Influence of stirring speed and stirring time on distribution of particles in cast metal matrix composite

By S. Prabu, L. Karunamoorthy, S. Kathiresan, B. Mohan. 2006

637 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Ceramics and Composites, Mechanical Engineering

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In Aerospace Engineering

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In Ceramics and Composites

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3. S. Sekhar
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6. Kaushik M. Patel
7. I. Dinaharan
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In Mechanical Engineering

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2. J. Suthar
3. Massoud Malaki
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• Characterization of Hybrid Silicon Carbide and Boron Carbide Nanoparticles-Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Composites☆ (2013, background): “To study the uniform distribution of hybrid reinforcements, the hardness value is measured on the various portions of the cast bar [12].”
• Tribological Behaviour of Aluminium/Alumina/Graphite Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite Using Taguchi’s Techniques (2011, methodology): “Liquid metallurgy route is one such simplest and cost effective method to fabricate metal matrix composites which has been adopted by many researchers [22, 23].”
• Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Aluminium 6061-Silicon Carbide, Boron Carbide Metal Matrix Composite (2018, background): “[16] studied the distribution of particles in a metal matrix (aluminium alloy–silicon carbide) based on stirring speed and stirring time and observed that increase in stirring speed and stirring time results in homogenous distribution of the particles.”
• The Key Attributes of Synthesizing Ceramic Particulate Reinforced Al-Based Matrix Composites through Stir Casting Process: A Review (2013, background): “[36] revealed that the effect of stirring speed on the distribution of the particle is considerable.”
• Synthesis and characterization of 356-SiCp composites by stir casting and compocasting methods (2010, result): “This is in agreement with the result reported by [4-5,12].”
• Prediction of influence of process parameters on tensile strength of AA6061/TiC aluminum matrix composites produced using stir casting (2016, background): “The dispersion is a function of time [29].”
• Wettability in Metal Matrix Composites (2021, methodology): “Mechanical agitation is a cost-effective, simple and productive method of achieving better wettability in most ceramic/metal composite systems [52].”
• Processing issues, machining, and applications of aluminum metal matrix composites (2018, background): “, preheating temperature of reinforcement material,([26]) solidification rate,([23]) position of impeller,([43]) impeller diameter,([27]) reinforcement particle size,([33]) reinforcement amount,([19]) type of reinforcement,([63]) melting temperature of matrix material,([33]) stirring time,([1]) and ”
• Stir casting process for manufacture of Al–SiC composites (2017, background): “secondly, the reaction between matrix and reinforcement occurs over a period of time, meaning that this detrimental phenomenon could be avoided using a lower stirring period; and thirdly, a higher casting duration might lead to entrapment of a larger amount of porosity after solidification [21].”
• Development of Aluminium Based Silicon Carbide Particulate Metal Matrix Composite (2009, positive): “After sufficient manual mixing was done, the composite slurry was reheated to a fully liquid state and then automatic mechanical mixing was carried out for about 10 minutes at a normal stirring rate of 600 rpm [6].”