A general method for brazing ceramics to metals using a compliant metallic foam as a buffer layer has been developed. Using stainless steel foams, bonds between alumina and 316 stainless steel with shear strengths up to 33 MPa have been achieved. The resultant ductility enhances the resistance of the joint to thermal cycling; AlN-Inconel 600 bonds exhibited good thermal shock resistance. Alumin...

Inconel 718 is a Ni-Cr-Fe superalloy which presents excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures, as well as good corrosion resistance and weldability. These characteristics can be optimized with an appropriate control of microstructural features such as grain size and precipitation. Precipitates of different nature can form in these alloys, i.e. γ’’ (a metastable metallic compound Ni3N...

In turning process, engineers are often faced with the problems of relating the cutting parameters (Speed, feed, depth of cut) to the output responses(Feed force, Thrust force, Cutting force, Surface roughness) to optimize the process. Also, Turing is done with the aim of achieving the best surface finish. But without optimization, it is not possible to automate the process. Turning process inv...

The application of emulsion for combined heat extraction and lubrication requires continuous monitoring of the quality of emulsion to sustain a desired grinding environment; this is applicable to other grinding fluids as well. Thus to sustain a controlled grinding environment, it is necessary to adopt an effectively lubricated wheel-work interface. The current study was undertaken to assess exp...

Electron yields from clean and oxydized Inconel 625 surfaces have been measured for H', H:, Hef, 0' and Ar+ ions at normal incidence in the energy range 1.5-40 keV. These measurements have been made under ultrahigh vacuum and the samples were freed of surface contaminants by bombarding with high doses of either 20 keV H l or 30 keV Ar+ ions. Differences in yields of oxydized versus clean surfac...