TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Laser Power and Powder Flow Rate on the Wear Resistance Behaviour of Laser Metal Deposited TiC/Ti6Al4V Composites
AU - Mahamood, Rasheedat M.
AU - Akinlabi, Esther T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Rental Pool Programme, Pretoria, South Africa.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Ti6Al4. V is an important aerospace alloy with exciting properties but exhibit poor wear resistance behaviour. Therefore, the surface of the material should be modified in applications requiring better wear resistance. Laser metal deposition (LMD) process is used for manufacturing composite material. In this study, composites of Ti6Al4. V/TiC were produced using the laser metal deposition process. The influence of laser power and powder flow rate on the wear resistance behaviour of the composite was investigated. The study revealed that, as the laser power was increased, the wear resistance was increased; whereas, as the powder flow rate was increased, the wear resistance decreases.
AB - Ti6Al4. V is an important aerospace alloy with exciting properties but exhibit poor wear resistance behaviour. Therefore, the surface of the material should be modified in applications requiring better wear resistance. Laser metal deposition (LMD) process is used for manufacturing composite material. In this study, composites of Ti6Al4. V/TiC were produced using the laser metal deposition process. The influence of laser power and powder flow rate on the wear resistance behaviour of the composite was investigated. The study revealed that, as the laser power was increased, the wear resistance was increased; whereas, as the powder flow rate was increased, the wear resistance decreases.
KW - Additive Manufacturing
KW - Laser-Metal Deposition
KW - Microstructure
KW - Titanium Alloy Composite
KW - Wear Resistance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matpr.2015.07.233
DO - 10.1016/j.matpr.2015.07.233
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947299227
SN - 2214-7853
VL - 2
SP - 2679
EP - 2686
JO - Materials Today: Proceedings
JF - Materials Today: Proceedings
IS - 4-5
ER -