Optimization of Manufacturing Process of (Aluminum/Alumina) Nanocomposite

Abstract:

The present work includes an investigation of the effect of α-alumina nanoparticles addition to aluminum-based nanocomposites on its mechanical properties and finding the optimal value of alumina nanoparticles that give the best properties. Experimental work includes manufacturing samples of aluminum-based nanocomposite reinforced with alumina nanoparticles by powder metallurgy- hot forging process. Mechanical properties were tested. The results show an increase in hardness and compression yield strength with increasing the weight percentage of alumina nanoparticles, while the wear rate decreased to certain percentages of addition and then increased again. From the experimental results, multiple regression analysis methods have been used to obtain an empirical equation for predicting the mechanical properties and describe the behavior of hardness, compression strength, and wear rate. Genetic Algorithm Optimization was applied to find the optimum value of alumina nanoparticles weight percentage which gives good mechanical properties.

• Periodical: Nano Hybrids and Composites (Volume 47)
• Pages: 31-40
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-7jUFrN
• Online since: October 2025
• Authors: Farah M. Abdul Razzaq*, Adnan S. Jabur
• Keywords: Alumina Nanoparticles, Compression Strength, Genetic Algorithm, Hardness, Nanocomposite, Wear Rate

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