Recycling of machining chips of aluminium 7050-t7451 alloy by Spray forming and thermomechanical processing

The aim of this work is to conjugate a sort of known processing techniques in to a machining chips recycling route. These are generate during airframe primary parts from AA 7050-T7451, purchased according to AMS 4050H. The main processes assessed in this work were sprayforming, thermomechanical processes and heat treatments. According to the gathered data, the homogenization heat treatment after sprayforming has improved the investigated material properties significantly. The use of hot torsion test was fundamental in order to define the best processing route in order to define a refined microstructure. Beside the hot torsion tests survey, a methodology of experimental data treatment and analysis was developed and used accordingly. And based on these analyses, a new extrusion matrix was designed and manufactured. The new average grain size about 4.0 m obtained has presented good correlation with the size predicted by the method developed. Tensile test data has presented higher than the values specified in AMS 4050 H. Preliminary fatigue data has showed a dispersion within the MMPDS-06 (former MIL-HDBL-5), for similar testing condition, and fulfill the AMS 4050H fatigue requirements.O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a conjugação de técnicas conhecidas de processamento para a definição de uma rota de reciclagem de cavacos de usinagem. Estes são gerados durante a manufatura de peças primárias a partir de placas da liga de alumínio 7050-T7451, adquiridas conforme AMS 4050H. Os principais processos utilizados nesta rota de reciclagem dos cavacos foram: refusão por conformação por spray, processamentos termomecânicos e tratamentos térmicos. O tratamento térmico de homogeneização antes da extrusão e a solubilização antes do envelhecimento melhorou significativamente a resposta do material ao tratamento térmico. A utilização do ensaio de torção a quente foi fundamental para definir a melhor condição de processamento para a obtenção de uma microestrutura refinada. Juntamente com os ensaios de torção a quente, uma metodologia de tratamento e análise dos dados de torção a quente foi desenvolvida. Baseado nos dados obtidos, uma nova matriz de extrusão foi projetada. O tamanho médio de grão de 4,0 m que foi obtido apresentou boa correlação com as análises do ensaio de torção a quente, para condições semelhantes de processamento. Os resultados obtidos durante a realização dos ensaios mecânicos de tração apresentaram resultados superiores aos especificados na AMS 4050 H. Da mesma forma, os dados preliminares de fadiga do material, mostraram que os dados obtidos estão na mesma nuvem de dispersão dos dados do MMPDS-06 (antigo MIL-HDBK-5), para condições semelhantes de ensaios, e atende aos critérios de fadiga da AMS 4050 H

Chemistry and tensile properties of a recycled AA7050 via spray forming and ECAP/E

The aim of this work is to evaluate the conjugation of advanced processing techniques, such as spray forming, extrusion and ECAP as a processing route for reuse of machining chips generated during aircrafts manufacturing parts from AA7050-T7451 raw material plates supplied according to AMS 4050H¹. In this way, the sprayforming process was used for remelting, and billet production, followed by extrusion and ECAP. At the end of the process, an artificial aging according to AMS 2772E ² was conducted. An assessment of chemical composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties evolution throughout the process were performed. The results have showed that this proposed route may be used as a potential technological route for secondary aluminum source. For extrusion route for overaged condition, 144 MPa yield strength and 14% of elongation was attained. Beside this, at this stage of work, was verified that the hot extrusion process is more effective for reduction of porosity and microstructure development than ECAP, but on the other hand this one has reduced porosity dispersion significantly for the extrusion parameters adopted. The adopted homogenization schedule, followed by artificial aging after has resulted in excessive grain growth

Accessing the strong interaction between Λ baryons and charged kaons with the femtoscopy technique at the LHC

The interaction between Λ baryons and kaons/antikaons is a crucial ingredient for the strangeness S=0 and S=−2 sector of the meson--baryon interaction at low energies. In particular, the ΛK¯¯¯¯ might help in understanding the origin of states such as the Ξ(1620), whose nature and properties are still under debate. Experimental data on Λ−K and Λ−K¯¯¯¯ systems are scarce, leading to large uncertainties and tension between the available theoretical predictions constrained by such data. In this Letter we present the measurements of Λ−K+⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K− and Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations obtained in the high-multiplicity triggered data sample in pp collisions at s√=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. The correlation function for both pairs is modeled using the Lednicky−Lyuboshits analytical formula and the corresponding scattering parameters are extracted. The Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations show the presence of several structures at relative momenta k∗ above 200 MeV/c, compatible with the Ω baryon, the Ξ(1690), and Ξ(1820) resonances decaying into Λ−K− pairs. The low k∗ region in the Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ also exhibits the presence of the Ξ(1620) state, expected to strongly couple to the measured pair. The presented data allow to access the ΛK+ and ΛK− strong interaction with an unprecedented precision and deliver the first experimental observation of the Ξ(1620) decaying into ΛK−