Strength and pore morphology of porous aluminum and porous copper with directional pores deformed by equal channel angular extrusion

Porous aluminum with a porosity of 17.6% and porous copper with a porosity of 39.7% (the pores of both aluminum and copper were cylindrical and oriented in one direction) were deformed by equal channel angular extrusion using a 150° die with sequential 180° rotations (route C), and the mechanical strength and pore morphology after the extrusions were investigated. In the case of porous aluminum with low porosity, the pores were collapsed by the extrusions that were both parallel and perpendicular to the orientation direction of the pores. In contrast, the porosity of porous copper decreased slightly after extrusions that were parallel to the orientation direction of the pores, and the pores thus remained even after four extrusions. The yield strength after the second extrusion was 7.3 times greater than it was before the extrusion, even though there was a decrease in porosity of only 8%. On the other hand, almost all the pores of the porous copper collapsed after the fourth extrusion, when the extrusion direction was perpendicular to the orientation direction of the pores. Thus, the yield stress cannot be enhanced without being accompanied by progressive densification.     

Fabrication of Lotus‐type Porous Metals and their Physical Properties

Lotus‐type porous metals whose long cylindrical pores are aligned in one direction were fabricated by unidirectional solidification in a pressurized gas atmosphere. The pores are formed as a result of precipitation of supersaturated gas when liquid metal is solidified. The lotus‐type porous metals with homogeneous size and porosity of the evolved pores produced by a mould casting technique are limited to the metals with high thermal conductivity. On the other hand, the pores with inhomogeneous pore size and porosity are evolved for metals and alloys with low thermal conductivity such as stainless steel. In order to obtain uniform pore size and porosity, a new “continuous zone melting technique” was developed to fabricate long rod‐ and plate‐shape porous metals and alloys even with low thermal conductivity. Mechanical properties of tensile and compressive strength of lotus‐type porous metals and alloys are described together with internal friction, elasticity, thermal conductivity and sound absorption characteristics. All the physical properties exhibit significant anisotropy. Lotus‐type porous iron fabricated using a pressurized nitrogen gas instead of hydrogen exhibits superior strength.     

The compressive behaviour of porous copper made by the GASAR process

Recently, porous metals and ceramics have been made by melting the solid in a hydrogen atmosphere and then cooling through the eutectic point; the technique is known as the GASAR process. The size, shape, orientation and volume fraction of the pores can be controlled by the direction and rate of cooling and the pressure of the system. Here we describe the uniaxial compressive behaviour of GASAR copper with cylindrical pores oriented in the direction of loading. The elastic modulus and yield strength of the porous materials increase linearly with increasing relative density. Initial plastic deformation was found to be due to plastic yielding of the solid rather than buckling of the cells walls. The characteristic densification strain decreased linearly with increasing relative density.     

Ti-C含量对多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料孔型结构和力学性能的影响

以尿素为造孔剂,利用自蔓延高温合成技术制备了多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料,主要考察了Ti-C含量（质量分数为15wt%~35wt%）对多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料孔型结构和压缩性能的影响。当Ti-C含量不高于25wt%时,多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料由毫米孔和孔壁微孔组成规则的复合孔型结构。相互连通的毫米孔产生于尿素颗粒的挥发和液相迁移;微孔尺寸为10~50 μm,产生于Fe-Al-Ti-C粉末的自蔓延过程,孔径随Ti-C含量的增加而增大。通过调整尿素的体积分数,多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料的孔隙率可控制在56.64%~85.35%。当Ti-C含量不高于25wt%时,多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料的抗压强度随Ti-C含量的增加而增大。当Ti-C含量高于25wt%时,多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料壁面微孔形状很不规则,且抗压强度下降。孔隙率约为64.3%时,多孔Fe-Al金属间化合物和TiC/FeAl复合材料（Ti-C含量为25wt%）的抗压强度分别为20.03 MPa和66.68 MPa,对应的应变值分别为4.77%和8.21%。另外,多孔TiC/FeAl复合材料的压缩性能可用Gibson-Ashby模型来解释。     

