Abstract
Aluminium Silicon Carbide (AlSiC) composite materials are used in the electronics industries and other manufacturing companies hence, manufacturing of AlSiC composite materials with the right properties for different applications are vital to most industries. The challenge of testing the same specimens for different properties remains, because most of the tests carried out are destructive. Hence, the use of ANSYS finite element simulation software for the design and analysis of a flat bar specimen. Loads between 3 kN to 21 kN were applied on the specimen since it is within the operating limit of a Universal Tensile Testing Machine (UTTM), while both ends are fixed. The AlSiC composite materials used in this study have a composition of 63 vol% Al (356.2) and 37 vol% SiC and, the resultsshowed that stress was directly proportional to strain. While the calculated Young’s modulus from the stress versus strain plot was approximately 167 GPa for the different tensile loads applied. In addition, the total deformation of the AlSiC composite material increased as the load was increased. Also, the highest deformation of the material was observed around the centre of the test specimen. This is synonymous with the failure observed in practical testing of specimens.
 Keywords: AlSiC, tensile load, aluminium MMC, stress analysis, deformation, ANSYS
Highlights
The quest for alternative materials as against the traditional materials of aluminium and copper in the electronic and automobile industries are on the increase in recent years (Ekpu et al, 2011)
Their research inferred that the mechanical properties of the Aluminium Silicon Carbide (AlSiC) composite material, such as the hardness and tensile strength were improved by the introduction of Silicon Carbide (SiC) particulates to the Aluminium (Al) metal matrix
Pawar and Utpat (2014), used the properties gotten from their tests of aluminium silicon carbide composite materials to develop a spur gear using CATIA and ANSYS design modeller
Summary
The quest for alternative materials as against the traditional materials of aluminium and copper in the electronic and automobile industries are on the increase in recent years (Ekpu et al, 2011). Their research inferred that the mechanical properties of the AlSiC composite material, such as the hardness and tensile strength were improved by the introduction of Silicon Carbide (SiC) particulates to the Aluminium (Al) metal matrix. Most of the researches carried out on AlSiC were tested by destructive methods either tensile or compact testing (Sasikumar and Singh 2015; Pawar and Utpat 2014) These testing methods made it difficult to practically analyse the same test sample under different load conditions. The need for finite element analyses of the effect of tensile load on the mechanical properties of AlSiC composite materials using ANSYS design modeller. Finite element methods have been used to analyse the effectiveness of applications produced by AlSiC composite materials. Pawar and Utpat (2014), used the properties gotten from their tests of aluminium silicon carbide composite materials to develop a spur gear using CATIA and ANSYS design modeller. The present research work is being carried out to demonstrate the strength of AlSiC composite materials in the electronic and automobile industries
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