37 research outputs found
Effect of pressure on heat transfer coefficient at the metal/mold interface of A356 aluminum alloy
Future of additive manufacturing: Overview of 4D and 3D printed smart and advanced materials and their applications
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. 4D printing is an emerging field in additive manufacturing of time responsive programmable materials. The combination of 3D printing technologies with materials that can transform and possess shape memory and self-healing capabilities means the potential to manufacture dynamic structures readily for a myriad of applications. The benefits of using multifunctional materials in 4D printing create opportunities for solutions in demanding environments including outer space, and extreme weather conditions where human intervention is not possible. The current progress of 4D printable smart materials and their stimuli-responsive capabilities are overviewed in this paper, including the discussion of shape-memory materials, metamaterials, and self-healing materials and their responses to thermal, pH, moisture, light, magnetic and electrical exposures. Potential applications of such systems have been explored to include advancements in health monitoring, electrical devices, deployable structures, soft robotics and tuneable metamaterials
EFFECT OF CERAMIC FOAM FILTERS ON OXIDES REMOVAL AND THE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF A-356 ALLOY CASTINGS
This article examines the Weibull statistical analysis that was used for investigating the effect of melt
filtration on tensile properties and defects formed inside the casting. Forming and entrapping of double oxide films
have been explained by using the context of critical velocity of melt in the runner. SutCast software results were used
to examine the amounts of the velocity of melt as such. SEM/EDX analysis is used to observe the presence of double
oxide films in the fracture surfaces of the tensile specimens. The article goes on to propose that castings made with
foam filters with smaller pores show higher mechanical properties and reliability due to higher Weibull modulus and
fewer defect