ADVANCED MATERIALS IN ENGINEERING (ESTEGHLAL)
Year:2016 | Volume:35 | Issue:1|Papers Count:10

This study aims at investigation of the hydrogen damage after dissolution annealing and two-stage aging in aluminum 7075 alloy. Dissolution annealing was performed at 500 to 575 °C for duration of 1 to 20 hours. The first stage of two-stage aging was performed at 180, 200 and 220 °C for 30 minutes. The second stage was carried out at 120 and 150 °C for 10, 15 and 20 hours. Structural characteristics and chemical composition of precipitates was investigated using SEM and EDS methods, respectively. Reduction of the tensile strength in T6 process after hydrogenation reached to 150 MPa, although it decreased only, about 50 MPa in the two-stage process. Overall, tensile strength after hydrogen charging was significantly increased in the two-stage aging compared to the T6 process.

In this study, microstructure and mechanical properties of diffusion joints between 5754, 6061 and 7039 aluminum alloys and AZ31 magnesium alloy were investigated. Diffusion joints were done between the alloys at 440 °C, for duration of 60 minutes, at 29 MPa pressure and under 1×10-4 torr vacuum. The interface of joints was studied using optical (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with EDS analysis and the line scan. According to the results of EDS analysis, the presence of intermetallic compounds including Al12Mg17, Al3Mg2 and their mixture was observed at the diffusion zone. Also, according to the results of the line scan, the hardness value of aluminum alloys has a considerable effect on diffusion of the magnesium atoms toward aluminum alloy and the greatest diffusion of magnesium was observed when 6061 aluminum alloy was used. More diffusion resulted in a stronger bond between atoms of magnesium and aluminum, and maximum strength of approximately 42 MPa was obtained when 6061 aluminum alloy was used.

In this study, NBG was successfully achieved through a sol-gel technique, and to further improve its dispersibility, a crylate coupling agent was coupled onto the surface of the NBG. The 3- (Trimethoxysilyl) Propylmethacrylate coupling agent was used to the surface modification of the synthesized NBG by a wet-chemical method in a dynamic inert nitrogen atmosphere. The surface properties of the biomaterials before and after modification were characterized and compared using FTIR and AFM techniques. The characteristic peaks in FTIR spectra indicated that -CH2, -CH3 and C=O groups appeared on the surface of modified NBG, and also, AFM analysis revealed that the dispersibility of surface modified NBG was improved, significantly. The above results proved that the desired groups of 3-(Trimethoxysilyl) Propyl methacrylate had been covalently bonded onto the surface of NBG. Besides, a nanocomposite scaffold was synthesized using the synthesized NBG and polyurethane foam as raw materials. The morphology of pores, porosity contents, compress strength and bioactivity of the scaffold were studied. The results showed that the biological scaffolds for use in bone tissue engineering with the basic requirements (90% porosity and 200-600 mm pore diameter) were successfully prepared. The polymer component had no effect on the relationship between the scaffold pores and bioactivity of bioglass nanoparticles. Improvement of compressive strength and proper bioactivity of the resulted scaffold showed that it is an acceptable candidate for biomaterials applications.

The aim of this study was to fabricate carbon nanotube (CNT) and bioactive glass nanoparticles (BG) (at levels of 5 and 10 wt%) incorporated electrospun chitosan (CS)/ polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers for potential neural tissue engineering applications. The morphology, structure, and mechanical properties of the formed electrospun fibrous mats were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and mechanical testing, respectively. In vitro cell culture of embryonal carcinoma stem cells (P19) were seeded onto the electrospun scaffolds. The results showed that the incorporation of CNTs and BG nanoparticles did not appreciably affect the morphology of the CS/PVA nanofibers. The maximum tensile strength (7.9 MPa) was observed in the composite sample with 5 %wt bioactive glass nanoparticles. The results suggest that BG and CNT-incorporated CS/PVA nanofibrous scaffolds with small diameters, high porosity, and promoted mechanical properties can potentially provide many possibilities for applications in the fields of neural tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Perovskite structures including oxygen vacancies are the most important group of the oxygen preamble membranes. These membranes have potentially attractive applications in the membrane reactors for partial oxidation of methane. Doping Perovskite phase in order to increase the oxygen vacancies and oxygen permeation, besides Perovskite structure stability, has been the main approach of the recent researches. In this research, tantalum was chosen as the appropriate dopant for Ba (Co0.8Fe0.2) O3-d Perovskite phase, according to the tolerance factor calculations. The X ray patterns of synthesized Ba (Co0.7Fe0.2Ta0.1) O3-d indicate that the Perovskite structure was formed. Powder density, thermal expansion coefficient measurements and bond strength studies using FT-IR analysis revealed that the chosen dopant not only increases the oxygen vacancies volume but also reduces the thermal expansion coefficient without significant changes of bond strength. Results showed that the novel Ba (Co0.7Fe0.2Ta0.1) O3-d is a good choice for the membrane fabrication of methane partial reduction reactors.