Fabrication of lotus-type porous carbon steel via continuous zone melting and its mechanical properties

Lotus-type porous carbon steel (lotus carbon steel) AISI1018 rods with long cylindrical pores aligned in one direction were fabricated using the continuous zone melting technique under nitrogen gas pressure of 2.5 MPa. The porosity decreased with increasing transference velocities of 40–160 μm s⁻¹. Tensile tests of the fabricated lotus-type carbon steel rods were performed. The elongation of lotus carbon steel increased after normalizing at 1200 K. The tensile strength and the Young's modulus decreased with increasing porosity. In contrast, the yield strength of lotus carbon steel did not decrease, even with a porosity of 20%, compared with that of non-porous carbon steel. This superior characteristic is attributed to solid-solution strengthening by solute nitrogen.     

Yield behavior of porous nuclear fuel (UO2)

Uranium dioxide (UO₂) is one of the most common nuclear fuels. During burn-up, the fuel undergoes substantial microstructural changes including the formation of pressurized pores, thus becoming a porous material. These pores reduce the elastic modulus and alter the yield behavior of the material. In this work, a finite-element-based homogenization technique has been used to map the yield surface of UO₂ with pressurized pores. Two scenarios are considered; in the first, the fuel matrix is a ductile material with a Von-mises type behavior, while in the second, the matrix is quasi brittle, which is simulated using the concrete damaged plasticity (CDP) model available in ABAQUS. For both of the scenarios, it is found that the yield strength decreases with an increase in porosity for a given internal pore pressure. For a given porosity, the yield surface shifts towards the negative hydrostatic axis in the Haigh-Westergard stress space with an increase in pore pressure. When the matrix is quasi brittle, the decrease in tensile hydrostatic strength is less than the increase in compressive hydrostatic strength, whereas in the case of a ductile matrix, the changes in the hydrostatic strengths are same. Furthermore, the shape of the yield surface changes from one deviatoric plane to another in both scenarios. Analytical equations, which are functions of pore pressure and porosity, are developed to describe the yield surface of porous UO₂ while accounting for the changes in shape of the yield surface from one deviatoric plane to another. These yield functions can be used to predict the failure of porous UO₂ fuel.     

Highly porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds with elongated pores using stretched polymeric sponges as novel template

This study reports a simple way of improving the compressive strength of highly porous hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds by adopting elongated polymeric sponges as a novel template. In this method, as-received polymeric sponges with isotropic pores were stretched uniaxially to 50% elongation at 200 °C for 2 h, and then coated with a HA slurry. The HA-coated sponges were heat-treated at 800 °C for 3 h to remove the polymeric sponges and at 1250 °C for 3 h to sinter the HA walls. The fabricated samples showed a highly anisotropic pore structure with elongated pores parallel to the direction of the elongation of the polymeric sponge. This simple method allowed a highly porous scaffold to have a high compressive strength of 3.8 ± 0.1 MPa at a porosity of 76% when tested parallel to the direction of pore elongation.     

多孔青铜过滤片的制备工艺及结构特性探究

开发一种工艺简单、重复性好、孔形孔径易控制、制取成本低的铜基多孔材料制备工艺是当前的研究热点之一.本文以青铜粉为原料,K_2CO_3为造孔剂,采用烧结溶解法制备多孔青铜过滤片,研究了造孔剂、烧结温度对样品孔隙率的影响,分析了烧结温度、压制压力对样品最大孔径和透气系数的影响,以及孔隙率与抗压强度的关系.研究结果表明:当造孔剂体积分数为20%~40%时,所制备样品的孔隙率为22.8%~44.4%,开孔孔隙率为18.5%~37.2%;随着烧结温度的升高,样品孔隙率和透气系数下降;随着压制压力增加,最大孔径和透气系数均减小;随着样品孔隙率增大,抗压强度减小.当选择造孔剂体积分数30%、压制压力150 MPa、烧结温度800℃的工艺参数下,制备出孔隙率32.2%、最大孔径4.6μm、透气系数9.27 m~3/(h·k Pa·m~2)、压缩强度27.9 MPa的多孔青铜过滤片.     

