Fatigue of an Aluminum Foam Sandwich Formed by Powder Metallurgy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Materials
2.2. Quasi-Static Three-Point Bending Experiment
2.3. Fatigue Test
2.4. Sample Preparation of Microstructure
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Microstructure
3.2. Quasi-Static Test Result
3.3. S-N Curve
3.4. Deflection Curve
3.5. Failure Modes
4. Fatigue Damage
4.1. Fatigue Modulus
4.2. Fatigue Damage Model
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Composition | Range Size (μm) | Purity (%) | Content |
---|---|---|---|
Al | <45 | 99.7 | 85% |
Si | <38 | 99.5 | 6% |
Mg | <75 | 99.9 | 4% |
Cu | <38 | 99.9 | 4% |
TiH2 | <45 | 99.7 | 1% |
S | l | d | |
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Size (mm) | 170 | 100 | 10 |
(%) | 95 | 90 | 80 | 70 |
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nAdhesive method | 48 | 77 | 10,541 | 615,201 |
nPowder metallurgy method | 118 | 148 | 152,730 | 789,508 |
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Liu, S.; Huang, P.; Sun, X.; Zeng, W.; Zhang, J.; Zu, G. Fatigue of an Aluminum Foam Sandwich Formed by Powder Metallurgy. Materials 2023, 16, 1226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16031226
Liu S, Huang P, Sun X, Zeng W, Zhang J, Zu G. Fatigue of an Aluminum Foam Sandwich Formed by Powder Metallurgy. Materials. 2023; 16(3):1226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16031226
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Sitian, Peng Huang, Xi Sun, Wenqi Zeng, Jiatong Zhang, and Guoyin Zu. 2023. "Fatigue of an Aluminum Foam Sandwich Formed by Powder Metallurgy" Materials 16, no. 3: 1226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16031226