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  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,478 Views
21 Pages

9 August 2021

Laser-based Directed Energy Deposition (DED-LB) represents a production method of growing importance for cladding and additive manufacturing through the use of metal powders. Yet, most studies utilize substrate materials with thicknesses of multiple...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,065 Views
15 Pages

1 March 2023

In this research, corrugated Mg/Al clad sheet with good interface bonding was prepared with a rolling mill of upper corrugated roll and a lower flat roll under the conditions of 35% reduction and 400 °C. The mechanical properties of the corrugate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,427 Views
13 Pages

15 August 2024

This paper investigates the tensile properties and microstructures of Cu/Al clad sheets with an SUS304 interlayer after cryorolling and subsequent annealing and compares them with hot-rolled samples. The experimental results show that the inhibition...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,202 Views
12 Pages

Laser Cladding of Ultra-Thin Nickel-Based Superalloy Sheets

  • Tobias Gabriel,
  • Daniel Rommel,
  • Florian Scherm,
  • Marek Gorywoda and
  • Uwe Glatzel

10 March 2017

Laser cladding is a well-established process to apply coatings on metals. However, on substrates considerably thinner than 1 mm it is only rarely described in the literature. In this work 200 µm thin sheets of nickel-based superalloy 718 are coated w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,962 Views
17 Pages

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 4343/3003/6111/3003 Four-Layer Al Clad Sheets Subjected to Different Conditions

  • Minglong Kang,
  • Li Zhou,
  • Yunlai Deng,
  • Yajun Luo,
  • Maoqing He,
  • Na Zhang,
  • Zhonghua Huang and
  • Lijun Dong

30 April 2022

To meet the lightweight demands of automobiles, Al composite sheets require excellent mechanical properties under the condition of minimal thickness after high-temperature brazing processing. Generally, the standard used Al brazing sheets have a low...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,219 Views
12 Pages

13 March 2022

To explore the influence of annealing temperatures on the interfacial structure and peeling strength of Cu/Al clad sheets with a 304 stainless steel foil interlayer, an intermediate annealing treatment was performed at temperatures of 450 °C, 550...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,348 Views
17 Pages

16 August 2018

The copper/aluminum (Cu/Al) clad sheets were produced on a horizontal twin-roll caster and then were multi-pass rolled and annealed. The thickness of the as-cast clad sheet was 8 mm. Rolling was performed with total reductions of 12.5%, 25%, 37.5%, 5...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,007 Views
16 Pages

7 April 2023

This article presents the results of an analysis of the bending load characteristics and the springback phenomenon occurring during three-point bending of 1.0 and 2.0 mm thick AW-2024 aluminium alloy sheets with rolled AW-1050A cladding. A new propri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,465 Views
13 Pages

Fabrication of AlZn4SiPb/Steel Clad Sheets by Roll Bonding: Their Microstructure and Mechanical Properties

  • Pengju Wang,
  • Ning Zhong,
  • Liyue Tu,
  • Weiming Hong,
  • Yanming Lv,
  • Yonghong Chen,
  • Jian Sun,
  • Caiyong Luo,
  • Zejun Chen and
  • Qian Tang

9 February 2023

An AlZn4SiPb/steel clad composite was prepared via roll bonding at room temperature. The influence of solution and aging treatment on the structure and performance of the clad composite was investigated. The results show that the Al/steel clad compos...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,213 Views
18 Pages

15 December 2021

Ferritic stainless steels are prone to localized corrosion phenomena such as pitting corrosion or intergranular corrosion, in particular when jointed by fusion welding processes. State-of-the-art techniques to avoid intergranular corrosion mainly con...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,830 Views
8 Pages

6 July 2022

A new multilayer composite sheet consisting of Fe/Mg/Fe was fabricated from galvanized steels and Mg alloy sheets via roll cladding. The clad steel improved the Mg surface hardness from HV 65 to HV 132. Bonding occurred as the reduction ratios increa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,910 Views
11 Pages

14 December 2020

Titanium and titanium alloys have excellent corrosion and heat resistance, but weak electric and thermal conductivity. The weak conductivity of titanium can be overcome by cladding with copper, which has high conductivity. Although titanium is expens...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,249 Views
11 Pages

Intermetallic Phases Identification and Diffusion Simulation in Twin-Roll Cast Al-Fe Clad Sheet

