Additive manufacturing is an ever-growing field in which materials are joined together, typically in a layered form. One of the areas of this field that has a large potential for growth is cold spray Additive Manufacturing. Cold spray is a solid-state process in which a powder feedstock is ejected from a nozzle at such a high velocity that it deforms the bonds of the target surface, reforming as a new material on the surface. The alloys that are currently important for cold spray are Al alloys like Al 6061. The alloys that are typically used are ones that are widely available and used in other additive manufacturing processes. Currently there are no alloys that have been designed specifically for cold spray, which means there are typically post processing steps that are taken after a part is sprayed to help it get to the desired properties. With our alloy that is designed specifically for cold spray, those extra steps would not need to be taken. This project is aiming to be the first step in designing an Al alloy for cold spray. This project looks to validate the process that will be taken to design the alloys and provide a base line of what alloying elements should be added to base element of Al.

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Creator

• Devine, Patrick
• Fitzpatrick-Schmidt, Grace

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042623-121835
• 105271

Keyword

• Cold Spray
• Additive Manufacturing
• Al Alloys
• Alloy Design

Advisor

• Tsaknopoulos, Kyle
• Cote, Danielle

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042623-121835

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-22