Synthesis of syntactic steel foam using mechanical pressure infiltration

Castro, G.; Nutt, Steven

doi:10.1016/j.msea.2011.12.084

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“…MMSFs were developed for lightweight structures, requiring high strength and energy absorbing capacity [1]. The matrix material is usually an aluminium alloy (light and low cost), but nowadays high strength iron based matrices are also investigated [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. As filler material, commercially available mixed-oxide ceramic [12][13][14][15], metallic [12] or SiC [16,17] hollow spheres are frequently applied, however Taherishargh et al have been made efforts for the application of low cost perlite filler as well [18][19][20].…”

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“…In the case of mechanical pressure infiltration the basic mechanical properties of a ferritic and a pearlitic steel MMSF were studied under compression loading. The pearlitic foam had greater compression strength and energy absorption capacity than the ferritic [5]. The research group of Rabiei studied composite metal foams (CMFs) produced by gravity casting technique.…”

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Compressive behaviour of aluminium matrix syntactic foams reinforced by iron hollow spheres

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HighlightsLow pressure infiltration is suitable to produce MMSFs with hollow iron spheres.The MMSFs showed plastic yielding and long, slowly ascending plateau region.The matrix and the heat treatment strongly influence the properties of the MMSFs.The full-scale FEM model gives excellent agreement compared to the measured values. Highlights (for review) *Manuscript Click here to view linked References AbstractAluminium alloy syntactic foams reinforced with iron hollow spheres were produced by low pressure, liquid phase inert gas infiltration technique. Four Al alloys (Al99.5, AlSi12, AlMgSi1 and AlCu5) and Globomet grade iron hollow spheres were used as matrix and reinforcing material, respectively. The produced composite blocks were characterised according to the ruling standard for compression of cellular materials in order to ensure full comparability. The compressive test results showed plastic yielding and a long, slowly ascending plateau region that ensures large energy absorption capability. The proper selection of the matrix material and the applied heat treatment allows for a wide range of tailoring of the mechanical properties. For design purposes, the full-scale finite element method (FEM) model of the investigated foams was created and tested on Al99.5 matrix foams. The FEM results showed very good agreement with the measured values (typically within 5% in the characteristic properties and within 10% for the whole compression curve).

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Compressive behaviour of aluminium matrix syntactic foams reinforced by iron hollow spheres

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“…The hollow spheres decreased the density and the foams became stiffer and stronger, than the conventional ones. Castro and Nutt [20,51] investigated the synthesis of steel matrix syntactic foams with Al2O3 hollow spheres. The MMSFs exhibited higher strength and energy absorption capacity than the steel foams reported previously.…”

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Characteristic compressive properties of hybrid metal matrix syntactic foams

Májlinger

Orbulov

2014

Materials Science and Engineering: A

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Hybrid metal matrix syntactic foams (hybrid MMSFs) are particle reinforced composites in which the reinforcement is the combination of more than one grade of hollow spheres. The difference between the spheres can be in their chemical composition, dimension, physical properties etc. In this study AlSi12 matrix hybrid MMSFs with monomodal Globocer (Al2O3 and SiO2 based ceramic) and Globomet (pure Fe) reinforcements were produced by pressure infiltration. The investigation parameters were the ratio of the hollow sphere grades and the aspect ratio of the specimens. Microstructural investigations showed almost perfect infiltration and favourable interface layer, while quasi-static compression tests showed that the composition of the reinforcement and the aspect ratio of the specimens have determinative effect on the characteristic properties (compressive and flow strength, fracture strain, stiffness and absorbed energy). This nature of the MMSFs ensures the possibility to tailor their properties in order to optimise them for a given application.

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“…In most cases the matrix material is aluminium alloy, but steel [1][2][3][4][5], magnesium [6] and titanium [7][8][9] matrices have also been investigated. The most common filler materials are the ceramic [10][11][12][13][14][15] or metallic [10] hollow spheres but in order to reduce the costs of the MMSFs perlite [16][17][18] or pumice [19] are used as well.…”

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