Finite Element Analysis of Cooling Time and Residual Strains in Cold Spray Deposited Titanium Particles

In this article, using finite element analysis (FEA) and an X-ray diffractometer (XRD), cold-sprayed titanium particles on a steel substrate is investigated in term of cooling time and the development of residual strains. Three cooling-down models of sprayed particles after deposition stage are simulated and discussed: the first model (m1) considers conduction effect to the substrate only, the second model (m2) considers both conduction as well as convection effect to the environment, and the third model (m3) which is the same as the second model but with the substrate heated to a near particle temperature before spraying. Thereafter, residual strains developed in the third model is compared with the experimental measurement of residual strains, which involved a Bruker D8 Advance Diffractometer using CuKa radiation (40kV, 40mA) monochromatised with a graphite sample monochromator. For deposition conditions of this study, a good correlation was found to exist between the FEA results and XRD measurements of residual strains.

Authors:

• Thanh-Duoc Phan
• Saden H. Zahiri
• S. H. Masood
• Mahnaz Jahedi

Keywords:

• cold gas dynamic spray
• X-ray diffraction
• explicit finite element analysis
• residual strain
• titanium
• particle impact
• deformation behavior.

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