Fabrication and Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Foam Sandwich Panel via Liquid Diffusion Welding Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Experimental Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Microstructure
3.2. Peel Strength Test
3.3. Three-Point Bending Fatigue
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Joint | Peel Strength (N·mm/mm) | Average |
---|---|---|---|
1 | adhesive | 25.2 | 27.5 |
2 | adhesive | 28.3 | |
3 | adhesive | 29.0 | |
4 | metallurgical | 147.3 | 140.0 |
5 | metallurgical | 135.1 | |
6 | metallurgical | 137.6 |
Samples | Joint | Max Loading (N) | Life Cycles | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | metallurgical | 5300 | 1438 | 1238 |
2 | metallurgical | 5300 | 1092 | |
3 | metallurgical | 5300 | 1184 | |
4 | metallurgical | 4900 | 8890 | 9639 |
5 | metallurgical | 4900 | 10,435 | |
6 | metallurgical | 4900 | 9592 | |
7 | metallurgical | 4500 | 37,623 | 41,881 |
8 | metallurgical | 4500 | 46,071 | |
9 | metallurgical | 4500 | 41,949 | |
10 | metallurgical | 4000 | 147,892 | 141,186 |
11 | metallurgical | 4000 | 152,377 | |
12 | metallurgical | 4000 | 123,289 | |
13 | metallurgical | 3800 | 325,071 | 296,950 |
14 | metallurgical | 3800 | 289,765 | |
15 | metallurgical | 3800 | 276,014 | |
16 | adhesive | 5300 | 123 | 157 |
17 | adhesive | 5300 | 186 | |
18 | adhesive | 5300 | 162 | |
19 | adhesive | 4300 | 3981 | 3592 |
20 | adhesive | 4300 | 3032 | |
21 | adhesive | 4300 | 3763 | |
22 | adhesive | 3700 | 15,769 | 15,861 |
23 | adhesive | 3700 | 14,291 | |
24 | adhesive | 3700 | 17,523 | |
25 | adhesive | 3500 | 260,817 | 267,345 |
26 | adhesive | 3500 | 291,082 | |
27 | adhesive | 3500 | 250,136 | |
28 | adhesive | 3350 | 883,188 | 958,252 |
29 | adhesive | 3350 | 1,078,321 | |
30 | adhesive | 3350 | 913,247 | |
31 | adhesive | 3150 | 1,213,484 | 1,320,030 |
32 | adhesive | 3150 | 1,456,872 | |
33 | adhesive | 3150 | 1,289,734 |
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Yao, C.; Hu, Z.; Mo, F.; Wang, Y. Fabrication and Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Foam Sandwich Panel via Liquid Diffusion Welding Method. Metals 2019, 9, 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050582
Yao C, Hu Z, Mo F, Wang Y. Fabrication and Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Foam Sandwich Panel via Liquid Diffusion Welding Method. Metals. 2019; 9(5):582. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050582
Chicago/Turabian StyleYao, Cheng, Zhengfei Hu, Fan Mo, and Yu Wang. 2019. "Fabrication and Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Foam Sandwich Panel via Liquid Diffusion Welding Method" Metals 9, no. 5: 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9050582