Simulation on
Brazing Sapphire to Stainless Steel With and Without
Woven Metal Interlayer
Literature Review
Mohamad Azam Zainondin
17190885/2
Introduction
- Brazing: Joining two materials (similar or dissimilar) using heat and filler metals which have a melting temperature of above 450 degree Celsius (Humpston et al., 1994).
- heating the materials to melting point of the filler metal to ensure that molten filler flows between the two mating surfaces via capillary action.
- Sapphire is an anisotropic, rhombohedral crystalline form of aluminium oxide (Al2O3).
- Stainless steels often in product designs for their:
- resistance to corrosion
- retention of strength
- resistance to scaling at high temperatures
- stability at very low temperatures
- cleanliness and smooth finishes
- Two layers of brazing fillers:
- main layer
- interlayer
Problem Statement
- There is a need for improvement in one of the most distinctive features of brazing, the ability to form thermally-stable joints between dissimilar materials. (Way et al., 2020).
- In high temperature brazing of ceramic to metal, there is a great possibility of post-process cracking and joining failures to occur, resulting from CTE mismatch between ceramics and metals (Hamdi et al., 2013).
- Successful joining between sapphire/Inconel 600 at high brazing temperature. However, the joining failed at low brazing temperature due to high residual stresses with the presence of Cu/Ni porous interlayer (Zaharinie et al., 2014).
- Limited research conducted pertaining to the woven metal as a brazing interlayer.
- Current interest:
- implementation of woven metal interlayer in brazing of sapphire/stainless steel,
- the effect of residual stresses on the joint,
- methods to form and improve thermally-stable joints.
Objectives
- To simulate the brazing of sapphire to stainless steel with and without woven metal interlayer.
- To investigate the effect of residual stress on the brazed joints for the brazing of sapphire to stainless steel with and without woven metal interlayer.
Methodology
Key Findings
- Major benefit of brazing: Joining dissimilar materials with minimal alteration.
- Importance of choosing the right brazing parameters.
- Importance of choosing the best filler metal.
- Common joining method between ceramics and metals: Using filler metals containing Ag, Cu and Ti.
- Role of interlayer in brazing procedure.
- Porous and woven metals as interlayer.
- The size of sapphire sample compared to a 20 cent coin.
- The size of 316L stainless steel sample compared to a 50 cent coin.
- 304 stainless steel woven wire mesh cloth cut into 18 x 18 mm dimension.
List of properties for selected materials.
List of properties
Design of brazing arrangement for simulation:
Preliminary Results
Theoretical Thermal Residual Stresses:
Theoretical thermal residual stresses
Expected results from simulation:
Research work plan for FYP II Semester 2, 2021/2022.
Work Plan
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Semester 1, 2021/2022.
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