Porous Materials. (Group website here) Our current focus is to develop the patented Lost Carbonate Sintering (LCS) process for manufacturing porous metals, to study the mechanical, thermal, electrical, acoustic and biological properties of porous metals and metal matrix syntactic foams, and to explore their feasibility for applications in energy, automotive, defence, aerospace, building and biomedical industries. Current Research Projects Micro-porous copper for thermal management Micro-porous titanium for biomedical applications Acoustic properties of micro-porous metals Mechanical properties of LCS porous metals Metal matrix syntactic foams for energy absorption Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Porous metallic materials and method of production thereof’, 2005, EP1755809. Selected Recent Publications X.F. Tao
and Y.Y. Zhao, ‘Compressive
failure of Al matrix syntactic foams manufactured by melt infiltration’,
Materials Science and Engineering A, 549(2012),
228-232. S. Gong,
Z. Li and Y.Y. Zhao, ‘An extended
Mori–Tanaka model for the elastic moduli of porous materials of finite
size’, Acta Materialia, 59(2011),
6820-6830. M.
Altenaiji, G.K. Schleyer, Y.Y. Zhao, ‘Characterisation of aluminium matrix
syntactic foams under static and dynamic loading’, Applied
Mechanics and Materials, 82(2011),
142-147. Y. Zhao,
‘Metal matrix syntactic
foams: manufacture, matrix
material, microstructure, modulus and more’, JoM, 63(2011), 35. X. Xue and
Y. Zhao, ‘Ti matrix syntactic
foam fabricated by powder metallurgy: particle breakage and elastic
modulus’, JoM, 63(2011),
43-47. S. Gong,
Z. Li, G.Y. Xu, N. Liu, Y.Y. Zhao and S.Q. Liang, ‘Fabrication, microstructure and
property of cellular CuAlMn shape memory alloys produced by sintering–evaporation
process’, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 509(2011), 2924-2928. X.B. Xue,
Y.Y. Zhao, V. Kearns and R.L. Williams, ‘Mechanical and biological
properties of titanium syntactic foams’, Proceedings of TMS 2010
Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Vol. 2: Materials Characterization,
Computation, Modeling and Energy, TMS, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010,
pp. 129-135. M. Lu and
Y.Y. Zhao, ‘Mechanical properties
of LCS porous steel: comparison between the dissolution and decomposition
routes’, Proceedings of TMS 2010 Annual Meeting & Exhibition,
Vol. 2: Materials Characterization, Computation, Modeling and Energy, TMS,
Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010, pp. 137-142. X.F. Tao
and Y.Y. Zhao, ‘Compressive
behavior of Al matrix syntactic foams toughened with Al particles’,
Scripta Materialia, 61(2009),
461-464. J. Chen,
Z. Li and Y.Y. Zhao, ‘A High working
temperature CuAlMnZr shape memory alloy’, Journal of Alloys and
Compounds, 480(2009), 481-484. X. F. Tao,
G. K. Schleyer and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Indentation tests on Al matrix syntactic
foams’, in: H. Zhao and N. A. Fleck (eds.), Proc. IUTAM Symposium
on Mechanical Properties of Cellular Materials, IUTAM Bookseries, 12(2009),
97-104. M. Lu,
Y.Y. Zhao, G. Seiffert and C. Hopkins, ‘Acoustic absorption characteristics of an
porous steel’, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1188(2009), 207-212. L.P.
Zhang, Y.Y. Zhao, D. Mullen and K. Lynn, ‘Heat transfer performance of porous copper
fabricated by lost carbonate sintering process’, Materials Research
Society Symposium Proceedings, 1188(2009),
213-218. Z. Li, Z.
Y. Pan, Y.Y Zhao, Z. Xiao, M.P.Wang, ‘Microstructure and properties of high
conductivity, super high strength Cu-8.0Ni-1.8Si-0.6Sn-0.15Mg alloy’,
Journal of Materials Research, 24(2009),
2123-2129. X. F. Tao,
L. P. Zhang and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Al
matrix syntactic foam fabricated with bimodal ceramic microspheres’,
Materials and Design, 30(2009),
2732-2736. Y. Y. Zhao
and X. F. Tao, ‘Behaviour of
metal matrix syntactic foams in compression’, in: Proceedings of
Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2009, The Printing House, Inc.,
Stoughton, WI 53589, USA, 2009, 1785-1794 N. Tang,
M.P. Wang, H.F. Lou, Y.Y. Zhao and Z. Li, ‘Microstructure and texture of
twin-roll cast Mg–3Al–1Zn–0.2Mn magnesium alloy’,
Materials Chemistry and Physics, 116(2009),
11-15. Z. Li,
J.L. Chen and Y.Y. Zhao, ‘Corrosion
characteristic of Ce Al brass in comparison with As Al brass’,
Materials and Design, 30(2009),
1743-1747. L. P.
