Manufacturing of innovative components formed using SPF processes and filled with aluminum metal foams

Many researchers have done the CFD simulation of open-cell aluminum metal foams with a unit cell with periodic boundary conditions. However, this does not represent a real life situation, as the foam-fluid interactions cannot be properly modeled. In the present study the simulation is done for metal foam with the more number of foam cells to proximate the conditions close to the actual situations. The CFD simulation of open-cell aluminum metal foams was done using ANSYS FLUENT. The results are obtained by solving the Continuity, Momentum and Energy equations and standard k-ε turbulence model is used for simulation. The boundary conditions applied are same as those applied during the experiments conducted at Heat Transfer Lab, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore. In this study the Aluminum Alloy (Al 6101-T6) metal foam of pore density 10 ppi is used for CFD analysis.

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High resolution X-ray microtomography-based CFD simulation for the characterization of flow permeability and effective thermal conductivity of aluminum metal foams

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science ◽

10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.10.018 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 67 ◽

pp. 30-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Paola Ranut ◽

Enrico Nobile ◽

Lucia Mancini

Keyword(s):

Thermal Conductivity ◽

High Resolution ◽

Effective Thermal Conductivity ◽

Cfd Simulation ◽

Metal Foams ◽

X Ray ◽

Aluminum Metal

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Weight Savings by Aluminum Metal Foams: Production, Properties and Applications in Automotive

10.4271/1999-01-0887 ◽

1999 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Harald Eifert ◽

Chin-Jye Yu ◽

John Banhart ◽

Joachim Baumeister ◽

Wolfgang Seeliger

Keyword(s):

Metal Foams ◽

Aluminum Metal

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High resolution microtomography-based CFD simulation of flow and heat transfer in aluminum metal foams

Applied Thermal Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.11.056 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 69 (1-2) ◽

pp. 230-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 78

Author(s):

Paola Ranut ◽

Enrico Nobile ◽

Lucia Mancini

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

High Resolution ◽

Cfd Simulation ◽

Metal Foams ◽

Flow And Heat Transfer ◽

Aluminum Metal

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Experimental investigation on buoyancy-induced convection in aluminum metal foams

International Journal of Refrigeration ◽

10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2016.12.019 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 76 ◽

pp. 385-393 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Michele Barbieri ◽

Giovanni Di Ilio ◽

Fabrizio Patanè ◽

Gino Bella

Keyword(s):

Experimental Investigation ◽

Metal Foams ◽

Aluminum Metal

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Shear Properties on Aluminum Metal Foams Prepared by the Melt Route

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-521-83 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 521 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

E. Saenz ◽

P. S. Baranda ◽

J. Bonhomme

Keyword(s):

Cell Size ◽

Aluminum Foam ◽

Metal Foam ◽

Relative Displacement ◽

Metal Foams ◽

Shear Load ◽

Central Section ◽

Cell Size Distribution ◽

Shear Properties ◽

Aluminum Metal

ABSTRACTThe shear modulus and shear strength of AISi7Mg aluminum foam with 15% (vol) of 13tm SiC particles were determined through shear testing. A foam slab with a density of 0.31 g/cm3 was supplied by Hydro Aluminium.Four samples were tested according to ASTM C 273–61. The specimens were bonded to steel load plates. The relative displacement of the plates was measured using two extensometers. In order to evaluate the effect of the cell size distribution on shear properties, cell size and material distribution analyses were carried out for the metal foam slab in areas close to those from which the shear specimens were extracted.A fast failure was observed after the maximum shear load. The failure in the samples were located in the central section of the slab mainly because the lower density was located there.

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