A new cladding technology to bond aluminium on magnesium

ABSTRACT

An in situ hot press bonding technology has been developed to clad aluminium on magnesium. Followed by regular hot rolling, magnesium sheets, covered by ductile and corrosion-resistant aluminium without detectable oxides in the interface, are produced. The new technology requires no welding, vacuum, protective atmosphere or barrier layer, and it makes good interfacial strength and rollability. Aluminium–magnesium intermetallic phases are formed along the clad–core interface at elevated temperatures. They are not detrimental under compression but may cause clad-core delamination in tensile strain. However, the tensile failure is more dependent on the formability of magnesium core than on the strength of interface.     

Fe/Si比对稀土处理工业纯铝组织性能的影响

通过添加Si改变稀土处理工业纯铝的Fe/Si比,采用金相显微镜、扫描电镜、电子探针、室温拉伸试验和电导率测试研究了Fe/Si比对稀土处理工业纯铝显微组织、屈服强度以及导电率的影响。结果表明: 随着Fe/Si比增大,铸态合金的屈服强度总体呈下降趋势,导电率逐渐上升; 当Fe/Si比不大于1.00时,晶粒尺寸较小,合金强度较高,导电率较低; 当Fe/Si比大于1.00时,晶粒粗大,合金强度降低,导电率提高; Fe元素主要在晶界和晶内第二相中聚集分布,Si元素呈点状均匀分布,稀土元素容易在第二相上聚集。根据Fe/Si比-强度-导电率性能曲线,可通过添加Si改变工业纯铝的Fe/Si比,实现铝材屈服强度、导电率的良好匹配。     

超细晶工业纯钛的变形、应变速率敏感性和激活体积

在温度为250~450 ℃、应变速率为1×10-4-1 s-1的条件下，对超细晶工业纯钛进行变速率压缩实验，计算超细晶工业纯钛的应变速率敏感性因子和激活体积，并研究超细晶工业纯钛的变形行为。研究结果表明：超细晶工业纯钛在稳态变形阶段存在流变软化效应，这是受变形过程中大角度晶界和位错活动所控制的。超细晶工业纯钛的应变速率敏感性因子和激活体积在数值上都相对较低，应变速率敏感性随着变形温度的升高而增加，但激活体积独立于变形温度。应变速率敏感性和激活体积的数值表明晶粒内部位错之间的交互作用几乎不发生，而位错与晶界之间的交互作用显著影响超细晶工业纯钛的塑性变形。     

One‐pot synthesis of self‐stabilized and carboxyl‐functionalized fluorescent poly(methyl methacrylate) microspheres covalently dyed with tris(8‐hydroquinolinato)aluminium by dispersion polymerization

The dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) with fluorescent monomer tris[2‐((8‐hydroxyquinolin‐5‐yl)methoxy)ethyl methacrylate]aluminium (Al‐HQHEMA) was investigated to obtain fluorescent microspheres under varying conditions (such as composition of dispersion medium, and content of stabilizer polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and Al‐HQHEMA) in methanol–water at 70 °C with 2,2′‐azoisobutyronitrile as the initiator. Fluorescent microspheres with particle size of 2.039 µm and uniformity of 0.171 were obtained under the following conditions: methanol–water, 7:3 (v/v); PVP, 15 wt% of MMA; Al‐HQHEMA solution, 1.5 mL. Maleic monoester of monomethoxyl poly(ethylene glycol) (Mal‐MPEG) was used as a comonomer to simultaneously incorporate carboxyl groups and PEG chains. With Mal‐MPEG, no aggregation was observed in the measurements of particle size and size distribution for the obtained microspheres after cleaning off PVP, indicating that self‐stabilized fluorescent microspheres were obtained. While without Mal‐MPEG, obvious aggregation was observed. The determination of surface carboxyl content using aqueous acid–base titration showed that most of the carboxyl groups of Mal‐MPEG were located on the surface of the microspheres. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry     

Particle Swarm Optimization and Pure Adaptive Search in Finish Goods’ Inventory Management

Abstract

Inventory management deals with a tradeoff between the benefits of keeping stocks of goods that allows fulfillment of the customer’s demand, and the cost of carrying inventory. Inventory control techniques are very important components and the most organizations can substantially reduce their costs associated with the flow of materials. This paper presents new inventory management model based on particle swarm optimization and pure adaptive search global optimization algorithm in production-inventory system. The proposed model is focusing on planned level of demand for finished goods, production and raw materials cost, production capacity as the norm, change of the production cost and inventory capital cost, all of which are typical factors in automobile manufacture industry. The model determines different factors such as the minimizing inventory quantity, minimizing inventory value, and minimizing production cost based on demand for production items. The model is tested with original real-world dataset obtained from the automotive company Lear from US and its factory in Novi Sad, Serbia.     

Influence of ultrasonication energy on the dispersion consistency of Al2O3–glycerol nanofluid based on viscosity data,and model development for the required ultrasonication energy density

Achieving homogenised and stable suspensions has been one of the important research topics in nanofluid investigations. Preparing nanofluids, especially from the two-step method, is often accompanied with varying degrees of agglomerations depending on some parameters. These parameters include the physical structure of the nanoparticle, the prevalent particle charge, the strength of van der Waals forces of attraction and repulsiveness strength. Amongst the methods of deagglomeration, the use of ultrasonic vibration is most popular for achieving uniform dispersion. However, there are very few works related to its effect on the thermo-physical properties of nanofluids, and above all, standardising the minimum required ultrasonication time/energy for nanofluids synthesis. In this work, the optimum energy required for uniform and initially stable nanofluid has been investigated through experimental study on the combined influence of ultrasonication time/energy, nanoparticle size, volume fraction and temperature on the viscosity of alumina–glycerol nanofluids. Three different sizes of alumina nanoparticles were synthesised with glycerol using ultrasonication-assisted two-step approach. The viscosities of the nanofluid samples were measured between temperatures of 20–70?°C for volume fractions up to 5%. Based on the present experimental results, the viscosity characteristics of the nanofluid samples were dependent on particle size, volume fraction and working temperature. Using viscometry, the optimum energy density required for preparing homogenous nanofluid was obtained for all particle sizes and volume fractions. Finally, an energy density model was derived using dimensionless analysis based on the consideration of nanoparticle binding/interaction energy in base fluid, particle size, volume fraction, temperature and other base fluid properties. The model's empirical constants were obtained using nonlinear regression based on the present experimental data.     

Effects of acid treatment on adhesive performance of encapsulated aluminium pigments on plastic sheets

In this study, aluminium pigments were encapsulated with hydroxyl group‐containing acrylic resin after surface acid treatment to enhance their adhesive performance in the paint film. The removal efficiency of fatty acid on surface of aluminium particles was studied by means of thermogravimetric analysis and the effect of acid treatment on adhesive performance of aluminium pigments encapsulated with hydroxyl group‐containing acrylic resin in the paint film was investigated by pulling‐off tests. It was found that fatty acid on surface of aluminium particles was removed efficiently by acid ethanol solution, and then hydroxyl group‐containing acrylic resin can be encapsulated onto the surface of the aluminium particles by chemisorptions. The encapsulated aluminium pigments have excellent adhesive performance in the paint film. © 2011 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering