{"title":"Investigation of the Effect of Tool Temperature on Microstructure, Hardness, and Wear Behaviour of Aluminium 6061-T6 Alloy Welded by the Friction Stir Welding Process","authors":"Mothibeli Pita","doi":"10.1155/2023/1795150","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2023/1795150","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>The friction stir welding (FSW) tool is a critical component to the success of the welding process. The aim of the paper is to investigate the effect of tool temperature on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the aluminium alloy during the friction stir welding process. The welding experiment was conducted at a tool rotational speed of 550 rpm, and tool temperature was measured with the increment of a 60 mm distance. Three different tool temperatures were obtained, and samples were characterised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The ASTM E384 standard was followed when conducting the Vickers hardness test, and material wear behaviour was tested using the ASTM G99 tribology testing standard. The results show that the tool temperature increases with distance during the FSW process (40.5, 46, and 54°C). A high tool temperature produces the weld butt with high mechanical properties (87.5 HV). The wear rate is low at a high tool temperature (1.169<i>E</i> − 006 mm<sup>3</sup>/N/m).</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2023 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2023/1795150","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79214818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sima Sadeghzade, Reza Amini Najafabadi, Mohammad Meysami, Amirhossein Meysami, Mohammad Khodaei, Taghi Isfahani
{"title":"Porous Titanium Scaffold: A New Design for Controlled Drug Delivery","authors":"Sima Sadeghzade, Reza Amini Najafabadi, Mohammad Meysami, Amirhossein Meysami, Mohammad Khodaei, Taghi Isfahani","doi":"10.1155/2023/4664178","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2023/4664178","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Gelatin crosslinking using conventional methods is usually associated with some toxic side effects. In this research, therefore, the vacuum heating method at 10 Pascal and 140°C under different times of 8, 16, and 32 h was used to cross-link strontium-loaded gelatin microparticles with varying degrees obtained by the oil/water mixing method on titanium scaffolds by the dip-coating method to avoid toxicity and also to control the strontium release rate to the surrounding tissue. The possible phases formed on the surface of the porous titanium scaffolds, the gelatin microparticle distribution, gelatin strontium loading, and strontium release were characterized using thin film X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) machines, respectively. The results indicated that at 600°C, the rutile phase was formed on the surface of the heat-treated titanium scaffolds. Furthermore, strontium was successfully loaded in the spherical gelatin microparticles, and the strontium-loaded gelatin microparticles were distributed uniformly on the surface of the titanium scaffolds, while the rate of the <i>in vitro</i> strontium release decreased by increasing the time of the gelatin microparticle vacuum-heat crosslinking, whereas at the burst release step, the <i>in vitro</i> strontium release rates were around 5, 4.4, and 2.5 ppm/h, for the 8, 16, and 32 h vacuum-heat cross-linked gelatin microparticles, respectively.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2023 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2023/4664178","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78589491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew B. Kustas, Jonathan Pegues, Michael A. Melia, Shaun R. Whetten, Morgan Jones, Nicolas Argibay
{"title":"Characterization of Refractory Alloys Produced by Laser Additive Manufacturing","authors":"Andrew B. Kustas, Jonathan Pegues, Michael A. Melia, Shaun R. Whetten, Morgan Jones, Nicolas Argibay","doi":"10.1155/2022/1928643","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2022/1928643","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Refractory alloys often possess superior thermomechanical properties compared to conventional materials, such as steels, Ni-based superalloys, and Ti alloys, especially in high-temperature environments. While these materials promise to revolutionize numerous industries, significant hurdles remain for insertion into applications due to an incomplete understanding of structure-property relationships and conventional processing challenges. We explore laser-based additive manufacturing (AM) to construct refractory alloys consisting of combinations of Mo, Nb, Ta, and Ti with systematically increasing compositional complexity. Microstructure, composition, and hardness of the AM-processed alloys were characterized. Results are discussed in the context of pairing additive manufacturing with refractory metals to enable next-generation alloys.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/1928643","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83123789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the Effect of Cooling Media on Hardness, Toughness, Coefficient of Friction, and Wear Rate of Mild Steel Heat Treated at Different Temperatures","authors":"M. Pita, L. Lebea","doi":"10.1155/2022/3564875","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2022/3564875","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Mild steel is a common material used extensively in the manufacturing industry. This manuscript investigates the effect of cooling processes on the hardness, toughness, coefficient of friction, and wear rate of mild steel heat treated at different temperatures. The material was heat treated in a furnace at two different temperatures (500 and 900°C) and cooled by water, oil, and air. Microhardness and impact tests were conducted using ASTM E384 and ASTM E23-12C. For dry conditions, the tribology ASTM G99 test standard was used to determine the coefficient of friction and wear rate per sample. The results show that mild steel heat treated at 900°C and cooled with water increased the material’s hardness by 24% and toughness by 23.3% as compared to oil- and air-cooling media. The same heating temperature and water-cooling media produce the material with a low wear rate (3.223E-008).</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/3564875","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91124500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elena Togliatti, Maria Grimaldi, Olimpia Pitirollo, Antonella Cavazza, Diego Pugliese, Daniel Milanese, Corrado Sciancalepore