  • Barbora Křivská,
  • Michaela Šlapáková,
  • Jozef Veselý,
  • Martin Kihoulou,
  • Klaudia Fekete,
  • Peter Minárik,
  • Rostislav Králík,
  • Olexandr Grydin,
  • Mykhailo Stolbchenko and
  • Mirko Schaper

16 December 2021

Aluminium steel clad materials have high potential for industrial applications. Their mechanical properties are governed by an intermetallic layer, which forms upon heat treatment at the Al-Fe interface. Transmission electron microscopy was employed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,890 Views
19 Pages

28 October 2019

In this study, continuous multi-pass friction stir welding was used to clad dissimilar AA6061 aluminium (Al) and C2801P copper (Cu) alloy materials. The empirical relationships between three process parameters and two-factor responses of Al–Cu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
12,881 Views
14 Pages

Case Studies on Local Reinforcement of Sheet Metal Components by Laser Additive Manufacturing

  • Markus Bambach,
  • Alexander Sviridov,
  • Andreas Weisheit and
  • Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum

25 March 2017

This paper details two case studies that make use of laser metal deposition for local reinforcement of sheet metal components. Two benchmark scenarios are investigated, both using aluminum alloys: (i) using laser cladding to increase the stiffness of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,368 Views
13 Pages

Study on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Ti/Mg Alloy Clad Plate Produced by Explosive Welding

  • Hui Zhao,
  • Chaochao Zhao,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Yizhuo Wang,
  • Liyuan Sheng,
  • Yixu Li,
  • Miao Huo,
  • Keren Zhang,
  • Liwei Xing and
  • Ge Zhang

25 February 2022

In this paper, the microstructure and properties of a Ti/Mg alloy clad plate manufactured by explosive welding were studied. The bonding interface was inspected by ultrasonic examination (US). The microstructure and the composition of the clad were c...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,434 Views
17 Pages

17 July 2020

A systematic study of explosively welded tantalum and 304 L stainless steel clad with M1E copper interlayer was carried out to characterize the microstructure and mechanical properties of interfacial layers. Microstructures were examined using transm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,674 Views
16 Pages

26 October 2024

This work aimed to figure out the effect of heat input on the characteristics, formation, and elimination of liquid tin bronze-induced intergranular cracks in steel sheets with a thickness of 2 mm. Tin bronze cladding layers were prepared using an ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,228 Views
16 Pages

The Effect of Microstructural Evolution on the Brazeability of Two-Layer Al Sheets

  • Ting Yuan,
  • Mingming Zuo,
  • Zhipeng Yuan,
  • Jingzhen Wang,
  • Zili Liu,
  • Quancheng Zhang and
  • Yiyou Tu

29 September 2022

In this study, the microstructural evolution and the interaction between the clad and the core alloys that occurs during the brazing process of two-layer Al sheets with equiaxed grains were examined. The study was carried out using optical microscopy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,124 Views
10 Pages

Aluminum/Stainless Steel Clad Materials Fabricated via Spark Plasma Sintering

  • Kwangjae Park,
  • Dasom Kim,
  • Kyungju Kim and
  • Hansang Kwon

6 January 2020

Aluminum (Al)/stainless steel (SUS) clad materials were fabricated via the process of spark plasma sintering (SPS) using Al powder/bulk and an SUS sheet. Three Al/SUS clad types were fabricated: powder/bulk (P/B), bulk/bulk (B/B), and bulk/powder/bul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,097 Views
14 Pages

11 November 2022

The strategic issue faced by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Republic of Indonesia (PUPR) is the large housing backlog, especially in the urban areas. Low-income communities earning less than 2 USD/day are found as the most vulnerable to la...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,840 Views
11 Pages

15 August 2019

With the increasing demand for micro parts using metal laminates in modern production, the manufacturing processes of thin sheet parts have been elevated. However, it is difficult to predict the deformation behavior with miniaturization because of si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
170 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Corrugated Flat Rolling Process on the Bonding Interface, Microstructure, and Properties of Mg/Al Clad Plates

  • Lifang Pan,
  • Zhiyuan Zhu,
  • Huanhuan Wang,
  • Yong Chen,
  • Sha Li,
  • Cuirong Liu and
  • Guangming Liu

8 January 2026

In this paper, an AZ31B Mg/Al clad plate with 5052 aluminum alloy as the cladding was successfully prepared by a new composite process of corrugated roll roughing + flat roll finishing. First, finite element simulation software was used to predict an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,511 Views
13 Pages

