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Increase Of Heat Transfer To Reduce Build Time In Rapid Freeze Prototyping, Ming-Chuan Leu, Sriram Praneeth Isanaka, Von Richards
Increase Of Heat Transfer To Reduce Build Time In Rapid Freeze Prototyping, Ming-Chuan Leu, Sriram Praneeth Isanaka, Von Richards
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Reduction of part build time in the Rapid Freeze Prototyping (RFP) process, which fabricates a 3D ice part layer-by-layer by depositing and freezing water droplets, has been achieved by increase of heat transfer. Three mechanisms have been experimentally investigated: 1) cooling the substrate, 2) use of forced convection, and 3) use of a chilling plate. Cooling the substrate is effective for parts of small heights but becomes ineffective with increase in part height. Forced convection produced desirable reduction in part build time but with the undesirable formation of frost on the built ice part. The use of chilling plate to …
Evaluation Of Direct Diode Laser Deposited Stainless Steel 316l On 4340 Steel Substrate For Aircraft Landing Gear Application, Tian Fu, Todd E. Sparks, Frank W. Liou, Joseph William Newkirk, Zhiqiang Fan, Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Jianzhong Ruan, Hsin-Nan Chou
Evaluation Of Direct Diode Laser Deposited Stainless Steel 316l On 4340 Steel Substrate For Aircraft Landing Gear Application, Tian Fu, Todd E. Sparks, Frank W. Liou, Joseph William Newkirk, Zhiqiang Fan, Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Jianzhong Ruan, Hsin-Nan Chou
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
300M steel is used extensively for aircraft landing gears because of its high strength, ductility and toughness. However, like other high-strength steels, 300M steel is vulnerable to corrosion fatigue and stress corrosion cracking, which can lead to catastrophic consequences in the landing gear. Stainless steels offer a combination of corrosion, wear, and fatigue properties. But for an aircraft landing gear application a higher surface hardness is required. A laser cladding process with fast heating and cooling rates can improve the surface hardness. AISI 4340 steel is used as a lower cost alternative to 300M due to its similar composition. In …
Functionally Graded Materials By Laser Metal Deposition, Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Joseph William Newkirk, Frank W. Liou, Hsin-Nan Chou
Functionally Graded Materials By Laser Metal Deposition, Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Joseph William Newkirk, Frank W. Liou, Hsin-Nan Chou
Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Fabrication of functionally graded materials (FGMs) by laser metal deposition (LMD) has the potential to offer solutions to key engineering problems over the traditional metal-working techniques. But the issues that need to be addressed while building FGMs are intermixing in the layers and cracking due to the residual stresses. This paper is to present the study of the effect of process parameters (laser power and travel speed) on the degree of dilution between the substrate (or, previous layer) and powder material for few metallurgical systems.