{"title":"Design of Mechanical Properties of Poly(butylene-adipate-terephthalate) Reinforced with Zein-TiO2 Complex","authors":"Elena Togliatti, Maria Grimaldi, Olimpia Pitirollo, Antonella Cavazza, Diego Pugliese, Daniel Milanese, Corrado Sciancalepore","doi":"10.1155/2022/6496985","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2022/6496985","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Mechanical properties of polymer biocomposites are influenced by the interaction between the matrix and the filler surface. In this work, composites based on poly(butylene-adipate-terephthalate) (PBAT) filled with micrometric particles of zein-TiO<sub>2</sub> complex (ZTC) were realized via solvent casting technique at different concentrations, equal to 0, 5, 10, and 20 wt%. After pelletization, the resulting materials were injection molded into standard specimens, employed for the uniaxial tensile test (UTT) characterization. From the stress-strain curves, Young’s modulus (<i>E</i>), yield stress (<i>σ</i><sub><i>y</i></sub>), stress at break (<i>σ</i><sub><i>B</i></sub>), elongation at break (<i>ε</i><sub><i>B</i></sub>), and toughness (<i>T</i>) were collected. The addition of the ZTC proved to show a reinforcing effect on the polymeric matrix, with an increase in both <i>E</i> and <i>σ</i><sub><i>y</i></sub>. Modelling of the mechanical properties was performed by applying Kerner’s and Pukánszky’s equations. Kerner’s model, applied on experimental <i>E</i> values, returned a very good correspondence between collected and theoretical values. From the application of Pukánszky’s model to <i>σ</i><sub><i>y</i></sub>, the obtained <i>B</i> value showed a good interfacial interaction between the matrix and the filler. Due to the enhanced stiffness of the composites, a reduction in the true stress at break (<i>σ</i><sub><i>T</i>,<i>B</i></sub>) was observed. The modified Pukánszky’s model gave a <i>B</i> value lower than the one obtained for the yield, but still in the range of acceptable values for microcomposites.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/6496985","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77962191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Walaa Mohammed Hashim, Luay S. Alansari, Mohanad Aljanabi, Hassan Mansour Raheem
{"title":"Investigating Static Deflection of Non-Prismatic Axially Functionally Graded Beam","authors":"Walaa Mohammed Hashim, Luay S. Alansari, Mohanad Aljanabi, Hassan Mansour Raheem","doi":"10.1155/2022/7436024","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2022/7436024","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>In this study, the static deflection of non-prismatic axial function graded tapered beam (A-FGB) under distribution load has been analyzed using ANSYS workbench (17.2). According to a power-law model, the elastic modulus of the beam varies continuously in the axial direction of the beam. Also, the beam’s geometry, i.e., width, thickness, or both width and thickness of the beam, varies linearly in the axial direction with different values of non-uniformity parameter (1, 0.5,0, −0.5, and −0.75). The effects of martial distribution, i.e., power-law index, and non-uniformity parameter on the static deflection for A-FGB with different boundary conditions, in such free-clamped, clamped-free, and simply-supported, are studied. This research deals with functionally graded materials FGMs in more than one aspect in terms of using different boundary conditions; in addition, it studies the response of the non-prismatic beam non-uniformity parameter (<i>α</i>); therefore, this research studies comprehensively the deflection of the beam. The results show that the increase in power-law index causes decreasing in dimensionless deflection and its rate of change depends on the supporting types of the beam and non-uniformity parameters. The variation in both width and thickness for a free-clamped axial function–graded beam gives a significant decrease in dimensionless deflection at decreasing in non-uniformity parameter, whereas the variation in thickness for clamped-free axial function graded beam gives a significant decrease in dimensionless deflection at decreasing of non-uniformity parameter.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/7436024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80820439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Utkarsh Chadha, Senthil Kumaran Selvaraj, Neha Gunreddy, S. Sanjay Babu, Swapnil Mishra, Deepesh Padala, M. Shashank, Rhea Mary Mathew, S. Ram Kishore, Shraddhanjali Panigrahi, R. Nagalakshmi, R. Lokesh Kumar, Addisalem Adefris
