Effects of ac arc ultrasonic on plasma arc in situ welding of SiCp/6061Al MMCs

Abstract

The isolation coupling device is designed based on the principle of high pass filter circuit, which can achieve isolation and coupling between ac welding power and ultrasonic frequency excitation source. In addition, ac arc ultrasonic vibration is obtained successfully. The plasma arc in situ welding of SiCp/6061Al was performed using two different processes. The first process is that the plasma gas is argon nitrogen mixture and the filler material is flux cored wire (Al–5Ti–5Si); the other process is that the plasma gas is argon and the filler material is flux cored wire (Al–15Ti–3Si). The two joints are respectively enhanced by nitride and Al₃Ti, which were obtained in these processes. After arc ultrasonic vibrations were imposed on the two welding processes, it was revealed that arc ultrasonic improved the distribution of the new nitride phases and optimised the morphology of Al₃Ti to improve the mechanical properties of joints that reached 246 and 263 MPa. Fracture analysis showed that the improvement of the mechanical properties resulting from Al₃Ti is better than that from nitride under the effect of arc ultrasonic.     

XPS Analysis of the Cerium Conversion Coating on the Anodized Al6061/SiCp

A method of concentration analysis based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results was introduced. The concentration of Ce-rich conversion coating on the anodized Al based metal matrix composites Al6061/SiCp was then studied according to this method. The results revealed that the Ce conversion coating on the anodized Al6061/SiCp consisted of Al oxide, Ce oxide and Ce hydroxide. The state of Ce element exhibited the mixture of Ce3+ and Ce4+. Some of Celll was oxidized to be CelV in the outer layer coating.     

Dynamic mechanical properties of particle‐reinforced EPDM composites

The dynamic mechanical property of particle‐reinforced ethylene–propylene–diene monomer (EPDM) matrix composites has been studied by using a dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer (DMTA). The individual composite has been reinforced with the various reinforcing particles as follows: silicon carbide particles (SiCps) of 60 μm in average diameter with various volume fractions (i.e., 10–40%); copper (Cu) and aluminum (Al) particles with 20 vol %; and SiCps with 6 and 36 μm in different average diameters with 20 vol % over the total composite volume. It is shown from the experimental results that the dynamic elastic modulus values increase and the composites with 40 vol % SiCps exhibit higher tan δ values through the entire rubbery phase after the glass transition region compared with the composites with lower particle volume percentages. This shows that the composites with 20 vol % Cu particles have the higher dynamic elastic modulus but the lower peak tan δ value than the composites with other particles of 20 vol % do. Scanning electron microscopy results show that the effective particle volume in the composite with Cu particles is higher than the other composites, although the same particle volume fraction of 20% has been used. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 87: 1595–1601, 2003     

前处理对高体积分数SiC_p/Al复合材料化学镀镍的影响

对高体积分数SiCp/Al复合材料进行前处理,再化学镀镍。研究了除油、粗化、活化对SiCp/Al复合材料化学镀镍的影响。分析了镀镍层的显微组织。结果表明,有机溶剂除油比碱液除油效果好。H2O2系粗化比HF系粗化更为适宜。在由醋酸镍、次亚磷酸钠和乙醇组成的活化剂中室温浸润,然后160℃温度下热还原30min,化学镀镍镀速较高。前处理后在SiCp/Al复合材料表面化学镀镍可沉积上致密、均匀、结合良好的镀镍层。     

SiCp/Al复合材料制孔崩边缺陷及其评价方法

对中高体积分数碳化硅颗粒增强铝基（SiCp/Al）复合材料制孔崩边缺陷进行了三维试验观测和统计分析,建立了制孔崩边缺陷模型,提出了一种基于崩边体积的SiCp/Al复合材料崩边缺陷程度评价方法。研究结果表明：崩边缺陷是SiCp/Al复合材料制孔的主要缺陷,且崩边缺陷主要产生在制孔出口处。采用该方法能够对不同参数下的制孔崩边缺陷程度进行客观真实的评价,对优化制孔工艺参数具有一定的指导意义。     

室温HPT制备SiC_p/Al复合材料的硬度分布特征

将纯Al颗粒和SiC颗粒混合,室温下采用高压扭转变形(HPT)制备试样,测定不同工艺参数下试样表面的显微硬度,绘制显微硬度—扭转半径曲线图,分析各试样的硬度分布特征。结果表明:由于高压扭转变形应变量的影响,SiCp/Al复合材料经HPT变形后,各试样表面硬度沿径向呈递增分布,边缘硬度值受飞边的影响较大;单一尺寸SiC颗粒强化的试样通过增大加载压力、增大扭转圈数或提高SiC颗粒体积分数可以提高试样的显微硬度值;采用双尺寸SiC颗粒最佳粒径配比或最佳体积配比更有利于提高试样硬度,通过优化双尺寸SiC颗粒粒径配比或体积配比,可以获得更高的试样硬度,且硬度分布更加均匀。     

不同晶型SiC_p对铜基粉末冶金摩擦材料摩擦磨损性能的影响

采用加压烧结法制备含有不同晶型SiCp的铜基粉末冶金摩擦材料,研究不同晶型SiCp对铜基粉末冶金摩擦材料摩擦磨损性能的影响。结果表明:不同晶型SiCp对铜基粉末冶金摩擦材料的摩擦磨损性能的影响不同。摩擦材料的摩擦因数随着β-SiCp加入量的增加而升高,当β-SiCp的质量分数超过6%时,在摩擦过程中材料和对偶发生严重磨损;α-SiCp含量对铜基粉末冶金摩擦材料的摩擦磨损性能影响不显著;当SiC颗粒的质量分数为2%~6%时,β-SiCp相比α-SiCp更适合作为摩擦组元用于铜基粉末冶金摩擦材料中。     

含Mg药芯焊丝对SiCp/6061Al等离子弧原位焊接的影响

针对SiCp/6061Al基复合材料焊接接头中增强相颗粒发生偏聚,使接头强度降低的问题,采用不同Mg含量的药芯焊丝(合金元素Al-Ti-Mg)为填加材料,以氩氮混合气为离子气,对SiCp/6061Al基复合材料进行等离子弧原位合金化焊接,研究了该类药芯焊丝对焊接接头组织和性能的影响.研究表明,当焊丝中Mg含量达到15%...     

Optimization of Machining Characteristics for Al／SiCp Composites using ANN／GA

The present work is focused on optimization of machining characteristics of Al/SiCp composites.The machining characteristics such as specific energy,tool wear and surface roughness were studied.The parameters such as volume fraction of SiC,cutting speed and feed rate were considered.Artificial neural networks(NN) was used to train and simulate the experimental data.Genetic algorithms(GA) was interfaced with ANN to optimize the machining conditions for the desired machining characteristics .Validation of optimized results was also performed by confirmation experiments.