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中国有色金属学报(英文版)

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China

Vol. 29    No. 6    June 2019

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A novel method to improve interfacial bonding of compound squeeze cast Al/Al-Cu macrocomposite bimetals: Simulation and experimental studies
Mohammad Hossein BABAEE1, Ali MALEKI2, Behzad NIROUMAND1

1. Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran;
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran

Abstract:A facile and innovative method to improve bonding between the two parts of compound squeeze cast Al/Al-4.5wt.%Cu macrocomposite bimetals was developed and its effects on microstructure and mechanical properties of the bimetal were investigated. A special concentric groove pattern was machined on the top surface of the insert (squeeze cast Al-4.5wt.%Cu) and its effects on heat transfer, solidification and distribution of generated stresses along the interface region of the bimetal components were simulated using ProCAST and ANSYS softwares and experimentally verified. Simulation results indicated complete melting of the tips of the surface grooves and local generation of large stress gradient fields along the interface. These are believed to result in rupture of the insert interfacial aluminum oxide layer facilitating diffusion bonding of the bimetal components. Microstructural evaluations confirmed formation of an evident transition zone along the interface region of the bimetal. Average thickness of the transition zone and tensile strength of the bimetal were significantly increased to about 375 μm and 54 MPa, respectively, by applying the surface pattern. The proposed method is an affordable and promising approach for compound squeeze casting of Al-Al macrocomposite bimetals without resort to any prior cost and time intensive chemical or coating treatments of the solid insert.

 

Key words: Al/Al-4.5wt.%Cu macrocomposite bimetal; interfacial bonding; surface machining pattern; microstructure; mechanical properties; simulation

ISSN 1004-0609
CN 43-1238/TG
CODEN: ZYJXFK

ISSN 1003-6326
CN 43-1239/TG
CODEN: TNMCEW

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