Aluminium alloys are widely used in automobile industries and aerospace applications due to their great mechanical properties, low density, low coefficient of thermal expansion, better corrosion resistance and wear as compared with conventional metals and alloys. The low production cost and better mechanical properties of composites makes them very useful for various applications in many areas ...

The selective laser melting (SLM) of aluminium alloys is of great current interest at both the industrial and research levels. Aluminium poses a challenge to SLM compared with other candidate materials, such as titanium alloys, stainless steels, and nickel-based alloys, because of its high thermal diffusivity and low infrared absorptivity and tendency to result in relatively porous parts. Howev...

This paper reports an approach to coat a ceramic layer on aluminium alloys by means of chemical reaction. The reaction product of Al,0, layer of 100 pm in thickness has been formed using a powder mixture of silicon oxide and aluminium by laser processing. It turns out that the large amount of heat from the exothermic reaction has a predominate effects on the formation of the oxide layer. Furthe...

This study presents the design and stress analysis of mobile robot switchover module (track tensioner), which helps the robot to work in hybrid locomotion mechanism. The track tensioner is a loading and unloading module that helps the locomotion system transformability while robot moves either on wheel or track mechanism. The selection of suitable material for its design, the model is therefore...

Aluminum 2024 and 7075 alloys which are widely used in aerospace and marine applications were chosen to investigate their strengthening mechanisms. Using differential thermal analysis (DIA), metallography and tension tests, the best solutionizing conditions were determined to be 500±5°C and 2 hours for 2024 and 480?±5°C and 1 hour for 7075 alloy. Aging was performed in the range of 100 to 200°C...

The physical basis and a mathematical formulation of a softening model nicknamed Alsoft, accounting for the combined effect of recovery and recrystallization during annealing of heavily deformed aluminium alloys have been presented. The prediction power of the model is tested against experiments in terms of softening kinetics and final grain structure of selected Al-MnFe-Si-model alloys with di...

The aqueous corrosion resistances of galvalume (FeAl+Zn) and steel galvanized (Fe-Zn) alloys, passivated by immersion in chromating solution with different immersion times (0, 10, 30 y 60 s) are compared. The electrochemical behaviour of various chromated and non-chromated coatings was investigated in 3 wt-% NaCl solution using polarization techniques. For comparison, AISI 1010 carbon steel sub...

It is well known that aluminium is today the most widely used metallic material besides steel. The mechanical characteristics of aluminium offer an increasing application field, especially where lightweight constructions are required. The demands for improved characteristics such as higher strength and greater durability are achieved by the development of new aluminium alloys. Continuous effort...