J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 423-428.

• Novel Processing and Characterization Methods • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Fabrication of Open-cell Al Foam Core Sandwich by Vibration Aided Liquid Phase Bonding Method and Its Mechanical Properties

Hui Wang, Donghui Yang, Siyuan He, Deping He   

  1. 1) Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    2) College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    3) State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Received:2009-10-26 Revised:2009-11-06 Online:2010-05-31 Published:2010-06-01
  • Contact: WANG Hui
  • Supported by:

    the National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (No. 2006CB601201)
    the Research Fund for Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 200802941010)
    the Natural Science Foundation of Hohai University (No. 2008428011)
    the Scientific Research Startup Fund of Hohai University (No. 2084140801109)

Abstract:

The open-cell Al foam core sandwiches (AFCSs) were successfully fabricated by using a specially designed Zn-Al-Cu based filler alloy via vibration aided liquid phase bonding method. The effects of the vibration on the bonding seam were investigated and the bonding strength between Al foam core and solid Al alloy face sheet was tested by shearing tests. The results show that vibration can significantly improve the quality of the bonding and the shearing strength of the bonding seam, which implies that this joining method has a good potential in practical applications.

Key words: Open-cell Al foam core sandwich, Liquid phase bonding, Vibration, Fabrication, Mechanical property