A Review on Mechanical and Tribological Behaviors of Stir Cast Aluminum Matrix Composites.

By Himanshu Kala, K. Mer, Sandeep Kumar. 2014

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Abstract In the past few years the global need for low cost, high performance and good quality materials has caused a shift in research from monolithic to composite materials. In case of MMC's, aluminum matrix composite due their high strength to weight ratio, low cost and high wear resistance are widely manufactured and used in structural applications along with aerospace and automobile industry. Also a simple and cost effective method for manufacturing of the composites is very essential for expanding their application. Reinforcements like particulate alumina, silicon carbide, graphite, fly ash etc can easily be incorporated in the melt using cheap and widely available stir casting method. This paper presents a review on the mechanical and tribological properties of stir cast aluminum matrix composites containing single and multiple reinforcement. Addition of alumina to aluminum has shown an increase in its mechanical and tribological properties. Organic reinforcement like fly ash, coconut ash also improved the tensile and yield strength. Self-lubricating property of graphite improved the machinability of aluminum. Many authors have also reported about modified stir casting route.

Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering

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Citations in the corpus

• Microstructure, mechanical and fracture properties of groundnut shell ash and silicon carbide dispersion strengthened aluminium matrix composites (2016, methodology): “Without disregard to the technical competence of other processing routes available, stir-casting remains the most utilised technique due to its simplicity, flexibility, low cost acquiescence and commercial viability (Kala et al., 2014).”
• Characterization of Al-7075 metal matrix composites: a review (2019, background): “In other fields, global needs are high performance rate, low cost and better quality materials have been made by researchers which transfer from monolithic to composite materials [4].”