This paper presents positron lifetime studies of the subsurface region of AK12 aluminium alloy and Al2O3-particle-reinforced AK12 aluminium alloy composite after sliding against steel in the pin-on-disc machine. The defect depth profile detected in the AK12 alloy extended up to 300 μm but for the composite AK12 the range of this profile was significantly shortened to less than ∼ 90 μm. The posi...

The reaction of aluminium(III) with Hydroxynaphtol Blue (HNB) in aqueous media at apparent pH 5.5 results in a red complex that is stable for at least 4 hr. Beer's Law is obeyed up to 1.6 microg/ml of aluminium(III) with an apparent molar absorptivity of 1.66 x 10(4) l.mol(-1). cm(-1) at 569 nm. This paper proposes procedures for aluminium(III) determination by ordinary and first-derivative spe...

in the present study, the mechanical behavior of aa5052 aluminum alloy during cold deformation and subsequent isothermal annealing in a temperature range of 225-300oc was investigated using the uniaxial tensile test data. it is found that by increasing the annealing time and temperature the material yield strength is decreased. the microstructural investigations of the annealed samples show tha...

The study was conducted to develop castor oil – graphite lubricants for cold extrusion of aluminium alloy and to investigate the effect of the developed lubricant on the extrusion pressure of aluminium alloy. Cold extrusion process at a constant extrusion ratio of 1.25:1 was used on 14mm diameter by 30mm long aluminium alloy billets. Experimental results showed that onset pressure ranges from 1...

An investigation was carried out to understand the effects of solidification time of the cylindrical specimen on hardness, wear rate and the coefficient of friction of Aluminium alloy (LM4). The commercially available LM4 Aluminium alloy was melted in a crucible furnace under argon atmosphere. The molten metal was poured into sand moulds having dissimilar size holes. The cast rods were tested f...

In this study, the global texture evolution in a 2 mm gauge hot band of continuous casting AA5052 aluminum alloy, annealed at 449 °C for 4 hours, was investigated. Samples were deformed to three different strain values under a near equi-biaxial stretching condition. Their textures were. The major and minor strains of these samples were measured using an automatic strain analysis system. The tex...

The general manufacturing objective during the fabrication of automotive, structural and aerospace components, particularly through flow forming process is to achieve predefined product quality characteristics and mechanical properties with process cost and time constraints. The current state of the economy and the consequent market pressure has forced vehicle manufacturers to simultaneously re...

This study presents the design and stress analysis of mobile robot switchover module (track tensioner), which helps the robot to work in hybrid locomotion mechanism. The track tensioner is a loading and unloading module that helps the locomotion system transformability while robot moves either on wheel or track mechanism. The selection of suitable material for its design, the model is therefore...

L. Blacha, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, Katowice J. Mizera, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Engineering, Warszawa P. Folęga, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport, Katowice, Poland In the present paper, the rate of aluminium evaporation from the Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy during smelting with the use of VIM met...