叔丁醇基凝胶注模工艺制备轻质、高强莫来石多孔陶瓷

以叔丁醇为成型溶剂, 莫来石粉为起始原料, 采用凝胶注模成型方法制备出轻质、高强莫来石多孔陶瓷. 莫来石多孔陶瓷中的孔隙形成于干燥过程中叔丁醇的快速挥发, 孔隙分布均匀且相互连通. 随烧结温度升高, 气孔率、开气孔率和比表面积分别由77.8%、76.0%和10.39m²/g下降到67.6%、65.5%和4.26m²/g, 而抗压强度则由3.29MPa显著提高到32.36MPa, 材料孔径大小受烧结温度影响较小, 孔径尺寸呈单峰分布, 且几乎所有的气孔都为开口气孔, 透气度与孔径尺寸具有一致的变化关系. 莫来石多孔陶瓷在高气孔率条件下仍然保持高强度的主要原因是材料中均匀的孔隙结构、孔径尺寸小且相对集中、以及因烧结颈的形成在空间上所表现出的一种颗粒搭接骨架结构.     

Ni含量对多孔Cu-Ni合金孔隙率的影响

为研究Ni含量对孔隙率的影响,在氢气高压气氛中利用连铸法制备了藕状多孔Cu-Ni合金,分析了氢溶解度和糊状区宽度.结果表明:随着Ni含量的增加,合金凝固时的糊状区宽度不断增大,而孔隙率减小;糊状区宽度的不断增大,一方面造成气孔在长大时吸收液相中溶质氢原子越来越少,另一方面造成溶质氢原子进入到气孔的通道越来越曲折.气孔长大时吸收溶质氢原子的差别是孔隙率变化的主要原因.     

复合明胶涂层对钙磷陶瓷多孔支架的增强作用

采用有机泡沫浸渍工艺制备了高孔隙率的钙磷多孔陶瓷支架, 将多孔陶瓷样品浸于明胶溶液中渗涂得到陶瓷/明胶复合支架; 采用复合明胶涂层的方法对钙磷多孔陶瓷支架进行增强处理, 在不破坏多孔支架孔隙特征的情况下, 成功地在样品的孔壁上复合了明胶涂层。复合明胶涂层提高了样品的压缩强度和压缩模量, 与未涂覆样品相比, 涂敷样品受压时的应变特性发生了明显变化。尤其是渗涂5%明胶溶液的多孔样品, 在保持高孔隙率(82.8%)的条件下其压缩强度和压缩模量分别由原来的1.04MPa 和 0.105GPa增加到5.17MPa和0.325GPa。研究结果表明, 孔壁上复合明胶涂层可以有效地增强多孔陶瓷支架。      

碳酸钙对磷渣-煤矸石烧结多孔微晶玻璃结构和性能的影响

多孔微晶玻璃具有导热系数低、力学性能好、抗腐蚀性强等优点,是一种隔热、吸声的轻质功能材料。为拓展多孔微晶玻璃的制备原料范围,同时大宗量、高附加值利用工业废渣-磷渣和煤矸石。本文以磷渣和煤矸石为原料,采用烧结法制备多孔微晶玻璃。利用X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜及阿基米德法,对制备的试样进行表征,研究发泡剂碳酸钙掺量对体系析晶、发泡和宏观性能的影响。研究表明,碳酸钙掺量不影响体系析晶相的种类,但体系析晶度随碳酸钙掺量增加先增大后减小;碳酸钙掺量为2%~6%(质量分数)时,增大掺量,利于发泡。体系中气孔孔径增大且趋于均匀,试样孔隙率增大,体积密度降低。但随着掺量进一步增大,体系发泡效果降低。当碳酸钙掺量为4%~8%(质量分数)时,可获得体积密度为0.86~0.92 g/cm³,孔隙率为60.7%~70.3%,抗压强度为7.89~15.11 MPa,性能较优的硅灰石多孔微晶玻璃。本研究以工业废渣为原料,降低了多孔微晶玻璃的制备成本,同时为工业废渣利用提供一种途径借鉴,具有深远的资源和环保意义。     

