El Ciclo de Mejora en el Aula (CIMA) se ha realizado en la asignatura de ingeniería de la prevención de riesgos laborales (IPRL), impartida en el grado en ingeniería mecánica en la Escuela Politécnica Superior en el primer cuatrimestre del curso académico 2021-2022. La extensión del CIMA es de 12 horas y el número de alumnos que han participado...
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June 8, 2022 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: March 25, 2023
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June 24, 2020 (v1)Publication
Nowadays, the development of high specific modulus materials involves studies of new materials and novel manufacturing routes. From the point of view of composite materials, titanium composites (TMCs) have been long studied for their interesting properties, as a result of the conjunction of low-density and high mechanical properties, as well...
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February 6, 2018 (v1)Publication
Hoy en día el interés por desarrollar nuevos materiales que satisfagan las necesidades tecnológicas, conlleva a un estudio continuo en la innovación de los procesos de fabricación. La ventaja que ofrecen las técnicas pulvimetalúrgicas de procesado en caliente convencional (HP) y directa (dHP), suponen un ahorro en tiempo que puede favorecer la...
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June 30, 2020 (v1)Publication
The goal of this work is the evaluation of nanoscaled reinforcements; in particular nanodiamonds (NDs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on properties of titanium matrix composites (TiMMCs). By using nano sized materials as reinforcement in TiMMCs, superior mechanical and physical properties can be expected. Additionally, titanium powder metallurgy...
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May 10, 2022 (v1)Publication
Dentro de las técnicas más innovadoras de fabricación aditiva, va cogiendo fuerza la denominada Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) o Fabricación por Filamento Fundido. Tradicionalmente, sólo se han producido piezas en materiales poliméricos (FDM, Fused Deposition Modelling), pero las ventajas que presenta han estimulado la investigación y...
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March 9, 2022 (v1)Publication
La técnica de fabricación aditiva conocida como Plasma Transferred Arc (PTA), permite el procesado de piezas con geometrías muy complejas mediante la deposición capa a capa del material. En esta técnica, la fuente de energía encargada de la fusión de cada capa es un plasma. En esta investigación, una pieza de la aleación de base níquel conocida...
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March 9, 2022 (v1)Publication
Los materiales compuestos de base titanio son materiales muy valorados por sus excelentes propiedades específicas. El interés por desarrollar estos materiales mediante técnicas aditivas, en particular con el método conocido como Plasma Transferred Arc, es el punto de partida de esta investigación. Por ello, se estudiaron especímenes con...
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July 23, 2018 (v1)Publication
High specific modulus materials are considered excellent for the aerospace industry. The system Ti-TiAl-B4C is presented herein as an alternative material. Secondary phases formed in situ during fabrication vary depending on the processing conditions and composition of the starting materials. The final behaviors of these materials are therefore...
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April 20, 2021 (v1)Publication
El titanio y sus aleaciones son materiales de gran demanda en la industria aeroespacial que presentan un alto coste de producción. Por ello, en la actualidad, existe un gran interés en el desarrollo de técnicas de fabricación que reduzcan costes como, por ejemplo, evitando pérdidas innecesarias de material durante el conformado de geometrías...
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February 2, 2023 (v1)Publication
En cuanto a los materiales compuestos de base titanio (TMC), sus propiedades dependen en gran medida del material de refuerzo empleado para su fabricación; dando lugar a una gran diversidad de investigaciones sobre los TMCs. Considerando la diversa tipología del refuerzo, en este estudio se trabajó con seis tipos de partículas cerámicas: B₄C,...
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May 10, 2022 (v1)Publication
La fabricación industrial de componentes a partir de materiales base hierro y base níquel se ha venido llevando a cabo comúnmente mediante diversos métodos tradicionales, buscando la producción en masa de piezas básicas. Las exigencias geométricas de las piezas, en general, han obligado a la realización de procesados secundarios. Esto conlleva...
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June 30, 2020 (v1)Publication
Bone resorption events and consequent failure of titanium implants are frequently related to stress-shielding problems, due to stiffness mismatch with respect to bone. This is a mechanical incompatibility problem, which is difficult to resolve because of the challenge of replacing highly anisotropic biomechanical systems, as is the case of...
