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T.R. Vijayaram,
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIST, SOME, BIHER, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur,, Chennai, India
Abstract
Composites are processed by adding a reinforcement phase in a base metal. The base material is known as a matrix and the constituent that is added is called reinforcement. The matrix acts as a support while the reinforcements attach themselves in their respective positions which results in the synthesis of a material which has different mechanical and thermal properties compared to their raw materials. Since aluminium is used as a matrix material, it is called Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite. Aluminium matrix composites are preferred due to its light weight and high strength ratio. Such composites have low density, very high abrasion resistance, higher thermal conductivity and superior specific modulus. It has widely applied in various fields particularly in the area of automotive, marine and aerospace industries. Such composites have very high corrosion resistance. These composites are used to produce aerospace parts and have excellent applications to manufacture components for jets, missiles, cutting tools and nuclear reactors. Different reinforcement phases like Aluminium Oxide, Silicon Carbide, Zircon, Boron Carbide are added in the Aluminium matrix to attain the required mechanical properties and tribological properties. But it depends on the distribution of second phase particles reinforced in the matrix. Different technologies are available to produce Aluminium based Metal Matrix Composites. In this research work, powder metallurgical method is used to produce the samples. Powder metallurgy is an efficient method to fabricate Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite. Uniform distribution of particulates in the matrix can be obtained by controlling the process parameters like temperature, sintering time, particle size, reinforcement phase type and weight fraction of the particle reinforced in the matrix. Quartz particulate is selected as the reinforcement phase and aluminium is chosen as the base matrix metal in this experimental investigation. This research paper discusses the powder metallurgical processing and tribological testing of Quartz particulate reinforced Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite.
Keywords: Processing, powder metallurgy, hardness, tribology, wear rate, friction coefficient
[This article belongs to Journal of Production Research & Management (joprm)]
T.R. Vijayaram. Fabrication and Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Quartz Particulate Reinforced Aluminium Composite. Journal of Production Research & Management. 2024; 14(03):-.
T.R. Vijayaram. Fabrication and Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Quartz Particulate Reinforced Aluminium Composite. Journal of Production Research & Management. 2024; 14(03):-. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/joprm/article=2024/view=185097
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Journal of Production Research & Management
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 03 |
Received | 10/10/2024 |
Accepted | 29/10/2024 |
Published | 23/11/2024 |