海藻酸钠离子凝胶法制备直通孔氧化铝多孔陶瓷

利用海藻酸钠的离子凝胶过程, 采用溶剂置换结合冷冻干燥的工艺, 成功制备了具有高度有序六方排列的直通孔多孔氧化铝陶瓷, 整个工艺过程及所使用的原料都是环境友好的。研究结果表明, 1500℃烧结2 h样品的孔径尺寸在200 μm左右, 且与固相含量的关系不大, 而孔壁上存在0.3 μm~0.5 μm的小孔。通过控制浆料中氧化铝的固相含量可以对材料的性能进行有效地调控, 研究表明, 随着固相含量从5wt%提高到15wt%, 材料的密度从0.87 g/cm³提高到1.16 g/cm³, 渗透率从2.57×10^-11 m²下降到2.16×10^-11 m², 而抗压强度从(18.9±3.2) MPa提高到(44.2±5.4) MPa, 平行孔道方向的热导率从2.1 W/(m·K)提高到3.1 W/(m·K), 而垂直孔道方向的热导率从1.3 W/(m•K)提高到1.7 W/(m·K), 并且平行孔道方向热导率的增加幅度要明显大于垂直孔道方向。     

Preparation,microstructure and mechanical properties of porous titanium sintered by Ti fibres

Open-cell porous Ti with a porosity ranging from 35 to 84% was successfully manufactured by sintering titanium fibres. The microstructure of the porous titanium was observed by SEM and the compressive mechanical properties were tested. By adjusting the spiral structure of the porous titanium, the pore size can be controlled in a range of 150–600 μm. With the increasing of the porosity, compressive yield strength and modulus decrease as predicated. However, high mechanical properties were still obtained at a medium porosity, e.g. the compressive yield strength and the modulus are as high as 100–200 MPa and 3.5–4.2 GPa, respectively, when the porosity is in the range of 50–70%. It was suggested that the porous titanium be strong enough to resist handing during implantation and in vivo loading. It is expected to be used as biocompatible implant, because their interconnected porous structures permit bone tissues ingrowth and the body fluids transportation.     

Nanostructured bioactive glass coating on porous hydroxyapatite scaffold for strength enhancement

Many attempts have been focused on preparing highly porous scaffolds with appropriate mechanical strength. This paper has developed a new route to enhance the compressive strength of porous HA (hydroxyapatite) scaffold (porosity: ∼ 83%, mean pore size:∼ 800 μm). Briefly this route included nanostructure coating of bioactive glass on struts of porous HA. Coating microstructure consisted of the grains with the range between 91 and 320 nm and micron size pores that could be detected by SEM observation. This simple method improved the compressive strength of highly porous HA from 0.22 to 1.49 MPa. The obtained scaffolds provided good mechanical support while maintaining bioactivity so they could be used as tissue engineering scaffolds for low-load bearing applications.     

一种新型多孔SiC的制备与性能研究

以滤纸和酚醛树脂为原料, 通过模压成型、固化、碳化和渗硅制备出微观结构均匀的多孔碳化硅. 碳化的温度固定时, 多孔碳的气孔率随酚醛树脂用量的增大而减少, 弯曲强度随着酚醛树脂用量的增大而增大. 酚醛树脂/滤纸两种成分的质量比固定时, 气孔率随着碳化温度的升高而减小, 弯曲强度随着碳化温度的升高而增大, 从SEM照片可以看出, 由滤纸纤维的杂乱排列和碳化时不同的收缩率产生了相互连通不规则的孔, 在多孔碳化硅结构中也得以保留. 多孔碳化硅的气孔率随着排硅时间的增加而增大, 强度和韧性随着排硅时间的增加而减小. 在1650℃, 并经过30min排Si, 较大孔隙中的Si就可以排掉, 此时得到的多孔SiC具有较高的强度和韧性.     

