Development and Analysis of Automotive Component Using Aluminium Alloy Nano Silicon Carbide Composite

Abstract:

Composite materials are important engineering materials due to their outstanding mechanical properties. Composites are materials in which the desirable properties of separate materials are combined by mechanically binding them together. Each of the components retains its structure and characteristic, but the composite generally possesses better properties. Composite materials offer superior properties to conventional alloys for various applications as they have high stiffness, strength and wear resistance. The development of these materials started with the production of continuous-fiber-reinforced composites. The high cost and difficulty of processing these composites restricted their application and led to the development of discontinuously reinforced composites. The aim involved in designing metal matrix composite materials is to combine the desirable attributes of metals and ceramics. The addition of high strength, high modulus refractory particles to a ductile metal matrix produce a material whose mechanical properties are intermediate between the matrix alloy and the ceramic reinforcement. Metal Matrix Composites with Aluminum as metal matrix is the burning area for research now a days.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 813-814)
• Pages: 257-262
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.813-814.257
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Govind Yadav*, Ravindra singh rana, R.K. Dwivedi, Ankur Tiwari
• Keywords: Al-SiC, Connecting Rod, Metal Matrix Composite, Shear Strength, Tensile Strength

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