Ternary (%mol) (64SiO2-31CaO-5P2O5) system of sol-gel derived bioactive glass fibers was prepared by electrospinning method. X-ray Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and nitrogen adsorption test (BET) analyses were performed to investigate the phase and chemical group of the composition, morphology of the surface and specific surface area of the fibers, respectively. SEM observations confirmed that the fibers were nano size. The amorphous nature and the presence of silanol groups in the composition were confirmed by XRD and FTIR, respectively. Apatite formation and biodegradability of the fibers were studied using various analyses after different days of soaking in simulated body fluid (SBF). The results affirmed the presence of apatite layers on the surface of the fibers. Cell culture evaluation indicated that MG-64 human osteoblast-like cells were attached and spread well on the surface. Furthermore, cell viability and cell growth demonstrated that the cells were grown and reproduced well on the fibers.

In this study, Ni-Mo nanocrystalline alloys were prepared on steel substrates by electrodeposition method from citrate-ammonia bath by applying current densities 30, 60 and 100 mA/cm2. Results indicated that the obtained coatings were uniform and compact. Moreover, molybdenum content in the alloy and current efficiency decreased with increasing electrodeposition current density. X-ray diffraction analyses indicated that all coatings were composed of face-centered cubic solid solution of molybdenum in nickel with grain size of 9-5 nanometer. Moreover, the most intensive plane in X-ray diffragtogram was (111). On the othe hand, roughness measurements indicated that surface roughness escalated with increasing current density. Corrosion behavior study showed decrease in corrosion current density of substrate with applying Ni-Mo alloy coatings. In addition, corrosion current density reduced with increasing molybdenum content of the coating and the minimum amount was related to the coating with 13 atomic percent molybdenum.

In this study, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model for armchair, zigzag and chiral single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is proposed. To create the FE models, nodes are placed at the locations of carbon atoms and the bonds between them are modeled using three-dimensional elastic beam elements. The FE model is used to investigate the influence of chirality and Stone-Wales defects on the ultimate strength (Ultimate stress and ultimate strain) of SWCNTs. Results indicate that Stone-Wales defect significantly reduces the ultimate stress and strain of armchair CNTs. But this defect has a negligible effect on the ultimate strength of zigzag nanotubes. Based on the results, the crack growth path in zigzag and armchair nanotubes have 90 and 45 degree angle to the long axis of the nanotube, respectively.

In this study, TIG welding was used to clad and repair the surface of cast AZ91C magnesium alloy. Then, friction stir processing and T6 heat treatment wrer applied on the welded region. Microhardness results showed an improvement in the mean hardness of welded zone and also FSPed zone. Increase in the mean microhardness of the welded zone after T6 heat treatment to the maximum value was also concluded. The results of wear test showed that the wear resistance of the welded area was improved. Further improvement in wear properties was obtained after friction stir processing and T6 heat treatment.

In the present research NdFeB thin films coupled with buffer and capping layer of W were formed on Si/SiO2 substrateby means of RF magnetron sputtering. The system was annealed at vaccum at different temperatures of 450, 500, 550,. 600 and 650 °C Phase analysis was carried out by XRD and it was found that NdFeB was formed without the formation of any kind of secondary phase. The cross sectional and grain size of the thin films were measured by scanning electron microscopy. Morphological studies were performed by atomic force microscopy. Magnetic properties of thin films including coercivity, saturation of magnetization and hysteresis area were evcaluated by vibrating sample magnetometer. It was found that by annealing at 400 °C the amorphous layer was formed. The highest intensity of peaks was formed at 550 °C and with an increase in temperature the intensity was declined. The grain size was increased by temperature and had an impact on the coercivity. With an increase of temperature up to 600 °C, perpendicular coercivity was increased and then by further increase of temperatute, coercivity was reduced. Based on the obtained data the temperature of 600 °C was selected as the optimum annealing temperature for reaching enhanced structural and magnetic feature.