Energy field assisted metal forming: Current status, challenges and prospects

H Li, LF Peng, B Meng, ZT Xu, LL Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
To meet the various and critical manufacturing requirements including high precision, low
cost, good manufacturability, and more demanding from product service and performance …

[HTML][HTML] Laser additive manufacturing of ceramic reinforced titanium matrix composites: A review of microstructure, properties, auxiliary processes, and simulations

Y Zeng, J Wang, X Liu, Y Xue, L Tang, Y Tong… - Composites Part A …, 2024 - Elsevier
The satisfactory integrated performance of titanium matrix composites (TMCs) has rendered
them promising candidates in significant industries including aerospace and biomedicine …

Acoustic softening and residual hardening in aluminum: Modeling and experiments

Z Yao, GY Kim, Z Wang, LA Faidley, Q Zou… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
It is known that high-frequency vibration affects metal plasticity during metal forming and
bonding operations. Metal plasticity is significantly affected by the acoustic field leading to …

An energy based modeling for the acoustic softening effect on the Hall-Petch behavior of pure titanium in ultrasonic vibration assisted micro-tension

X Wang, C Wang, Y Liu, C Liu, Z Wang, B Guo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The acoustic softening effect in metals during plastic deformation has been widely
investigated in the past decades. However, the mechanism of such an acoustic plasticity …

Influence of ultrasonic vibration on the plasticity of metals during compression process

H Zhou, H Cui, QH Qin - Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the influence of ultrasonic vibration on the plasticity of lightweight metals
(aluminium and titanium) was investigated by means of ultrasonic assisted compression …

Effects of superimposed high-frequency vibration on deformation of aluminum in micro/meso-scale upsetting

Z Yao, GY Kim, LA Faidley, Q Zou, D Mei… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
Micro/meso forming is an economically competitive process for the fabrication of miniature
metallic parts. However, the size effects observed when scaling down the process leads to …

Acoustic softening and stress superposition in ultrasonic vibration assisted uniaxial tension of copper foil: Experiments and modeling

CJ Wang, Y Liu, B Guo, DB Shan, B Zhang - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic vibration is widely utilized in manufacturing processes mainly because acoustic
field could significantly affect the metal plasticity leading to stress reduction. However …

Acoustic residual softening and microstructure evolution of T2 copper foil in ultrasonic vibration assisted micro-tension

Y Liu, C Wang, R Bi - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
The softening effect induced by ultrasonic vibration is widely studied due to its advantages in
high product quality and processing efficiency, while only a few investigations focus on the …

A comparative study of mechanical and microstructural characteristics of aluminium and titanium undergoing ultrasonic assisted compression testing

H Zhou, H Cui, QH Qin, H Wang, Y Shen - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The mechanism of ultrasonic softening effect has been widely investigated and used in the
metal material processing area. Deficiency discussion, however, has been focused on the …

Investigating ultrasound-induced acoustic softening in aluminum and its alloys

Q Mao, N Coutris, H Rack, G Fadel, J Gibert - Ultrasonics, 2020 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic vibration has been observed to lower the flow stress necessary to initiate plastic
deformation, a phenomenon known as “acoustic softening”. This unique effect of ultrasound …