Surface characteristics improvement methods for metal additively manufactured parts: a review

AW Hashmi, HS Mali, A Meena… - Advances in Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Additive Manufacturing technique has the capacity to fabricate 3D parts with complex
geometries, but these parts contain some defects, including increased roughness, poor …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Observations on comparable aluminium alloy crack growth curves: Additively manufactured Scalmalloy® as an alternative to AA5754 and AA6061-T6 alloys?

R Jones, J Cizek, O Kovarik, A Ang… - Additive Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Scalmalloy® has been proposed for use as additively manufactured (AM) replacement
aluminium alloy parts for civil and military aircraft, and for AM aluminium parts for use in …

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 …

Nondestructive characterization of multiscale defects in an aluminum alloy after cold spray repair

C Xu, Y Lu, M Daly, D Ozevin - Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 2023 - Springer
Cold spray additive manufacturing presents a rapid solution for repairing metallic systems
affected by in-service damage. However, the inherent characteristics of the manufacturing …

[HTML][HTML] Crack growth in conventionally manufactured pure nickel, titanium and aluminum and the cold spray additively manufactured equivalents

R Jones, O Kovarik, J Cizek, A Ang, J Lang - Additive Manufacturing Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
It has recently been shown that when the da/dN versus ΔK curves associated with crack
growth in conventionally manufactured, additively manufactured (AM), and cold spray …

Tungsten Heavy Alloys from Mixed Feedstock by RF Plasma

O Kovarik, J Cizek, J Klecka, M Karlik, J Cech… - Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Springer
Tungsten heavy alloys (WHA) are particulate composites of spherical W particles embedded
in a ductile Ni-rich matrix. In our study, pre-treated W and Ni feedstock powders were used to …

Fatigue and delamination of 6061 aluminum cold spray on a similar wrought substrate

T Bond, B Sousa, N Rahbar, D Cote… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fatigue crack growth and fracture of a thick 6061 aluminum cold spray coating on 6061-T6
aluminum substrate were studied through in-situ observation of fatigue crack growth through …

Influence of Heat Treatment on Microstructure, Mechanical Property, and Corrosion Behavior of Cold-Sprayed Zn Coating on Mg Alloy Substrate

Z Zhou, X Chen, X Hu, S Li, M Lv, Y Xie, H Yao… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The influence of post-process heat treatment on cold-sprayed Zn coatings on the Mg alloy
substrate was investigated at different temperatures (150, 250, and 350° C) and times (2, 8 …

Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Characterization of Cold-Sprayed Coatings Deposited on Grooved Substrates

M Koller, J Cizek, M Janovská, M Ševčík… - Journal of Thermal …, 2024 - Springer
The effect of non-planar substrate surface on homogeneity and quality of cold-sprayed (CS)
deposits was studied by scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM). Fe coatings were cold …