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Corrosion Behavior And Characteristics Of Passive Films Of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Produced Ti-6al-4v In Dynamic Hank’S Solution, Liang-Yu Chen, Hong-Yue Zhang, Chuanbo Zheng, Hong-Yu Yang, Peng Qin, Cuihua Zhao, Sheng Lu, Shun-Xing Liang, Linjiang Chai, Lai-Chang Zhang Jan 2021

Corrosion Behavior And Characteristics Of Passive Films Of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Produced Ti-6al-4v In Dynamic Hank’S Solution, Liang-Yu Chen, Hong-Yue Zhang, Chuanbo Zheng, Hong-Yu Yang, Peng Qin, Cuihua Zhao, Sheng Lu, Shun-Xing Liang, Linjiang Chai, Lai-Chang Zhang

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The corrosion behavior of laser powder bed fusion produced (L-PBF-produced) titanium alloys involving flowing body fluid is still unclear. Therefore, this work investigates in vitro corrosion behavior and the characteristics of passive films formed on L-PBF-produced Ti–6Al–4V in both static and dynamic Hank’s solutions. Electrochemical measurements, immersion tests, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were conducted. In comparison to the L-PBF-produced Ti–6Al–4V in static Hank’s solution, the samples showed lower charge transfer resistance and higher passivation current density (anodic current density as well) in dynamic Hank’s solution. Meanwhile, a more apparent deposition of apatite and hydroxyapatite is found on …


Experimental Investigation And Comparison Of The Thermal Performance Of Additively And Conventionally Manufactured Heat Exchangers, Ana Vafadar, Ferdinando Guzzomi, Kevin Hayward Jan 2021

Experimental Investigation And Comparison Of The Thermal Performance Of Additively And Conventionally Manufactured Heat Exchangers, Ana Vafadar, Ferdinando Guzzomi, Kevin Hayward

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Air heat exchangers (HXs) are applicable in many industrial sectors because they offer a simple, reliable, and cost-effective cooling system. Additive manufacturing (AM) systems have sig-nificant potential in the construction of high-efficiency, lightweight HXs; however, HXs still mainly rely on conventional manufacturing (CM) systems such as milling, and brazing. This is due to the fact that little is known regarding the effects of AM on the performance of AM fabricated HXs. In this research, three air HXs comprising of a single fin fabricated from stainless steel 316 L using AM and CM methods—i.e., the HXs were fabricated by both direct …


Experimental Investigation Of Pressure Drop Performance Of Smooth And Dimpled Single Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers, Kanishk Rauthan, Ferdinando G. Guzzomi, Ana Vafadar, Kevin Hayward, Aakash Hurry Jan 2021

Experimental Investigation Of Pressure Drop Performance Of Smooth And Dimpled Single Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers, Kanishk Rauthan, Ferdinando G. Guzzomi, Ana Vafadar, Kevin Hayward, Aakash Hurry

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Passive heat exchangers (HXs) form an inseparable part of the manufacturing industry as they provide high-efficiency cooling at minimal overhead costs. Along with the aspects of high thermal cooling, it is essential to monitor pressure loss while using plate-fin HXs because pressure loss can introduce additional power costs to a system. In this paper, an experimental study was conducted to look at the effects of dimples on the pressure drop characteristics of single plate-fin heat exchangers. To enable this, different configurations of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) fins with smooth surfaces and 2 mm-diameter dimples, 4 mm-diameter dimples and …


Review On Machining Of Additively Manufactured Nickel And Titanium Alloys, Navneet Khanna, Kishan Zadafiya, Tej Patel, Yusuf Kaynak, Rizwan Abdul, Rahman Rashid, Ana Vafadar Jan 2021

Review On Machining Of Additively Manufactured Nickel And Titanium Alloys, Navneet Khanna, Kishan Zadafiya, Tej Patel, Yusuf Kaynak, Rizwan Abdul, Rahman Rashid, Ana Vafadar

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The machining of nickel and titanium-based superalloy components is very expensive and involves unusually high lead times compared with other engineering metals such as steels and aluminum. This has led to the development of most suitable additive manufacturing (AM) processes to fabricate these difficult-to-machine metals into near-net shape parts, thereby reducing the lead time and material waste, and significantly increasing productivity. Nonetheless, finish machining is still required on the AMed metal components to meet the dimensional and surface requirements of the application. Several research studies have investigated the machinability of AMed nickel and titanium alloy workpieces and have compared the …


Recent Development In Beta Titanium Alloys For Biomedical Applications, Liang Yu Chen, Yu Wei Cui, Lai-Chang Zhang Sep 2020

Recent Development In Beta Titanium Alloys For Biomedical Applications, Liang Yu Chen, Yu Wei Cui, Lai-Chang Zhang

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. β-type titanium (Ti) alloys have attracted a lot of attention as novel biomedical materials in the past decades due to their low elastic moduli and good biocompatibility. This article provides a broad and extensive review of β-type Ti alloys in terms of alloy design, preparation methods, mechanical properties, corrosion behavior, and biocompatibility. After briefly introducing the development of Ti and Ti alloys for biomedical applications, this article reviews the design of β-type Ti alloys from the perspective of the molybdenum equivalency (Moeq) method and DV-Xα molecular orbital method. Based on these …