scholarly journals Analysis of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AlSi11 after Chip Recycling, Co-Extrusion, and Arc Welding

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3124
Author(s):  
Piotr Noga ◽  
Lechosław Tuz ◽  
Krzysztof Żaba ◽  
Adam Zwoliński
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Joint Structure ◽  
Aluminum Chips ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
The One ◽  
Strength Improvement

Recycling of raw materials and is crucial for the production of new products for the global economy. The aim here is, on the one hand, to reduce energy consumption, and, on the other hand, to obtain materials with similar functional properties. The study undertook research on the possibility of processing AlSi11 aluminum chips by compaction and co-extruding to obtain a product in the form of a flat bar with mechanical properties not lower than those of the cast materials. The performed tests and the developed technique allowed to obtain flat bars with more favorable mechanical properties (Yield Strength YS ≥ 155 MPa; Ultimate Tensile Strength UTS ≥ 212 MPa) than the castings (YS ≥ 70 MPa ≥ 150 MPa). The weldability evaluation tests revealed that the material is susceptible to porosity. The presence of pores, which reduces the cross-section (up to 60%), reduces the tensile strength (up to 20 MPa). The typical joint structure and plasticity is obtained, which indicate the possibility of tensile strength improvement.

scholarly journals The Influence of Different Plasma Cell Discharges on the Performance Quality of Surgical Gown Samples

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4329
Author(s):  
Atif H. Asghar ◽  
Ahmed Rida Galaly
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Electrical Characteristics ◽  
Cathode Fall ◽  
Treatment Efficiency ◽  
Performance Quality ◽  
Surgical Gown ◽  
The One

An experimental study was performed on a low-density plasma discharge using two different configurations of the plasma cell cathode, namely, the one mesh system electrodes (OMSE) and the one mesh and three system electrodes (OMTSE), to determine the electrical characteristics of the plasma such as current–voltage characteristics, breakdown voltage (VB), Paschen curves, current density (J), cathode fall thickness (dc), and electron density of the treated sample. The influence of the electrical characteristics of the plasma fluid in the cathode fall region for different cathode configuration cells (OMSE and OMTSE) on the performance quality of a surgical gown was studied to determine surface modification, treatment efficiency, exposure time, wettability property, and mechanical properties. Over a very short exposure time, the treatment efficiency for the surgical gown surface of plasma over the mesh cathode at a distance equivalent to the cathode fall distance dc values of the OMTSE and for OMSE reached a maximum. The wettability property decreased from 90 to 40% for OMTSE over a 180 s exposure time and decreased from 90 to 10% for OMSE over a 160 s exposure time. The mechanisms of each stage of surgical gown treatment by plasma are described. In this study, the mechanical properties of the untreated and treated surgical gown samples such as the tensile strength and elongation percentage, ultimate tensile strength, yield strength, strain hardening, resilience, toughness, and fracture (breaking) point were studied. Plasma had a more positive effect on the mechanical properties of the OMSE reactor than those of the OMTSE reactor.

Effect of Li on Mechanical Properties and Electrical Conductivity of the Al–Zn–Cu–Mg Based Alloys

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 4897-4901
Author(s):  
Hyo-Sang Yoo ◽  
Yong-Ho Kim ◽  
Hyeon-Taek Son
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Spherical Particles ◽  
Al Alloy ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Strength Improvement ◽  
Li Content

In this study, changes in the microstructure, mechanical properties, and electrical conductivity of cast and extruded Al–Zn–Cu–Mg based alloys with the addition of Li (0, 0.5 and 1.0 wt.%) were investigated. The Al–Zn–Cu–Mg–xLi alloys were cast and homogenized at 570 °C for 4 hours. The billets were hot extruded into rod that were 12 mm in diameter with a reduction ratio of 38:1 at 550 °C. As the amount of Li added increased from 0 to 1.0 wt.%, the average grain size of the extruded Al alloy increased from 259.2 to 383.0 µm, and the high-angle grain boundaries (HGBs) fraction decreased from 64.0 to 52.1%. As the Li content increased from 0 to 1.0 wt.%, the elongation was not significantly different from 27.8 to 27.4% and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) was improved from 146.7 to 160.6 MPa. As Li was added, spherical particles bonded to each other, forming an irregular particles. It is thought that these irregular particles contribute to the strength improvement.

scholarly journals Monitoring the degradation of partly decomposable plastic foils

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Gabriella Rétháti ◽  
Krisztina Pogácsás ◽  
Tamás Heffner ◽  
Barbara Simon ◽  
Imre Czinkota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Thermoplastic Starch ◽  
Medium Density ◽  
Insulating Layer ◽  
Elongation At Break ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

