Hezhou Liu

Bio: Hezhou Liu is an academic researcher from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tribology & Lubricant. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 190 citations.

Carbon fiber reinforced metal matrix composites: Fabrication processes and properties

Abstract: This paper reviews the research and development works conducted over the past few decades on carbon fiber reinforced metal matrix composites (CFR-MMC). The structure and composition of carbon fiber and its bonding to metal matrix have an impact on the properties of the resulting CFR-MMC remarkably. The research efforts on process optimization and utilizing of carbon fibers are discussed in this review. The effect of carbon fiber on structural, physical and mechanical properties of metal matrix composite are studied as well. This review also provide an overview of the research to date on various fabrication methods that is used for production of CFR-MMC.

A novel electroless plating of Ni–P–TiO2 nano-composite coatings

Abstract: A new processing concept has been developed to produce nano-structured metal-matrix composite coatings. This method combines sol-gel and electroless plating techniques to prepare highly dispersive oxide nano-particle reinforced composite coatings. Transparent TiO2 sol was added into the standard electroless plated Ni–P solution at a controlled rate to produce Ni–P–TiO2 nano-composite coatings on Mg alloys. The coating was found to have a crystalline structure. The nano-sized TiO2 particles (∼ 15 nm) were well dispersed into the Ni–P coating matrix during the co-deposition process. This technique can effectively avoid the agglomeration of nano-particles in the coating matrix. As a result, the microhardness of the composite coatings were significantly increased to ∼ 1025 HV200 compared to ∼ 710 HV200 of the conventional composite coatings produced with solid particle mixing methods. Correspondingly, the wear resistance of the new composite coatings was also greatly improved.

Enhanced corrosion and wear resistance properties of carbon fiber reinforced Ni-based composite coating by laser cladding

Abstract: To enhance the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of Ni-based coatings, carbon fibers reinforced nickel-based composite coatings (CFs/Ni) were fabricated on the surface of 1Cr13 stainless steel by laser cladding (LC). The microstructure characteristics, microhardness, wear and corrosion performances of the composite coatings were investigated. The results show that CFs can effectively improve the corrosion and wear resistances of Ni-based coatings. With increasing laser scanning speed, the morphology of CFs in composite coatings is more integral and the corrosion and wear resistances of the composite coatings are improved. Especially, when laser scanning speed is increased to 8 mm/s, the average microhardness of the composite coating reaches up to 405 HV0.2, which is about 1.3 times higher than that of Ni-based coating. Moreover, the corrosion current density and the wear rate of the composite coating are only 7% and 55% of those of the Ni-based coating, respectively, which is attributed to the good properties and homogeneous distribution of CFs and finer microstructure of composite coating.