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The Effect of Mn on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties on Splat Cooled Al-20Si-5Fe-3Cu-1Mg Alloy
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Davami, Parviz (Supervisor)
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In this research ,Al-20Si-5Fe-3Cu-1Mg-XMn alloys were produced by gas atomizing and melt spinning processes. Microstructure and growth morphology of powder and ribbons were investigated using optical microscopy , scanning electron microscopy. powders were hot pressed at 400ºC/250Mpa and microstractural variations, mechanical properties were evaluated after consolidation. Results show that relatively high cooling rate in gas-atomized powders lead to refinement of microstructure and formation of semi-equilibrium δ intermetallic phase . As the powder particle size decrease , the growth morphology changes from primary silicon + euthectic to euthectic + primary dendritic aluminum . Mn changed the...
Fatigue Behavior of Al-SiC Nanocomposite
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Simchi, Abdolreza (Supervisor) ; Ekrami, Ali Akbar (Supervisor)
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Recently, mechanical properties of advanced materials such as nanostructured and ultra-fine materials and especially nanocomposites were studied by lots of researcher. In this study, fatigue behavior of Al-SiC nanocomposites is observed. Ultra-fine grains Al matrix nanocomposites reinforced with 50 nm diameter SiC nanoparticles were produced by milling and hot extrusion. For this purpose, pure aluminum powder was mixed with 2, 4 and 6 Vol. % of SiC nanoparticles and then milled by planetary mill. The milled powder then were degased in an Argon atmosphere furnace, cold pressed and then hot extruded. Closed die-hot forging was used with about 18.8% reduction in cross section in order to...
Study of Microstructure and Hot Deformation Behavior of Aluminum Nanocomposites Reinforced with SiC Nanoparticles
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Simchi, Abdolreza (Supervisor)
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Hot deformation behavior of Al-SiC nanocomposites was investigated in this study. Aluminum powders with mean size of 60 micron and SiC nanopowders (mean size of 45nm) in amounts of 1 and 2 volume percents, as reinforced part, were mixed and milled for 40 hours by planetary ball mill. After degassing at 450 oC for 1 hour, milled powders were pressed into Aluminum cans (in Argon atmosphere) and then hot extruded. Extrusion ratio was 1:14. High density billets (with 98% of theoretical density) were produced because of that high extrusion ratio. TEM microstructure studies showed that fine distribution of reinforcements and Aluminum Oxides obtained via this procedure. Hardness and Uniaxial...
Investigation of Solidification Rate and Alloying Elements (Cu, Ni, Cr) on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al-20Si-5Fe Alloy
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Davami, Parviz (Supervisor) ; Simchi, Abdolreza (Supervisor)
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In this research, Al-20Si-5Fe-2X (X=Cu,Ni,Cr) alloys were produced by gas atomizing and melt spinning processes. Microstructure and growth morphology of powder and ribbons were investigated using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, then, analyzed by solidification models. Powder and chopped ribbons were hot pressed at 400°C/250 MPa and microstructural variations, mechanical properties and thermal coefficient expansion were evaluated after consolidation. Results show that relatively high cooling rate in gas-atomized powders lead to refinement of the microstructure and formation of semi-equilibrium δ intermetallic phase. As the powder particle...
Using genetic algorithm and artificial neural network analyses to design an Al-Si casting alloy of minimum porosity
, Article Materials and Design ; Volume 27, Issue 7 , 2006 , Pages 605-609 ; 02641275 (ISSN) ; Bahrami, A ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Shafyei, A ; Sharif University of Technology
2006
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In this investigation a theoretical model based on artificial neural network (ANN) and genetic algorithm (GA) has been developed to optimize effective parameters on porosity formation in Al-Si casting alloys. The ANN theory was used to correlate the chemical composition and cooling rate to the amount of porosity. The GA and ANN were incorporated to find the optimal conditions for achieving the minimum porosity percent. By comparing the predicted values with the experimental data - earlier deduced by Dash et al. - it is demonstrated that the combined GA-ANN model is a useful and efficient method to find the optimal conditions for casting of Al-Si alloys associated with the minimum porosity...
Investigation of the Effects of Various Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nano-Composite Al-Al2O3 and Al-Sic Produced by Accumulative Roll Bonding
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Akbarzadeh Changiz, Abbas (Supervisor)
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Accumulative roll bonding has been used as novel method to produce the composite with ultra fine grain microstructure. This method has two steps, impose the particles as reinforcement between the layers by roll bonding process and then distribute the particles in matrix and generat an ultra fine grain microstructure during the ARB passes. In the present work, ARB process was performed to produce the Al/SiC and Al/Al2O3 nano-composites with various particles size and different volume fraction of reinforcement. Microscopic observations such as OM, SEM and TEM and XRD analyses were used to investigate the microstructure of produced composites and the distribution of the particles in matrix...
Effects of strain rate and mean strain on cyclic behavior of aluminum alloys under isothermal and thermo-mechanical fatigue loadings
, Article International Journal of Fatigue ; Volume 47 , 2013 , Pages 148-153 ; 01421123 (ISSN) ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
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In this paper, effects of strain rate and mean strain on the cyclic behavior and the lifetime of aluminum-silicon alloys are investigated under thermo-mechanical and isothermal fatigue loadings. To achieve these goals, low cycle fatigue tests are accomplished at evaluated temperatures under various strain rates (by changing the loading frequency) and different strain ratios (minimum to maximum strain). Thermo-mechanical fatigue experiments are performed in an out-of-phase condition where the temperature varies between 50 and 250 °C. Various heating/cooling rates are taken into account to assess the strain rate effect and different starting temperatures are considered to study the mean strain...
Numerical simulation of thermal barrier coating system under thermo-mechanical loadings
, Article Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2011, WCE 2011, 6 July 2011 through 8 July 2011 ; Volume 3 , July , 2011 , Pages 1959-1964 ; 9789881925152 (ISBN) ; Azadi, M ; Farrahi, G. H ; Sharif University of Technology
2011
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In the present paper, numerical simulation of thermal barrier coating system under thermo-mechanical loadings is performed, using the finite element method in ABAQUS software. The base material is Aluminum-silicon alloy, A356.0 which is widely used in automotive components such as diesel engine cylinder heads. Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are applied to combustion chamber in order to reduce fuel consumption and pollutions and also improve fatigue life of components. The roughness effect of coating layers on stress distribution of test specimens is investigated. Semi-ellipsoid roughness of the interfaces between substrate/bond coat and bond coat/top coat are simulated to get the stress...