Abstract We have monitored the behaviour of different polyethylene foils including virgin medium density polyethylene (MDPE), MDPE containing pro-oxydative additives (238, 242) and MDPE with pro-oxydative additives and thermoplastic starch (297) in the soil for a period of one year. A foil based on a blend of polyester and polylactic acid (BASF Ecovio) served as degradable control. The experiment was carried out by weekly measurements of conductivity and capacity of the soil, since the setup was analogous to a condenser, of which the insulating layer was the foil itself. The twelve replications allowed monthly sampling; the specimen taken out from the soil each month were tested visually for thickness, mechanical properties, morphological and structural changes, and molecular mass. Based on the obtained capacity values, we found that among the polyethylene foils, the one that contained thermoplastic starch extenuated the most. This foil had the greatest decrease in tensile strength and elongation at break due to the presence of thermoplastic starch. The starch can completely degrade in the soil; thus, the foil had cracks and pores. The polyethylene foils that contained pro-oxydant additives showed smaller external change compared to the virgin foil, since there was no available UV radiation and oxygen for their degradation. The smallest change occurred in the virgin polyethylene foil. Among the five examined samples, the commercially available BASF foil showed the largest extenuation and external change, and it deteriorated the most in the soil.

scholarly journals Tension mechanical properties of recycled glass-epoxy composite material

2012 ◽  
pp. 189-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Petrovic ◽  
Darko Ljubic ◽  
Marina Stamenovic ◽  
Ivana Dimic ◽  
Slavisa Putic
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Modulus Of Elasticity ◽  
Epoxy Composite ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Recycled Glass ◽  
Before And After

The significance of composite materials and their applications are mainly due to their good properties. This imposes the need for their recycling, thus extending their lifetime. Once used composite material will be disposed as a waste at the end of it service life. After recycling, this kind of waste can be used as raw materials for the production of same material, which raises their applicability. This indicates a great importance of recycling as a method of the renowal of composite materials. This study represents a contribution to the field of mechanical properties of the recycled composite materials. The tension mechanical properties (tensile strength and modulus of elasticity) of once used and disposed glass-epoxy composite material were compared before and after the recycling. The obtained results from mechanical tests confirmed that the applied recycling method was suitable for glass-epoxy composite materials. In respect to the tensile strength and modulus of elasticity it can be further assessed the possibility of use of recycled glass-epoxy composite materials.

scholarly journals Effective reinforcements for thermoplastics based on carbon nanotubes of oil fly ash

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Numan Salah ◽  
Abdulrahman Muhammad Alfawzan ◽  
Abdu Saeed ◽  
Ahmed Alshahrie ◽  
Waleed Allafi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
Young’S Modulus ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Young's Modulus ◽  
Weight Fraction ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
Oil Fly Ash

AbstractCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) are widely investigated for preparing polymer nanocomposites, owing to their unique mechanical properties. However, dispersing CNTs uniformly in a polymer matrix and controlling their entanglement/agglomeration are still big technical challenges to be overcome. The costs of their raw materials and production are also still high. In this work, we propose the use of CNTs grown on oil fly ash to solve these issues. The CNTs of oil fly ash were evaluated as reinforcing materials for some common thermoplastics. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) was mainly reinforced with various weight fractions of CNTs. Xylene was used as a solvent to dissolve HDPE and to uniformly disperse the CNTs. Significantly enhanced mechanical properties of HDPE reinforced at a low weight fraction of these CNTs (1–2 wt.%), mainly the tensile strength, Young’s modulus, stiffness, and hardness, were observed. The tensile strength and Young’s modulus were enhanced by ~20 and 38%, respectively. Moreover, the nanoindentation results were found to be in support to these findings. Polycarbonate, polypropylene, and polystyrene were also preliminarily evaluated after reinforcement with 1 wt.% CNTs. The tensile strength and Young’s Modulus were increased after reinforcement with CNTs. These results demonstrate that the CNTs of the solid waste, oil fly ash, might serve as an appropriate reinforcing material for different thermoplastics polymers.

Use of Cellulose-Containing Fillers in Composites with Polypropylene

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-154
Author(s):  
Marianna LAKA ◽  
Svetlana CHERNYAVSKAYA ◽  
Galia SHULGA ◽  
Viktor SHAPOVALOV ◽  
Andrej VALENKOV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Shear Modulus ◽  
Rapeseed Oil ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Water Retention Value ◽  
Water Vapour Sorption ◽  
Recycled Polypropylene ◽  
Sulphate Pulp

The composites, containing recycled polypropylene and fillers, obtained from different lignocellulosics by the thermocatalytic destruction method, were investigated. Birch sawdust, newsprint wastes, cotton residues and wood bleached sulphate pulp were used as raw materials for obtaining fillers. The indices of mechanical properties (tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, deformation at break, shear modulus, toughness, twisting moment) of the composites' samples were determined. It has been found that the obtained composites have relatively good mechanical properties. Better results were obtained, using fillers from sawdust and wood pulp. After treating the fillers with rapeseed oil, their water vapour sorption and water retention value (WRV) decreased. In this case, the strength of the composites was higher.http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.17.2.484