{"title":"A Survey of Machine Learning in Friction Stir Welding, including Unresolved Issues and Future Research Directions","authors":"Utkarsh Chadha, Senthil Kumaran Selvaraj, Neha Gunreddy, S. Sanjay Babu, Swapnil Mishra, Deepesh Padala, M. Shashank, Rhea Mary Mathew, S. Ram Kishore, Shraddhanjali Panigrahi, R. Nagalakshmi, R. Lokesh Kumar, Addisalem Adefris","doi":"10.1155/2022/2568347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2568347","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Friction stir welding is a method used to weld together materials considered challenging by fusion welding. FSW is primarily a solid phase method that has been proven efficient due to its ability to manufacture low-cost, low-distortion welds. The quality of weld and stresses can be determined by calculating the amount of heat transferred. Recently, many researchers have developed algorithms to optimize manufacturing techniques. These machine learning techniques have been applied to FSW, which allows it to predict the defect before its occurrence. ML methods such as the adaptive neurofuzzy interference system, regression model, support vector machine, and artificial neural networks were studied to predict the error percentage for the friction stir welding technique. This article examines machine learning applications in FSW by utilizing an artificial neural network (ANN) to control fracture failure and a convolutional neural network (CNN) to detect faults. The ultimate tensile strength is predicted using a regression and classification model, a decision tree model, a support vector machine for defecting classification, and Gaussian process regression (UTS). Machine learning implementation mainly promotes uniformity in the process and precision and maximally averts human error and involvement.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/2568347","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143249045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gear Tooth Root Bending Strength Estimation under the Assumption of Fatigue Limit Existence","authors":"Luca Bonaiti, Carlo Gorla","doi":"10.1155/2022/5056057","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2022/5056057","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Being able to properly predict gear failure is a key aspect to achieve a reliable light-weight gearbox. Among the several gear failures, tooth root bending fatigue is considered as the most dangerous one because it implies the stoppage of the whole gearbox. In order to characterize a gear for this phenomena, Single Tooth Bending Fatigue (STBF) tests are the most performed ones. However, as in STBF test THERE IS no sliding/rolling contact and as the specimens are teeth rather than gears, some differences occur between the test conditions and those of the real case. This paper deals with the statistical ones that is the estimation of the gear SN curve starting from the teeth one. The teeth SN curve has been estimated by means of a statistical model developed considering Murakami’s idea of nonpropagating crack. Then, a methodology based on statistic of extreme is adopted for the purpose of estimating the gear SN curve.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/5056057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78477263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maximum Inclusion Size Evaluation and Fatigue Strength Analysis of 40Cr Structural Steel","authors":"Yingxin Zhao, Aiguo Zhao","doi":"10.1155/2022/4566471","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2022/4566471","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Statistics of extreme values (SEV) and generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) are adopted to predict the maximum inclusion size in 40Cr structural steel, and the fatigue strength was estimated according to the obtained maximum inclusion size. The estimated results were compared with the experimental results obtained in rotating bending fatigue testing, where all failure-relevant inclusions of the present study were quantitatively analyzed with respect to <span></span><math></math> (square root of the projected inclusion area). Both the estimation results are consistent with the experimental results. Furthermore, a suitable maximum inclusion size equal to the prior austenite grain size is proposed for the material manufacturing process.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/4566471","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79258157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matheus Rodrigues Furlani, Sheila Medeiros de Carvalho, Rafael Humberto Mota de Siqueira, Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima
{"title":"Reduced Coefficient of Friction of Laser Surface Hardened AISI 4130 Steel Substrates","authors":"Matheus Rodrigues Furlani, Sheila Medeiros de Carvalho, Rafael Humberto Mota de Siqueira, Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima","doi":"10.1155/2022/7541853","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2022/7541853","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>AISI 4130 steels have been used in several engineering applications, although presenting limited hardenability in conventional heat treatments. This contribution is aimed at determining the final hardness and reciprocating wear coefficient of friction (COF) after a given laser surface treatment (LST) with or without a carbon coating (C). The results indicated that the bare (B, without coating) condition produced a deeper case depth as a result of the carbon-rich plasma shielding. The observed microstructural features in the cases B and C showed martensite transformation and cementite formation; the latter is entirely in the C condition. Simple calculations using Rosenthal’s formalism indicate a high cooling rate, estimated as 32 <sup>′</sup>280°C/s 40 <i>μ</i>m below the irradiated surface and a heat-affected zone bounded by the austenite locus. The hardness near to the surface was higher in case C than in case B, but the overall final hardness is more pronounced when the surface is bare (B) due to plasma shielding. On the other hand, the final COF was very low in the C case (0.1) compared to the B condition (0.6).</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100886,"journal":{"name":"Material Design & Processing Communications","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/2022/7541853","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84049024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}