High-pressure torsion (HPT) is used to investigate the formation of a new metal system by the direct bonding of separate disks of Al and Cu by processing at room temperature under a compressive pressure of 6.0 GPa and with increasing numbers of HPT turns up to 60. A detailed examination of the microstructure and a phase analysis reveal the presence of three intermetallic compounds, Al 2 Cu, AlCu, and Al 4 Cu 9 , in the nanostructured Al matrix with a grain size of %30 nm. Processing by HPT leads to the formation of a metal-matrix nanocomposite with extreme hardness near the edge of the Al-Cu disks after 60 HPT turns. Experiments show that the estimated wear rates exhibit an improvement in wear resistance while maintaining low wear rates for high applied loads up to %40-50 N under dry sliding conditions. The results confirm that there is a significant potential for using HPT processing in the joining and bonding of dissimilar metals at room temperature and in the expeditious fabrication of a wide range of new metal systems having enhanced mechanical and functional properties.
This study established finite-element models via LS-DYNA software to predict the critical velocity of Ti spray particles under different collision velocities and preheating temperatures. Particle deformation, collision temperature, and bonding types of the Ti coating/Al substrate system were simulated. At the predicted critical velocity (650 m/s) and the corresponding preheating temperature (300 °C), the TC4 titanium coating was fabricated on a 6061 aluminum substrate by high-velocity air fuel (HVAF) spray. The coating’s microstructure and phase transition were analyzed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with energy-dispersion X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), revealing that critical velocity decreases with increasing particle velocity and preheating temperature. At 650 m/s, the coating was well-bonded to the matrix in metallurgical bonding type, and mechanical interlock and metallurgical bonding coexisted among particles. Experimental results show that the coating is characterized by the metallurgical bonding type, a fusion layer, and recrystallization, which verifies the simulated collision temperatures.
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