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April 20, 2021 (v1)Publication
La fabricación aditiva ha despertado gran interés en la industria metalúrgica debido a que la producción de piezas cercanas a su geometría final reduce los costes de producción comparado con los métodos de fabricación tradicional, ahorrando en energía, tiempo de producción y materia prima. El ahorro en material es especialmente significativo si...
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December 14, 2016 (v1)Publication
This research is focused on the influence of processing temperature on titanium matrix composites reinforced through Ti, Al, and B4C reactions. In order to investigate the effect of Ti-Al based intermetallic compounds on the properties of the composites, aluminum powder was incorporated into the starting materials. In this way, in situ TixAly...
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February 20, 2018 (v1)Publication
This work focuses on the study of the microstructure, hardening, and stiffening effect caused by the secondary phases formed in titanium matrices. These secondary phases originated from reactions between the matrix and boron particles added in the starting mixtures of the composites. Not only was the composite composition studied as an...
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March 2, 2023 (v1)Publication
The purpose of this research is to study the influence of the processing conditions that affect the final behaviour of specimens made from a 17-4PH composition powder without the necessary thermal treatment to be considered 17-4PH, which is manufactured using the additive technique known as plasma metal deposition (PMD). To that end, two walls...
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September 11, 2020 (v1)Publication
Plasma metal deposition (PMD) is an interesting additive technique whereby diverse materials can be employed to produce end parts with complex geometries. This study investigates not only the effects of the manufacturing conditions on the final properties of 316L stainless steel specimens by PMD, but it also affords an opportunity to study how...
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June 15, 2020 (v1)Publication
This research was carried out to determinate the effect of the atmosphere processing conditions (air and argon) and two specific thermal treatments, on the properties of specimens made from the nickel-based alloy Hastelloy C-22 by plasma transferred arc (PTA). Firstly, the additive manufacturing parameters were optimized. Following, two walls...
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February 23, 2017 (v1)Publication
In this work, a study of the influence of the starting materials and the processing time used to developW/Cu alloys is carried out. Regarding powder metallurgy as a promising fabrication route, the difficulties in producingW/Cu alloys motivated us to investigate the influential factors on the final properties of the most industrially demanding...
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July 8, 2020 (v1)Publication
This paper describes the first steps for the fabrication of low-cost cantilever arrays, developed at RAL, on non-silicon polymer substrates with vertical interconnects, produced at Profactor. The deflection and actuation of these cantilevers is based on the bimorph thermal actuation principle. The fabrication of the cantilever arrays requires...
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January 11, 2018 (v1)Publication
In the last decade, titanium metal matrix composites (TMCs) have received considerable attention thanks to their interesting properties as a consequence of the clear interface between the matrix and the reinforcing phases formed. In this work, TMCs with 30 vol % of B4C are consolidated by hot pressing. This technique is a powder metallurgy...
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July 29, 2021 (v1)Publication
Titanium and its alloys are reference materials in biomedical applications because of their desirable properties. However, one of the most important concerns in long-term prostheses is bone resorption as a result of the stress-shielding phenomena. Development of porous titanium for implants with a low Young's modulus has accomplished increasing...
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September 3, 2019 (v1)Publication
La necesidad de fabricar piezas de geometrías complejas empleando materiales ligeros con altas propiedades, en el sector aeroespacial conlleva al uso de técnicas cada vez más flexibles y con mayor complejidad técnica. Este es el caso de los procesos de fabricación aditiva capa por capa (Additive Manufacturing, AM). La posibilidad de diseñar...
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April 3, 2020 (v1)Publication
This study aims at the analysis of the reaction layer between titanium matrices and reinforcements: B4C particles and/or intermetallic TixAly. Likewise, the importance of these reactions was observed; this was particularly noteworthy as regard coherence with the obtained results and the parameters tested. Accordingly, five starting material...
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September 3, 2019 (v1)Publication
La constante necesidad de mejora en el sector aeronáutico y aeroespacial introdujo el uso de materiales compuestos de matriz metálica, para lograr propiedades excelentes con reducción de peso. Dadas las buenas características del titanio, éste fue considerado excelente candidato para constituirse como matriz de materiales compuestos de...
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