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Metals, Volume 6, Issue 2

2016 February - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,562 Views
9 Pages

19 February 2016

One of the crucial steps in the shaft design process is the optimal selection of the material. Two types of shaft steels with improved corrosion resistances, 1.4305 and 1.7225, were investigated experimentally and numerically in this paper in order t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,803 Views
12 Pages

Influence of the Hardfacing Welds Structure on Their Wear Resistance

  • Janette Brezinová,
  • Dagmar Draganovská,
  • Anna Guzanová,
  • Peter Balog and
  • Ján Viňáš

17 February 2016

The contribution presents the research results of hardfacing metals’ resistance in conditions of abrasive wear. Two types of hardfacing electrodes with a different chemical composition were used in the creation of three layers of hardfacing metals. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,411 Views
12 Pages

Formation and Dissolution of γ’ Precipitates in IN792 Superalloy at Elevated Temperatures

  • Pavel Strunz,
  • Martin Petrenec,
  • Jaroslav Polák,
  • Urs Gasser and
  • Gergely Farkas

17 February 2016

Precipitation of γ’ phase in nickel-base superalloy IN792-5A was studied using in-situ Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS). It was found that additional precipitates are formed after reheating above 600 °C when the material is previously fast coole...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,025 Views
7 Pages

17 February 2016

High-temperature corrosion of carbon steel in N2/0.1% H2S mixed gas at 600–800 °C for 50–100 h was studied after hot-dipping in the aluminum molten bath. Hot-dipping resulted in the formation of the Al topcoat and the Al-Fe alloy layer firmly adhered...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,266 Views
11 Pages

17 February 2016

Ag-28.1 wt. % Cu eutectic alloy solidifies in the form of eutectic dendrite at undercooling above 76 K. The remelting and ripening of the original lamellar eutectics result in the formation of the anomalous eutectics in the final microstructure. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,704 Views
11 Pages

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Austempering SUS440 Steel Thin Plates

  • Cheng-Yi Chen,
  • Fei-Yi Hung,
  • Truan-Sheng Lui and
  • Li-Hui Chen

15 February 2016

SUS440 is a high-carbon stainless steel, and its martensite matrix has high heat resistance, high corrosion resistance, and high pressure resistance. It has been widely used in mechanical parts and critical materials. However, the SUS440 martempered...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,100 Views
9 Pages

5 February 2016

In this study, the effects of in situ TiAl3 particles on dry sliding wear behavior of A356 aluminum alloy (added Ti) composites were investigated. The wear samples were prepared by adding different amounts of Ti (4%, 6%, and 8%) into A356 powder allo...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,522 Views
13 Pages

4 February 2016

Single-crystal diffuse scattering (SCDS) reveals detailed structural insights into materials. In particular, it is sensitive to two-body correlations, whereas traditional Bragg peak-based methods are sensitive to single-body correlations. This means...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,339 Views
14 Pages

2 February 2016

This article deals with rheological and solvent extraction behavior of stainless steel 316L feedstocks using Restaurant Waste Fats and Oils (RWFO) from grease traps as binder components along with Polypropylene (PP) copolymer as a backbone binder. Op...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,638 Views
11 Pages

2 February 2016

The high temperature deformation behavior of commercial Al-12Si-3Cu-2Ni-1Mg alloy (DM104™) which was fabricated by casting and subsequent hot extrusion was evaluated by compressive tests over the temperature range of 250–470 °C and strain rate range...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,606 Views
14 Pages

Ti/Al Multi-Layered Sheets: Accumulative Roll Bonding (Part A)

  • Jan Romberg,
  • Jens Freudenberger,
  • Hansjörg Bauder,
  • Georg Plattner,
  • Hans Krug,
  • Frank Holländer,
  • Juliane Scharnweber,
  • Andy Eschke,
  • Uta Kühn and
  • Ludwig Schultz
  • + 4 authors

2 February 2016

Co-deformation of Al and Ti by accumulative roll bonding (ARB) with intermediate heat treatments is utilized to prepare multi-layered Ti/Al sheets. These sheets show a high specific strength due to the activation of various hardening mechanisms impos...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,247 Views
15 Pages

Ti/Al Multi-Layered Sheets: Differential Speed Rolling (Part B)

  • Jan Romberg,
  • Jens Freudenberger,
  • Hiroyuki Watanabe,
  • Juliane Scharnweber,
  • Andy Eschke,
  • Uta Kühn,
  • Hansjörg Klauß,
  • Carl-Georg Oertel,
  • Werner Skrotzki and
  • Ludwig Schultz
  • + 1 author

2 February 2016

Differential speed rolling has been applied to multi-layered Ti/Al composite sheets, obtained from accumulative roll bonding with intermediate heat treatments being applied. In comparison to conventional rolling, differential speed rolling is more ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,793 Views
8 Pages

Effect of Laser Surface Treatment on the Corrosion Behavior of FeCrAl-Coated TZM Alloy

  • Jeong-Min Kim,
  • Tae-Hyung Ha,
  • Joon-Sik Park and
  • Hyun-Gil Kim

29 January 2016

The current study involves the coating of Titanium-Zirconium-Molybdenum (TZM) alloy with FeCrAl through plasma thermal spraying which proved effective in improving the oxidation resistance of the substrate. A post-laser surface melting treatment furt...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,631 Views
14 Pages

Numerical Evaluation of Temperature Field and Residual Stresses in an API 5L X80 Steel Welded Joint Using the Finite Element Method

  • Jailson A. Da Nóbrega,
  • Diego D. S. Diniz,
  • Antonio A. Silva,
  • Theophilo M. Maciel,
  • Victor Hugo C. De Albuquerque and
  • João Manuel R. S. Tavares

25 January 2016

Metallic materials undergo many metallurgical changes when subjected to welding thermal cycles, and these changes have a considerable influence on the thermo-mechanical properties of welded structures. One method for evaluating the welding thermal cy...

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