25 August 2022

This work describes the fabrication of AZ91D/A5052 clad strips by direct cladding from molten metals using a horizontal twin roll caster. Subsequently, the effects of roll speed, pouring sequence, and solidification length on the AZ91D/A5052 clad str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,510 Views
16 Pages

Minimizing the Micro-Edge Damage at Each Constituent Layer of the Clad Composite during AWJM

  • Kashif Ishfaq,
  • Naveed Ahmed,
  • Ateekh Ur Rehman,
  • Amjad Hussain,
  • Usama Umer and
  • Ayoub Al-Zabidi

12 June 2020

The development of layered/clad composites with a blend of desired characteristics has emerged as a valuable substitute for expensive materials. The inherent heterogeneity offers challenges whenever the cutting of cladded plates/sheets is to be done....

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,669 Views
16 Pages

Impact Toughness of Hybrid Carbon Fiber-PLA/ABS Laminar Composite Produced through Fused Filament Fabrication

  • Hafiz Ahmed,
  • Ghulam Hussain,
  • Sohail Gohar,
  • Aaqib Ali and
  • Mohammed Alkahtani

10 September 2021

Nowadays, the components of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites (an important material) are directly produced with 3D printing technology, especially Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). However, such components suffer from poor toughness. The ma...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,522 Views
12 Pages

A Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Based on Cladding Mode Resonance for Label-Free Biosensing

  • Shimeng Chen,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Jiahui Wang,
  • Na Li,
  • Yongxin Song,
  • Haojun Wu and
  • Yun Liu

6 January 2023

A fiber-optic biosensing platform based on ultra-narrowband cladding mode resonances was developed on a high-reflectivity fiber Bragg grating (FBG) for targeting biomolecular detection. The multiple cladding modes with a high sensitivity to the refra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,378 Views
12 Pages

4 December 2024

S355 construction steel, a commonly used mild steel due to its exceptional strength, is prone to environmental degradation, especially pitting corrosion in highly corrosive marine environments. To address this vulnerability, applying a surface layer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
350 Views
19 Pages

Façades account for approximately 15–20% of a building’s embodied carbon, making them a key target for material decarbonization. While bio-composites are increasingly explored for façade insulation, cladding systems remain d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,620 Views
17 Pages

Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Verification of a New Aluminum Al-2%Cu-2%Mn Alloy Hot Cladding by Flat Rolling

  • Alexander Koshmin,
  • Alexander Zinoviev,
  • Stanislav Cherkasov,
  • Abdullah Mahmoud Alhaj Ali,
  • Kirill Tsydenov and
  • Alexander Churyumov

25 July 2024

The roll bonding of an experimental Al-2%Cu-2%Mn alloy with technically pure 1050A aluminum at true deformations of 0.26, 0.33 and 0.40 has been simulated using the QForm 10.3.0 FEM software. The flow stress of the Al-2%Cu-2%Mn alloy has been measure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,531 Views
18 Pages

25 July 2024

As a metal additive manufacturing process, laser cladding (LC) is employed as a novel and beneficial repair technology for damaged steel structures. This study employed LC technology with 316 L stainless steel powder to repair locally corroded steel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,266 Views
13 Pages

Guided Optical Modes in Metal-Cladded Tunable Hyperbolic Metamaterial Slab Waveguides

  • Marcin Kieliszczyk,
  • Bartosz Janaszek,
  • Anna Tyszka-Zawadzka and
  • Paweł Szczepański

6 March 2020

We have theoretically investigated metal-cladded waveguides of tunable hyperbolic metamaterial (THMM) cores, employing graphene sheets as a tunable layer, in terms of guided waves propagation over near- to mid-infrared range, following the effective...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,414 Views
14 Pages

11 September 2020

In stressed-skin design, the cladding stiffening effect on structures is taken into account. However, the “traditional” design is more usual, wherein this effect is neglected. Even if the diaphragm actions are not regarded, in particular...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,523 Views
14 Pages

A Novel Acoustic Sandwich Panel Based on Sheep Wool

  • Daniela-Roxana Tămaş-Gavrea,
  • Tünde-Orsolya Dénes,
  • Raluca Iştoan,
  • Ancuţa Elena Tiuc,
  • Daniela Lucia Manea and
  • Ovidiu Vasile

