Browsing by Author "Kolemen U."

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Nanoindentation study on Gd-deposited YBaCuO superconductor
(2013-01-01) Yilmaz F.; Uzun O.; Kolemen U.; Kilicaslan M.; Basman N.; Ergen S.; Ozturk K.; Yanmaz E.
Nanoindentation technique was used to characterize the mechanical properties of Gd-deposited bulk YBaCuO superconductors fabricated by solid-state reaction method. In order to determine the hardness and reduced modulus of the samples, load-displacement data were analysed by using the Oliver-Pharr method. The hardness values exhibited significant peak load-dependence especially at lower peak loads, while the reduced modulus values were found to be nearly constant at studied loading range. In order to find true hardness of the samples, the peak load-dependency of hardness was analysed by using Meyer's law,minimum resistance model, elastic/plastic deformation model, energy balance model, Nix-Gao model and Mukhopadhyay approach. Of the aforementioned models, energy balance model and Mukhopadhyay approach were found to be the most effective models to explain the load-dependency of hardness. © Indian Academy of Sciences.
Structural and mechanical properties of hypereutectic AlSiFe powders and a new method for determination of sintering temperature
(2018-03-01) Ergen S.; Yılmaz F.; Gul S.; Kolemen U.; Kilicaslan M.; Uzun O.
In this study, the effect of Si amount on the microstructure, crystal structure and some mechanical properties of Al-(20,25,30 wt%)Si–5Fe powder mixtures produced by high energy ball milling method was investigated by determining the sintering temperature. In the X-ray diffraction analysis, no inter-metallic phases were found except for the Al, Si and Fe phases of the powder mixtures. The X-ray diffraction patterns were analyzed by the Rietveld method to determine amounts of the Al, Si and Fe elements in the powder mixtures. From the scanning electron microscopy analysis, it is seen that as the amount of Si increases, there is a marked decrease in the grain size of powders. In the micro-indentation tests performed at room temperature, the hardness and elastic modulus values of the pelletized powders were found to increase with the amount of Si. It was also found that the Al-20Si-5Fe powder mixture with the lowest Si content had the highest damping capability. The high temperature micro-indentation tests showed that the resulting Al-(20,25,30 wt%) Si-5 Fe powder mixtures started to consolidation at 200 °C and completed the consolidation at 400 °C. This method can be used as an alternative method in the determination of the sintering temperature of materials.