Zhang and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Fabrication of
high melting-point porous metals by lost carbonate Sintering Process via
Decomposition Route’, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 222(2008),
267-271. D. J. Thewsey and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Thermal conductivity of porous copper manufactured by the lost carbonate sintering process’, Physica Status Solidi A, 205(2008), 1126–1131. X.F. Tao,
L.P. Zhang and Y.Y. Zhao, ‘Compressive Response of Al
Matrix Syntactic Foam Manufactured by Liquid Sintering’, Proc.
MS&T 2008, October 5-9, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 2587-2594. Y. Y.
Zhao, X. F. Tao and X. B. Xue, ‘Manufacture and Mechanical
Properties of Metal Matrix Syntactic Foams’, Proc. MS&T 2008,
October 5-9, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 2607-2615. Y. Zhao
and L. E. Monaghan, ‘A novel
manufacturing method for titanium foam for biomedical applications’,
in: Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, Proc. 2008
World Congress on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, June
8–12, 2008, Washington, D.C., US. Volume III: Part 9, MPIF, 2008,
340-348. L. P. Zhang and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Mechanical response of Al matrix syntactic foams produced by pressure infiltration casting’, Journal of Composite Materials, 41(2007), 2105-2117. X. F. Tao, L. P. Zhang and Y.Y. Zhao, ‘Mechanical response of porous copper manufactured by lost carbonate sintering process’, Materials Science Forum, 539-543(2007), 1863-1867. X. Ma, A. J. Peyton and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Eddy current measurements of the electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability of porous metals’, NDT & E International, 39(2006), 562-568. M. A. Salazar-Guapuriche, Y.Y. Zhao, A Pitman and A Greene, ‘Correlation of strength with hardness and electrical conductivity for aluminium alloy 7010’, Materials Science Forum, 519-521(2006), 853-858. Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Considerations in designing a centrifugal atomiser for metal powder production’, Materials & Design, 27(2006), 745-750. D. X. Sun and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Simulation of thermal diffusivity of Al/NaCl powder compacts in producing Al foams by the sintering and dissolution process’, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 169(2005), 83-88. X. Ma, A. J. Peyton and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Measurement of the electrical conductivity of open-celled aluminium foam using non-contact eddy current techniques’, NDT & E International, 38(2005), 359-367. Y. Y. Zhao, T. Fung, L.P. Zhang and F.L. Zhang, ‘Lost carbonate sintering process for manufacturing metal foams’, Scripta Materialia, 52(2005), 295-298. D. X. Sun and Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Phase changes in sintering of Al/Mg/NaCl compacts for manufacturing Al foams by the sintering and dissolution process’, Materials Letters, 59(2005), 6-10. Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Analysis of flow development in centrifugal atomisation Part II: Disintegration of a non-fully spreading melt’, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12(2004), 973-983. Y. Y. Zhao, ‘Analysis of flow development in centrifugal atomization Part I: Film thickness of a fully spreading melt’, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12(2004), 959-971. J. W. Xie, Y. Y. Zhao and J. J. Dunkley, ‘Effects of processing conditions on powder particle size and morphology in centrifugal atomisation of tin’, Powder Metallurgy, 47(2004), 168-172. K. H. Ho and Y. Y. Zhao, 'Modelling Flow Development on Rotating Disc in Centrifugal Atomisation', Materials Science and Engineering A, 365(2004), 336-340. Y. Y. Zhao, F. S. Han and T. Fung, 'Optimisation of Compaction and Liquid-State Sintering in Sintering and Dissolution Process for Manufacturing Al Foams', Materials Science and Engineering A, 364(2004), 118-126. Y. Y. Zhao, 'Stochastic Modelling of Removability of NaCl in Sintering and Dissolution Process to Produce Al Foams', Journal of Porous Materials, 10(2003), 105-111. F. Han, G. Seiffert, Y. Zhao and B. Gibbs, 'Acoustic Absorption Behaviour of an Open-Celled Aluminium Foam', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 36(2003), 294-302. D. X. Sun and Y. Y. Zhao, 'Static and Dynamic Energy Absorption of Al Foams Produced by Sintering and Dissolution Process', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 34(2003), 69-74. Y. Y. Zhao and D. X. Sun, ‘A Novel Sintering-Dissolution Process for Manufacturing Al Foams’, Scripta Materialia, 44(2001), 105-110. Last updated on 22 May 2012 |
