Lubrication Pump Made of Rapidly Solidified Aluminum Alloy for High Performance Engine

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuyoshi Kondoh ◽  
Toshiyuki Kosuge ◽  
Yoshinobu Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Rapidly Solidified ◽  
Lubrication Pump

scholarly journals Changes in the Structure and Microhardness of Rapidly Solidified Foils of Aluminum Alloy 1421 during Their Annealing

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-561
Author(s):  
V. G. Shepelevich ◽  
I. A. Bushkevich ◽  
E. Wendler ◽  
I. I. Tashlykova-Bushkevich
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Rapidly Solidified

Numerical Investigation of Ultimate Strength of Stiffened Plates With Various Cross-Section Forms

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huilong Ren ◽  
Yifu Liu ◽  
Chenfeng Li ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Zhaonian Wu
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Lightweight Design ◽  
Offshore Structures ◽  
Stiffened Plates ◽  
Stiffened Plate ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Hull Structure

There is an increasing interest in the lightweight design of ship and offshore structures, more specifically, choosing aluminum alloys or other lightweight high-performance materials to build structure components and ship equipments. Due to its better mechanical properties and easy assembly nature, extruded aluminum alloy stiffened plates are widely used in hull structures. When the load on the hull reaches a certain level during sailing, partial or overall instability of stiffened plate makes significant contribution in an event of collapse of the hull structure. It is very necessary to investigate the ultimate strength of aluminum alloy stiffened plate to ensure the ultimate bearing capacity of large aluminum alloy hull structure. Most of studies of the ultimate strength of stiffened plates deal with stiffened plates with T–shaped stiffeners. Stiffeners of other shapes have seldom been explored. In this research, the ultimate strength of six different cross–section aluminum alloy stiffened plates and one steel stiffened plate was studied based on the non–linear finite element analysis (FEA). Taking into account stiffness, weight and other issues, the new cross–section aluminum stiffener has finally been concluded for replacing the original steel stiffener in upper deck of a warship.

Additively Manufactured Continuous Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastics for Mechanisms Subjected to Predominant Inertial Load: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Luzi ◽  
Giacomo Quercioli ◽  
Riccardo Pucci ◽  
Guido Bocchieri ◽  
Rocco Vertechy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Topology Optimization ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Direct Drive ◽  
Continuous Fibre ◽  
Mechanical Components ◽  
Reinforced Thermoplastics

Abstract In the last decade, the adoption of additive manufacturing technologies (AMT) (3D printing) has increased significantly in many fields of engineering, initially only for rapid prototyping and more recently also for the production of finished parts. With respect to the long-established material subtractive technologies (MST), AMT is capable to overcome several limitations related to the shape realization of high-performance mechanical components such as those conceived via topology optimization and generative design approaches. In the field of structures and mechanisms, a major advantage of AMT over MST is that, for the same loading and constraining conditions (including kinematic and overall encumbrance), it enables the realization of mechanical components with similar stiffness but smaller volume (thus smaller weight, density being equal). Recently, the potentialities of AMT have also been increased by the introduction of the fuse filament deposition modeling (FDM) of continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastics (CFRT), which combines the ease of processing of plastic AMT with the strength and specific modulus of the printed components that are comparable to those attainable via metallic AMT. In this context, the present paper investigates the potentialities of FDM-CFRT for the realization of mechanisms subjected to predominant inertial loads such as those found in automated packaging machinery. As a case study a Stephenson six-bar linkage powered in direct drive by a permanent magnet synchronous motor is considered. Starting from an existing mechanism realized in aluminum alloy with traditional MST, a newer version to be realized with FDM-CFRT has been conceived by keeping the kinematics fixed and by redesigning the links via three-dimensional topology optimization. To provide a fair comparison with the more traditional design/manufacturing approach, size optimization of the original mechanism made in aluminum alloy has also been performed. Comparison of the two versions of the mechanism highlights the superior performances of the one manufactured via FDM-CFRT in terms of weight, motor torque requirements and motion precision.

Microstructure and Properties of Rapidly Solidified Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy

2020 ◽  
Vol 993 ◽  
pp. 203-207
Author(s):  
Wei Min Ren ◽  
Zi Yong Chen ◽  
Zhi Lei Xiang ◽  
Li Hua Chai
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Aluminum Alloys ◽  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Rapid Solidification ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Alloy Strip ◽  
Roller Speed ◽  
Microstructure And Properties ◽  
Cu Alloy ◽  
Rapidly Solidified

Refining grain plays an important role in improving the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys. However, the conventional casting method with a slow cooling rate can be easy to cause coarseness of the microstructure and serious segregation. In this paper, the rapid solidification of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy was prepared by the single-roller belt method. The alloy strip was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and hardness test to study the microstructure and properties of the rapidly solidified aluminum alloy. The results show that the roller speed was an important parameters affecting the formability of the alloy. When the roller speed was 15 m/s, the aluminum alloy produced a thin bandwidth of 5 mm and a thickness of 150 um. As the rotation speed of the roller increased, the cooling rate of the melt increased, and the microstructure of the rapidly solidified Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminum alloy strip improved in grains refinement. Compared with the conventionally cast Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminum alloys, the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminum alloys prepared by rapid solidification showed much finer crystal grains, and enhanced solid solubility of alloying elements with less precipitation of second phase and high hardness.

Consolidation of Nickel Base Superalloys Powder by Low Pressure Plasma Deposition

1983 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.W. Smith ◽  
L.G. Peterson ◽  
W.F. Schilling
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Plasma Deposition ◽  
Titanium Aluminum ◽  
Turbine Disks ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Commercial Applications ◽  
Nickel Base ◽  
Rapidly Solidified ◽  
Solidification Technology ◽  
Rapid Solidification Technology

Powder Metallurgy (P/M) technology has seen an important series of advances in the past twenty-five or so years. It has progressed from a press + sinter methodology (which still has important uses) to one of being a complete processing technology where, ultimately, the structure and properties of totally new materials can be synthesized. A key step in this evolution was the application of P/M techniques to high performance materials such as nickel-based superalloys. This effort began in the early 1960's and has resulted in several important commercial applications such as P/M gas turbine disks and shafts.Attention has now turned to the potential use of Rapid Solidification Technology (RST) as a means of furthering the span of materials which can be made available for a wide variety of engineering applications. Rapidly solidified nickel, cobalt, titanium, aluminum and copper based materials are all the subject of extensive research and development at the present time (1).

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