In additive manufacturing, the flowability of feedstock particles determines the quality of the parts that are affected by different parameters, including the chemistry and morphology of the powders and particle size distribution. In this study, the microstructures and flowabilities of gas-atomized heat-resistant alloys for additive manufacturing applications are investigated. A KHR45A alloy powder with a composition of Fe-30Cr-40Mn-1.8Nb (wt.%) is fabricated using gas atomization process. The microstructure and effect of powder chemistry and morphology on the flow behavior are investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and revolution powder analysis. The results reveal the formation of spherical particles composed of single-phase FCC dendritic structures after gas atomization. SEM observations show variations in the microstructures of the powder particles with different size distributions. Elemental distribution maps, line scans, and high-resolution XPS results indicate the presence of a Si-rich oxide accompanied by Fe, Cr, and Nb metal oxides in the outer layer of the powders. The flowability behavior is found to be induced by the particle size distribution, which can be attributed to the interparticle interactions and friction of particles with different sizes.

Used in the ceramic tile market as a representative building material, relief ceramic tile is showing increased demand recently. Since ceramic tiles are manufactured through a sintering process at over 1,000 oC after uniaxial compression molding by loading granule powders into a mold, it is very important to secure the flowability of granular powders in a mold having a relief pattern. In this study, kaolin, silica, and feldspar are used as starting materials to prepare granule powders by a spray dryer process; the surface of the granule powders is subject to hydrophobic treatment with various concentrations of stearic acid. The effect on the flowability of the granular powder according to the change of stearic acid concentration is confirmed by measuring the angle of repose, tap density, and compressibility, and the occurrence of cracks in the green body produced in the mold with the relief pattern is observed. Then, the green body is sintered by a fast firing process, and the water absorption, flexural strength, and durability are evaluated. The surface treatment of the granule powders with stearic acid improves the flowability of the granule powders, leading to a dense microstructure of the sintered body. Finally, the hydrophobic treatment of the granule powders makes it possible to manufacture relief ceramic tiles having a flexural strength of 292 N/cm, a water absorption of 0.91 %, and excellent mechanical durability

Generally, ceramic tiles for building construction are manufactured by dry forming process using granular powders prepared by spray drying process after mixing and grinding of mineral raw materials. In recent years, as the demand for large ceramic tiles with natural texture has increased, the development of granule powders with high packing ratio and excellent flowability has become more important. In this study, ceramic tile granule powders are coated with hydrophobically treated silica nanoparticles. The effects of hydrophobic silica coating on the flowability of granule powders and the strength of the green body are investigated in detail. Silica nanoparticles are hydrophobically treated with GPTMS(3-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxy silane), which is an epoxy-based silane coupling agent. As the coating concentration increases, the angle of repose and the compressibility decrease. The tap density and flowability index increase after silica coating treatment. These results indicate that hydrophobic treatment can improve the flowability of the granular powder, and prevent cracking of green body at high pressure molding.

Translucent alumina is a potential candidate for high temperature application as a replacement of the glassor polymer. Recently, due to the increasing demand of high power light emitting diode (LED), there is a growing inter-est in the translucent alumina. Since the translucent property is very sensitive to the internal defect, such as voids insideor abnormal grain growth of sintered alumina, it is important to fabricate the defect-free product through the fabricationprocess. Powder injection molding (PIM) has been commonly applied for the fabrication of complex shaped products.Among the many parameters of PIM, the flowability of powder/binder mixture becomes more significant especially forthe shape of the cavity with thin thickness. Two different positions of the gate were applied during PIM using the disctype of die. The binder was removed by solvent extraction method and the brown compact was sintered at 1750oC for3 hours in a vacuum. The flowability was also simulated using moldflow (MPI 6.0) with two different types of gate.The effect of the flowability of powder/binder mixture on the microstructure of the sintered specimen was studied withthe analysis of the simulation result.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate flowability of engineered cemetitious composite(ECC) Using blast furnace slag and fly ash as a binder in mixture. From the test result, flowability value of all ECC mixtures show good flowability and self compacting performance.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate flowability of engineered cemetitious composite(ECC) Using blast furnace slag and fly ash as a binder in mixture. From the test result, flowability value of all ECC mixtures show good flowability and self compacting performance.

This study was intended to investigate the effect of sand particle size on the flowability and strength of UHPC. The experimental results indicated that the sand with the particle size of 0.45~0.89 mm led to the best performance in those properties of UHPC.

Greenhouse gas emissions, ranking the world's top 10 ranked Korea in the development of the related technologies and the relevant laws and the formulation of plans in 2008 to a low-carbon, green growth a new vision of national growth is accelerating. In addition, Cement substitute material developed using high-performance concrete cement reduction technology, carbon capture technology is being studied. Therefore, in this study, utilizing activated industrial byproducts carbon Absorbing for road materials developed as part of the study typical industrial byproducts, Blast Furnace Slag and calcium hydroxide, sodium silicate mortar on Fundamental Properties of experiments the flow experiments, the compressive strength experiments performed basic experiments with respect to the results obtained were investigated

본 연구에서는 강섬유보강 콘크리트의 시공성 및 품질향상 방안의 일환으로 고유동 자기충전 콘크리트(HSCC)에 형상비 및 길이를 달리한 강섬유(SF)를 혼입한 콘크리트를 제조하여 강섬유보강 일반콘크리트(CC)와 유동 및 강도 특성을 비교 검토하였다. 실험결과 SF를 혼입한 HSCC는 높은 유동성 및 점성의 영향으로 SF 자체의 뭉침현상이 발생하지 않아 강섬유보강 CC의 경우보다 유동성능 및 통과성능이 크게 향상되었으며, 동일한 압축강도 범위에서 SF를 혼입하지 않은 HSCC의 경우보다 쪼갬 및 휨강도는 SF의 형상비와 관계없이 길이가 길어질수록 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 이상의 실험결과를 통하여 강섬유를 혼입한 HSCC를 현장 적용할 경우 기존에 사용되고 있는 강섬유보강 CC의 경우보다 시공성 및 품질 향상이 가능할 것으로 판단된다