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High Performance Aluminum Alloy and Composite Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 2309

Special Issue Editor

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
Interests: Al and Mg composites; heat-resistant Al alloys; metal additive manufacturing; powder metallurgy; nanomaterials; nucleation; phase formation; crystal growth
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Dear Colleagues,

High-performance aluminum alloy and composite (HPAA&C) materials have attracted much attention for decades, since they possess a promising future for application in transportation and aerospace fields. As can be seen in the amount of publications regarding this, novel preparation methods, specific heat-treatment strategies, particular alloying elements and reinforcements have been confirmed to be efficient to improve the mechanical properties of HPAA&C materials. At present, the development of advanced testing and inspection equipment, and precise computational material theories, have provided new opportunities to design and produce HPAA&C materials.

This Special Issue will provide readers with up-to-date information on recent progress in HPAA&C materials. Papers related to the preparation methods, microstructure characterization, mechanical properties and service performance of HPAA&C materials are all within the range of interests of this Special Issue. The material preparation methods include but are not limited to casting, powder metallurgy and 3D printing, while the mechanical properties include tensile strength, yield strength, ductility, fatigue performance, elastic modulus and wear resistance, etc., at both room temperature and elevated temperature.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews that address advances in HPAA&C materials are welcome.

Dr. Tong Gao
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • high-performance Al alloys
  • Al-based composites
  • mechanical properties
  • strengthening mechanisms
  • phase evolution
  • microstructure
  • casting
  • powder metallurgy
  • ball milling
  • reinforcements
  • materials science and engineering

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32 pages, 26568 KiB  
Article
Effect of Current Density Ramping on the Growth Rate and Structure of AA2024-T3
by Peter Totaro and Boris Khusid
Materials 2022, 15(9), 3258; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15093258 - 01 May 2022
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Abstract
The presented study successfully demonstrated advantages of multistep anodization of AA2024—T3. Coating properties and morphology were studied in detail for five anodization processes: a conventional Base process with a constant applied current density and processes with current density applied in one (OS1 and [...] Read more.
The presented study successfully demonstrated advantages of multistep anodization of AA2024—T3. Coating properties and morphology were studied in detail for five anodization processes: a conventional Base process with a constant applied current density and processes with current density applied in one (OS1 and OS2) and five (MS1 and MS2) steps at different magnitudes during the ramp period. Due to lower oxygen infusion, processes MS1 and MS2 produced a more intact coating with reduced porosity and enhanced abrasion resistance and hardness. The presented results clearly demonstrate that starting anodization at a low voltage and then slowly ramping current density will form coatings with a higher aluminum/oxygen ratio and enhanced properties over a shorter period of processing. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Performance Aluminum Alloy and Composite Materials)
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