7 February 2020

The aim of this paper is to propose a novel sandwich panel, which would be suitable for sound absorption and airborne sound insulation, used as applied cladding or independent lightweight partition wall. As far as the authors are concerned, this is t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
11,408 Views
19 Pages

28 January 2015

Residential buildings are now better engineered to manage rainwater following the leaking building problem in New Zealand. The next challenge is to improve the weathertightness of medium-rise buildings which often use joint details widely applied on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,097 Views
15 Pages

Experimental Investigation of Light Steel Framing Walls under Horizontal Loading

  • Dalila M. Lopes,
  • António P. C. Duarte and
  • Nuno Silvestre

11 January 2023

The mechanical behavior of light steel framing (LSF) walls under horizontal (shear) loadings is reported and assessed in this paper. In total, an experimental program with twelve LSF walls (six under monotonic and six under cyclic loading) was conduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,032 Views
17 Pages

28 December 2022

This paper introduces a novel waveguide intended for the spatial transfer of alternating magnetic fields. Instead of ferromagnetic material, an air core was proposed, while the cladding was realized using anisotropic metamaterial, built of the resona...

  • Article
  • Open Access
807 Views
21 Pages

Hot Cladding of Al–Cu–Mn-Based Secondary Alloy Sheets: A Computational–Experimental Investigation

  • Alexander Koshmin,
  • Alexander Zinoviev,
  • Anna Khakimova,
  • Konstantin Lukashevich,
  • Ruslan Barkov and
  • Dmitriy Demin

This study investigates the double-sided hot cladding of an experimental Al–2%Cu–1.5%Mn–1%Zn–0.7%Mg–0.4%Fe–0.4%Si alloy with commercially pure aluminum A1050 under combined hot deformation. Finite element modeling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,684 Views
26 Pages

3 May 2021

The article discusses test results concerning an innovative surface layer obtained using the cladding with powder plasma transferred arc welding (PPTAW) method. The above-named layer, being a metal matrix composite (MCM), is characterised by high abr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,923 Views
20 Pages

Analysis of Cold Composite Sheet Rolling Considering Anisotropic Effect and Position-Dependent Friction Model

  • Jiageng Liu,
  • Jiang Wu,
  • Qian Liu,
  • Shuai Ji,
  • Xinlu Zheng,
  • Feng Wang and
  • Jiang Wang

28 January 2023

The large difference in mechanical properties and plastic deformation ability of each layer will have a great impact on the overall performance of a composite sheet prepared by cold-roll bonding. The effect of rolling and material variables on the st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,007 Views
20 Pages

Functionalized Bisphenol A-Based Polymer for High-Performance Structural Supercapacitor Composites

  • Jayani Anurangi,
  • Janitha Jeewantha,
  • Hazem Shebl,
  • Madhubhashitha Herath and
  • Jayantha Epaarachchi

31 August 2025

Over the last few decades, polymer composites have been rapidly making inroads in critical applications of electrical storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors. Structural supercapacitor composites (SSCs) have emerged as multifunctional m...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,703 Views
9 Pages

In Situ Formation of Ti47Cu38Zr7.5Fe2.5Sn2Si1Nb2 Amorphous Coating by Laser Surface Remelting

  • Peizhen Li,
  • Lingtao Meng,
  • Shenghai Wang,
  • Kunlun Wang,
  • Qingxuan Sui,
  • Lingyu Liu,
  • Yuying Zhang,
  • Xiaotian Yin,
  • Qingxia Zhang and
  • Li Wang

7 November 2019

In previous studies, Ti-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) free from Ni and Be were developed as promising biomaterials. Corresponding amorphous coatings might have low elastic modulus, remarkable wear resistance, good corrosion resistance, and bioco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,103 Views
17 Pages

Quadratic Mathematical Modeling of Sustainable Dry Beneficiation of Kaolin

  • Muhammad Badar Hayat,
  • Muhammad Danishwar,
  • Amna Hamid,
  • Mirza Muhammad Zaid and
  • Muhammad Zaka Emad

18 April 2021

Clay minerals are one of the most utilized minerals among non-metals. These are hydrous aluminum silicates with a layer (sheet-like) structure. Kaolin is a hydrous aluminosilicate mineral with a thin platelet structure. Kaolin is extensively used in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,962 Views
35 Pages

Thermal insulation is a reliable strategy for achieving optimal thermal comfort in built environments and is among the most effective energy-saving measures. Currently, environmentally friendly insulation materials produced from plant and animal fibe...