is to study the strength and microstructure of steel-bronze thrust bearing bond that has been produced through the casting using pre-mold. In this study, in order to bond, the raw metals are chemically washed with sulfuric acid solution for five minutes at first. Then, the molten bronze SAE660 is cast in a structural steel S235JR pre-mold. The bond's strength has been measured using the shear test three times; the measurement of bond's length has been done using field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The results indicate that the strength of the bond is at least 94.8 MPa and bond's length is 0.45 micrometers. Therefore, this method was successful for trust bearing application.