Fabrication, properties and application of porous metals with directional pores

This paper reviews the recent development of fabrication methods, various properties of porous metals with directional pores and its applications. This porous metals are fabricated by unidirectional solidification in pressurized gas atmosphere such as hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. The pores are evolved from insoluble gas when the melt metal dissolving the gas is solidified. The nucleation and growth mechanism of the directional pores in metals are discussed in comparison with a model experiment of carbon dioxide pores in ice. Three fabrication techniques, mold casting, continuous zone melting and continuous casting techniques, are introduced. The latter two techniques can control the solidification velocity and the last one possesses a merit for mass production. The porosity and pore size are able to be controlled by solidification velocity and ambient gas pressure, while the pore direction can be controlled by solidification direction. Not only metals and alloys but also intermetallic compounds, semiconductors and ceramics can be produced by this method. Anisotropy in the mechanical and physical properties is resulted from anisotropic pore morphology. The experimental results on the anisotropy in the elastic property and electrical conductivity are consistent with those calculated with an effective-mean-field theory. The anisotropic behaviors of tensile, compressive and fatigue strength are explained in terms of the dependence of stress concentration on the pore orientation. This porous metals exhibit good sound absorption and vibration-damping properties. Several possible applications are in progress for heat sink, golf putter, biomaterials and so on.     

莫来石含量对钙长石/莫来石复相多孔陶瓷组织结构与性能的影响

以CaCO₃、SiO₂、α-Al₂O₃为原料, 采用泡沫注凝法制备了不同莫来石含量的钙长石/莫来石复相多孔陶瓷, 研究了莫来石含量对复相多孔陶瓷的体积密度、气孔率、抗压强度、热导率及微观组织和结构的影响. 结果表明, 莫来石含量对气孔率有很大的影响, 烧结过程中液相出现引起的收缩是气孔率下降的主要原因; 在气孔率相近的情况下, 莫来石含量较高试样的抗压强度和热导率也较高, 致密的孔壁、长柱状的莫来石晶粒使得复相多孔陶瓷的抗压强度提高. 所制备的钙长石/莫来石复相多孔陶瓷的开口气孔率介于60.8%~75.2%, 抗压强度为12.94~36.95 MPa, 热导率为0.30~1.33 W/(m·K).     

Stress–strain curves for steel-fiber reinforced concrete under compression

Steel-fiber reinforced concrete is increasingly being used day by day as a structural material. The complete stress–strain curve of the material in compression is needed for the analysis and design of structures. In this experimental investigation, an attempt has been made to generate the complete stress–strain curve experimentally for steel-fiber reinforced concrete for compressive strength ranging from 30 to 50 MPa. Round crimped fibers with three volume fractions of 0.5%, 0.75% and 1.0% (39, 59, and 78 kg/m³) and for two aspect ratios of 55 and 82 are considered. The effect of fiber addition to concrete on some of the major parameters namely peak stress, strain at peak stress, the toughness of concrete and the nature of the stress–strain curve is studied. A simple analytical model is proposed to generate both the ascending and descending portions of the stress–strain curve. There exists a good correlation between the experimental results and those calculated based on the analytical model. Equations are also proposed to quantify the effect of fiber on compressive strength, strain at peak stress and the toughness of concrete in terms of fiber reinforcing parameter.     

新型可降解钙磷骨水泥多孔支架研究

采用一种特殊的方法制备了孔径、孔隙率和孔形状可控的多孔羟基磷灰石骨水泥支架. 材料的抗压强度可达4MPa, 孔隙率可达70%, 孔与孔之间互相贯通, 大孔壁富含微孔. 细胞在材料表面黏附铺展且增殖良好, 体外模拟实验显示材料的降解速度随孔隙率的增加和Ca/P比的降低而加快, 多孔支架有优良的生物降解性和生物相容性. 该材料可用于修复骨组织缺损和作为支架材料用于组织工程.