Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology offers the possibility to build strong and light components with complex structures, as lattice, optimizing the strength/mass ratio. The goal of this work is the characterization of an innovative sandwich panel with trabecular core made by Selective Laser Melting (SLM), used as heat exchanger for many industrial applications, for example in aerospace field [1]. In this case study, the panel is integrated into the leading edges of aircraft wings and acts as hot air anti-icing system and, at the same time, as impact absorber (Figure 1). The system, due to its lightness and shape, leads to the optimization of the heat exchange, the improvement of the thermal efficiency, and the reduction of fuel use and gas emission. A set of experimental and numerical tests is conducted on lattice specimens through a Design of Experiment (DOE). Different design parameters were varied to understand how they affect the mechanical and thermal behavior: six different cell shapes (Figure 2), varying cell size and volume fraction, were tested. The same experimental program is carried out for two different metal alloys: AlSi10Mg and Ti6Al4V. Mechanical tests involve compression test on single core and on the whole panel, flexural and impact test. Further analisys on failure mechanism is carried out by observation with Optical Microscope. Thermal behavior of the system is also investigated by preliminary thermal simulations, whose results are validated by experimental measuraments of the temperature gradients on the external surface. [1] C. Ferro et al., Technologies, 2017, 5, 35; doi:10.3390/technologies5020035

Sandwich panel with lattice core for aircraft anti-ice system made by Selective Laser Melting / Varetti, Sara; Ferro, CARLO GIOVANNI; Casini, ANDREA EMANUELE MARIA; Mazza, Andrea; Maggiore, Paolo; Lombardi, Mariangela. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0976-4860. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:(2018), pp. 73-73. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2nd International Conference on 3D Printing Technology and Innovations tenutosi a London (UK) nel March 19-20, 2018) [10.4172/0976-4860-C1-002].

Sandwich panel with lattice core for aircraft anti-ice system made by Selective Laser Melting

Sara Varetti;Carlo Giovanni Ferro;Andrea Emanuele Maria Casini;Andrea Mazza;Paolo Maggiore;Mariangela Lombardi
2018

Abstract

Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology offers the possibility to build strong and light components with complex structures, as lattice, optimizing the strength/mass ratio. The goal of this work is the characterization of an innovative sandwich panel with trabecular core made by Selective Laser Melting (SLM), used as heat exchanger for many industrial applications, for example in aerospace field [1]. In this case study, the panel is integrated into the leading edges of aircraft wings and acts as hot air anti-icing system and, at the same time, as impact absorber (Figure 1). The system, due to its lightness and shape, leads to the optimization of the heat exchange, the improvement of the thermal efficiency, and the reduction of fuel use and gas emission. A set of experimental and numerical tests is conducted on lattice specimens through a Design of Experiment (DOE). Different design parameters were varied to understand how they affect the mechanical and thermal behavior: six different cell shapes (Figure 2), varying cell size and volume fraction, were tested. The same experimental program is carried out for two different metal alloys: AlSi10Mg and Ti6Al4V. Mechanical tests involve compression test on single core and on the whole panel, flexural and impact test. Further analisys on failure mechanism is carried out by observation with Optical Microscope. Thermal behavior of the system is also investigated by preliminary thermal simulations, whose results are validated by experimental measuraments of the temperature gradients on the external surface. [1] C. Ferro et al., Technologies, 2017, 5, 35; doi:10.3390/technologies5020035
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