[HTML][HTML] Tailoring cold spray additive manufacturing of steel 316 L for static and cyclic load-bearing applications

S Bagherifard, J Kondas, S Monti, J Cizek, F Perego… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Thanks to the low working temperature, less product size limitations and one order of
magnitude higher deposition rates compared to the established additive manufacturing …

Mechanical and fatigue properties of diamond-reinforced Cu and Al metal matrix composites prepared by cold spray

O Kovarik, J Cizek, S Yin, R Lupoi, M Janovska… - Journal of Thermal …, 2022 - Springer
Diamond-reinforced metal matrix composites (DMMC) prepared by cold spray are emerging
materials simultaneously featuring outstanding thermal conductivity and wear resistance. In …

Damage tolerance assessment of AM 304L and cold spray fabricated 316L steels and its implications for attritable aircraft

R Jones, O Kovarik, S Bagherifard, J Cizek… - Engineering Fracture …, 2021 - Elsevier
Assessing the damage tolerance and durability of additive manufactured (AM) materials is a
key factor in the airworthiness certification of AM parts. Unfortunately, AM materials often …

Measurement of mechanical and fatigue properties using unified, simple-geometry specimens: Cold spray additively manufactured pure metals

J Cizek, O Kovarik, J Cupera, J Kondas, T Bajer… - Surface and Coatings …, 2021 - Elsevier
A methodology that allows joint determination of fundamental engineering properties of
materials/components vital to their efficient design and a safe service lifetime operation is …

Fatigue crack growth rate description of rf-plasma-sprayed refractory metals and alloys

O Kovarik, J Cizek, J Klecka - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
A fitting method capable of describing the fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) data in all stages
of crack propagation by a simple Forman-style analytical formula was developed. To …

Fracture toughness of cold sprayed pure metals

O Kovarik, J Siegl, J Cizek, T Chraska… - Journal of Thermal Spray …, 2020 - Springer
The study of fracture toughness of pure Al, Cu, Ni and Ti deposited by cold spray was
performed in order to obtain a fundamental understanding of the damage process and …

Impact of thermal shock on the R-curve and subcritical damage behaviour of flame-sprayed alumina compounds

M Neumann, J Hubálková, F Kerber, P Gehre… - Journal of the European …, 2024 - Elsevier
An alumina rich Al 2 O 3–ZrO 2–TiO 2 compound was used for the preparation of self-
supporting parts via the rod flame spraying technology. The as-sprayed material was …

Automatic crack tip localization in enormous DIC images to in-situ characterize high-temperature fatigue crack growth behavior

C Zhang, M Lei, Y Chen, B Kuang, S Liu, Y Ding… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Digital Image Correlation (DIC), with its advantages of full-field, non-contact and
applicability to extreme environments, is a powerful deformation measurement technique to …

Mechanical properties and fatigue crack growth in tungsten deposited by rf-plasma

O Kovarik, J Cizek, J Klecka, M Karlik, J Capek… - Surface and Coatings …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth rates of free-standing thick W deposits
produced in a protective atmosphere using radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma …

Observation of residual stress and fatigue behavior of structurally integrated thermally sprayed nickel coatings

GM Smith, J Saputo, V Luzin, S Sampath - Journal of Thermal Spray …, 2020 - Springer
Fatigue behavior is strongly correlated with the residual stress state within thermal spray
coatings, with neutral or compressive residual stresses being favorable for fatigue-sensitive …