Joining of Aluminium Alloy Sheets to Aluminium Alloy Foam Using Metal Glasses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Al-Alloy Sheet/Al-Alloy Foam Joint Microstructure Analysis
3.2. Microhardness Analysis
3.3. Mechanical Characterisation
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Joint | Joining Parameters | Joining Material | Specimen Dimensions, (mm) | Span Length, (mm) | Approx. Service Temperature, (°C) | Bending Load at Failure, (N) | Reference |
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Al-6016/Al-alloy foam | 10 min at 560 °C | Al-Cu-Mg amorphous alloy | 1 l = 60 | 47 | 520 | 341 ± 30 | Current work |
2 b = 20 | |||||||
3 c = 9 | |||||||
4 t = 1.2 | |||||||
Al-6016/Al-alloy foam | 10 min at 590 °C | Al-Si-Mg-Ti amorphous alloy | l = 60 | 47 | 520 | 284 ± 20 | Current work |
b = 20 | |||||||
c = 9 | |||||||
t = 1.2 | |||||||
Al-6016/Al-alloy foam | 1 min at 420 °C | Pure Zn foils | l = 60 | 47 | 380 | 785 ± 50 | [15] |
b = 20 | |||||||
c = 9 | |||||||
t = 1.2 | |||||||
Al-6016/Al-alloy foam | 5 min at 430 °C | Zn-2Al alloy strips | l = 60 | 47 | 380 | 904 ± 60 | [15] |
b = 20 | |||||||
c = 9 | |||||||
t = 1.2 | |||||||
Al 1100-0/Al-alloy foam | Room temperature | Epoxy | l = 150 | 50 | 25 | 310 | [34] |
b = 35 | |||||||
c = 12 | |||||||
t = 0.34 | |||||||
Al 3104-H19/Al-alloy foam | Room temperature | Epoxy | l = 150 | 50 | 25 | 400 | [34] |
b = 35 | |||||||
c = 12 | |||||||
t = 0.34 | |||||||
Al-5056/Al-alloy foam | 10min at 420 °C (Without vibration) | Zn6.2Al4.3Cu1.2Mg0.8Mn0.5Ag alloy | l = 60 | 40 | 380 | 1000 | [36] |
b = 15 | |||||||
c = 15 | |||||||
t = 1.2 |
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Bangash, M.K.; Ubertalli, G.; Di Saverio, D.; Ferraris, M.; Jitai, N. Joining of Aluminium Alloy Sheets to Aluminium Alloy Foam Using Metal Glasses. Metals 2018, 8, 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080614
Bangash MK, Ubertalli G, Di Saverio D, Ferraris M, Jitai N. Joining of Aluminium Alloy Sheets to Aluminium Alloy Foam Using Metal Glasses. Metals. 2018; 8(8):614. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080614
Chicago/Turabian StyleBangash, Muhammad Kashif, Graziano Ubertalli, Davide Di Saverio, Monica Ferraris, and Niu Jitai. 2018. "Joining of Aluminium Alloy Sheets to Aluminium Alloy Foam Using Metal Glasses" Metals 8, no. 8: 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080614