Reddy, C. D., Zhang, Z.-Q., Msolli, S., Guo, J., & Sridhar, N. (2022). Impact velocity-dependent bonding mechanisms in metal cold spray. Surface and Coatings Technology, 433, 128085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128085
Abstract:
In this paper, we probe the bonding mechanisms for an impacting particle on a substrate, as in the
cold spray process, over a range of impact velocities using molecular dynamics simulations. For
the model copper/copper system, we find that grain boundary-like amorphous phase interlocking
and metallurgical bonding are dominant at low and medium impact velocities, respectively, while
metallurgical bonding and mechanical interlocking are dominant at high impact velocities. In
particular, features including substrate crater depth, particle flattening ratio, and jetting area are
tracked with varying impact velocities to further enhance our understanding of the underlying
bonding mechanisms and the grain refinement in and around the interface. Because our findings
are based only on small particle simulations allowable in MD, size effects can preclude
extrapolating the results to physical micron-sized particles used in actual cold spray
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Funding Info:
This research / project is supported by the A*STAR - Machining Learning Assisted Control of Metal Cold Spray and Shot Peening Processes
Grant Reference no. : A1894a0032
This research / project is supported by the A*STAR - Structural Metal Alloy Program
Grant Reference no. : A18B1b0061