Effect of Shielding Gas Mixture on Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) of Low Carbon Steel (LR Grade A)

2016 ◽  
Vol 705 ◽  
pp. 250-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yustiasih Purwaningrum ◽  
Triyono ◽  
M. Wirawan Pu ◽  
Fandi Alfarizi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
Gas Metal Arc Welding ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Shielding Gas ◽  
Weld Metals ◽  
Metal Arc Welding

The aimed of this research is to determine the feasibility and effect of the mixture of the shielding gas in the physical and mechanical properties. Low carbon steel LR grade A in a thickness 12 mm were joined in butt joint types using GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) with groove’s gap 5 mm and groove angle’s 400 with variation of shielding gas composition. The composition of shielding gas that used were 100% Ar, 100 % CO2 and 50% Ar + 50 % CO2. The measured of mechanical properties with regard to strength, hardness and toughness using, tensile test, bending test, Vickers hardness Test, and Charpy impact test respectively. The physical properties examined with optical microscope. Results show that tensile strength of welding metals are higher than raw materials. Welds metal with mixing Ar + CO shielding gas has the highest tensile strength. Hardness of weld metals with the shielding gas 100% Ar, 100 % CO2 and 50% Ar + 50 % CO2 are 244.9; 209.4; and 209.4 VHN respectively. The temperature of Charpy test was varied to find the transition temperature of the materials. The temperature that used were –60°C, -40°C, -20°C, 0°C, 20°C , and room temperature. Weld metals with various shielding gas have similar trends of toughness flux that was corellated with the microstructure of weld .

Mechanical Properties of 5083 Aluminium Welds after Manual and Automatic Pulsed Gas Metal Arc Welding Using E5356 Filler

2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 2560-2563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalenda Mutombo ◽  
Madeleine du Toit
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Stress Concentration ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
Gas Metal Arc Welding ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Filler Wire ◽  
Metal Arc Welding ◽  
Weld Toe ◽  
Fully Automatic

Semi-automatic and automatic pulsed gas metal arc welding (GMAW) of aluminium alloy 5083 with ER5356 filler wire causes considerable softening in the weld. The tensile strength of dressed automatic welds approaches that of the base metal, but the stress concentration caused by the weld toe in undressed semi-automatic welds reduced the tensile strength significantly. Fully automatic welds displayed improved fatigue properties compared to semi-automatic welds.

Research on Miniature Thermoplastic Processing of Polyvinyl Alcohol Based Nanocomposites

2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 4224-4227
Author(s):  
Ming Fang Xie ◽  
Sheng Qiang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Polyvinyl Alcohol ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Theoretical Method ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Processing Conditions ◽  
Elongation At Break ◽  
Preparation Conditions

This paper discusses the synthesis and preparation of polyvinyl alcohol based nanocomposites through the use of miniature thermoplastics processing technology. It studies the influence of different process conditions, the amount of raw materials and water on the processing performance, tensile strength and elongation at break of polyvinyl alcohol based nanocomposites. Studies have shown that using two miniature thermoplastic processes does not have much influence on the mechanical properties of polyvinyl alcohol based nanocomposites, different amount of polyvinyl alcohol will lead to enhancement of the tensile strength of the polyvinyl alcohol based nanocomposites system by the increasing amount of glycerin, and the water content has a great influence on the performance of polyvinyl alcohol based nanocomposites. To this end, according to the analysis of experimental results, it can obtain preparation conditions and influencing factors of polyvinyl alcohol based nanocomposites with the miniature thermoplastic processing conditions, and provide a new theoretical method and means for nanocomposites.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Composite Material used in the Wings of Typical Airplane based on Stress Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Tawfeeq W. Mohammed ◽  
Dalmn Yaseen Taha ◽  
Rafal R. Abdul-Ilah
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Bending Stress

This research has focused on the evaluation of raw materials that used in the wings of modern airplane. These materials either would be fiberglass, carbon-fiber or aramid based composites like Kevlar. These common materials have been selected and evaluated depending on experimental data obtained from mechanical tests. These tests include: hardness, tensile strength and bending stress. The tests based on ASTM standards for mechanical properties. The results show increasing in the hardness value of graphite-epoxy by 9% comparing with that of fiberglass and by 18% comparing with that of Kevlar-epoxy. The results also show an increasing in the maximum tensile strength of graphite-epoxy by 2.9 times to that of fiberglass and by 5.5 times to that of Kevlar-epoxy. Furthermore, the results of bending stress test show increasing of the maximum strength of Kevlar-epoxy by 30% comparing to that of glass fiber and by 75% comparing to that of graphite-epoxy.

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