Experimental Investigation on Microstructural and Wear Behaviour of Dual Reinforced Particles (DRP) Aluminium Alloy Composites

Abstract:

In the present scenario, the automobile industry, and aerospace industries are considerable scuffles to strive for innovative lightweight materials among manufacturing industries. They preserve their place by reducing the cost of their products and services. For this tenacity, the demand for lightweight material, low cost, and high-performance material are needed. Aluminum matrix composite is developed to fulfill and becomes an engineer’s material. Aerospace & Automobile industries are eager to introducing compound aluminum metal matrix composites due to their excellent mechanical & tribological properties which makes a reduction in the weight of the component. In this project the LM13 as the matrix material while SiC and B₄C have been considered as dual reinforcement. Stir casting is the modest and inexpensive method of fabricating an aluminum matrix composite. For the Evaluation of Mechanical &Tribological behavior of DRP composite castings (LM13/B₄C/SiC) selection for experimentation tests. In this paper different specimens of the MMC with LM13 Al Alloy 2wt% SiC and 2wt% B₄C, 2wt% SiC and 4% B₄C, 4wt% SiC, 2wt% B₄C, 4wt% SiC and 4wt% B₄C are taken for carried to invention out the increase in DRP in the composites will intensification the mechanical properties of the LM13 Al Alloy SiC and B₄ C composite formed.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1159)
• Pages: 42-53
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1159.42
• Online since: September 2020
• Authors: Nю Nanda Kumar, Natarajan Muthukumaran*
• Keywords: B₄C, Dual Reinforcement Particles (DRP), Hybrid Composite, LM13, SiC, Stir Casting

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