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Study on the Influence of Prefabricated Aluminum Layer Technology on the Properties of Corrugated Interface Steel/Aluminum/Aluminum Alloy Composite Panel

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The thick gauge steel/aluminum/aluminum alloy composite panel is crucial for marine steel-aluminum transition joints and is extensively used in lightweight ship applications. To achieve the rolling formation of thick corrugated interface panels, this study proposes a process called "heterothermic prefabricated aluminum side + flat roller leveling at the same temperature." Firstly, steel/aluminum composite panels with corrugated aluminum surfaces and aluminum/aluminum-alloy composite panels with flat aluminum surfaces were prepared using a heterothermic prefabricated aluminum layer process. Subsequently, hot rolling was performed on both panels at the same temperature to produce a 13.44 mm corrugated interface panel. The properties of these composite panels prepared by different processes are tested and analyzed. The results indicate that excessively thin or thick aluminum layers can affect the bonding properties of the interface when maintaining a constant prefabrication reduction rate. Increasing the depressurization rate enhances interface bonding performance, while high reduction rates may cause defects at wave peaks. For an aluminum thickness of 1 mm and a reduction rate of 25%, optimal combination results in good performance with tensile shear strength reaching 61 MPa and pull-off strength up to 109 MPa. Ultimately, the composite panel bonding mechanism under the new process is illustrated.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52005361), the Central Science and Technology Research Fund (YDZJSX2022A022), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project (2023T160474), the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (2021M692373), Open Research Fund from the Hai 'an & Taiyuan University of Technology Advanced Manufacturing and Intelligent Equipment Industrial Research Institute (2023HA-TYUTKFYF019), the State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold Technology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (P2022-004).

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    Wenwen Liu, Najin Wang, Tao Wang & Zhongyu Chen

  2. Engineering Research Center of Advanced Metal Composites Forming Technology and Equipment of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Wenwen Liu, Najin Wang, Tao Wang & Zhongyu Chen

  3. Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Precision Strip Co., Ltd, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Wenwen Liu

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Liu, W., Wang, N., Wang, T. et al. Study on the Influence of Prefabricated Aluminum Layer Technology on the Properties of Corrugated Interface Steel/Aluminum/Aluminum Alloy Composite Panel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09517-0

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