Manufacturing and Compressive Deformation Behavior of High-Strength Aluminum Coating Material Fabricated by Kinetic Spray Process.

The compressive deformation behavior in the thickness direction of a kinetic-sprayed pure-aluminum layer whose thickness is ~15 mm was investigated. The yield strength of coating material was 200 MPa, and a unique strain softening phenomenon occurred even at room temperature. Due to the initial severely deformed structure of the kinetic-sprayed coating material based on the results of microstructure analysis, the production of high-strength metal bulk materials using kinetic spray processes was deemed possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]