Experimental Research On The Technology of Two-Pass Different Temperature Rolling For Thick Steel/Aluminum/Aluminum-Alloy Composite Plate

Thick steel/aluminum/aluminum-alloy composite plate is one of the key materials connecting steel structures and aluminum alloy structures, and has been widely used in shipbuilding industry and other fields. However, steel/aluminum/aluminum-alloy composite plates with a total thickness of more than 10 mm and a steel layer thickness of more than 5 mm are prone to problems such as inconsistent deformation of component metals and low bonding strength during the rolling process, and cannot be continuously prepared. In order to solve this problem, this article proposes a two-pass different temperature rolling process for thick steel/aluminum/aluminum-alloy composite plates, and conducts research on Q235B steel, 1060 aluminum and 5083 aluminum alloy as component metals. The results show that the process is reliable. It can prepare Q235B/1060/5083 composite plates with a thickness of 15.65 mm without oxygen protection measures. Meanwhile, the interfacial shear and pull-off strength of the composite plates obtained under different experimental conditions in this article are higher than the requirements of the US military standards MIL-J-24445A and Chinese ship standard CB20091-2012. And the composite plates showed good performance in 90° and 137° bending tests without obvious defects. Under the best condition of them, a 1.48 μm interlocking diffusion layer was formed at the steel/aluminum interface of the composite plates, and the interfacial shear strength exceeded 70 MPa, and the interfacial pull-off strength exceeded 110 MPa. Finally, according to the experimental results, the reasons for the feasibility of the two-pass different rolling of thick steel/aluminum/aluminum-alloy composite plates are given.

Studies on Wear Behaviour of Coated RHA-TIO2-LM24 Aluminium Alloy Composite

Liquid metallurgy method based aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) are extensively utilized in diverse engineering applications including shipbuilding, structural, non-structural, automotive, and aerospace owing to their superior strength, weightless, low density, excellent corrosion, and wear resistance. In the present research work, liquid state technique is employed to prepare the LM4/RHA/TiO2 composites containing four different mass proportion of RHA and TiO2. The weight proportion of reinforcements ie RHA-1,3&5 and TiO2 2,5&6 respectively.From the dry sliding wear studies, it is evident that the incorporation of RHA and TiO2 particles into the LM24 aluminium matrix alloy increases the wear resistance properties up to 45% as compared with the dry sliding behaviour of pure aluminium LM4 alloy. Dry sliding wear results revealed that the parameters like varying weight percentage, sliding speed, and applied load are the direct impact on the wear behaviour of the hybrid composites. A reduction of up to 34 % wear rate was observed by incorporation of 5% of RHA and 1% & 6 %of TiO2 particles as compared with the remaining percentage of reinforcements. The developed Coated RHA-TIO2 -LM24 aluminum alloy composite exhibits excellent mechanical properties, can be used in long-term applications in which saving weight is an important feature, such applications include and automotive engine parts and aerospace industry. In automotive industry, it can be used for making Brake disc, Turbo-compressors, Pump supporting parts, rear axle, differential housing.