ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS REINFORCED ALUMINIUM MATRIX COMPOSITES, A TRIAL TO IMPROVE THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Hany S Abdo,A.M Hashem,G.T Abdel-Jaber,Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil,Wagih W Marzouk,Magdy M El-Rayes

doi:10.14810/ijamse.2018.7201

Abstract

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS REINFORCED ALUMINIUM MATRIX COMPOSITES, A TRIAL TO IMPROVE THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Highlights

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) have been used in engineering applications in different ways because of their mechanical and physical properties [1,2,3,4,5]
In order to understand the trends observed in the properties of nanofiber reinforced, a comparison between both kinds of nanofibers as a reinforcement for metal matrix composites with respect to mechanical properties improvements have been performed. Another objective from this study is to introduce a new nanocomposite material by using nanofiber as reinforcement and to improving the mechanical properties of the light metal matrix
Fabrication of Aluminium Fine Powder (Al)/TiO2 and Al/carbon nanofiber (CNF) nanocomposites were successfully completed by using powder metallurgy technique followed by high frequency induction heat sintering process

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Introduction

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) have been used in engineering applications in different ways because of their mechanical and physical properties [1,2,3,4,5]. The interference between the metallic matrix and the ceramic reinforcements are generally not perfect, which produce incredibly porous composites with less mechanical properties and higher corrosion sensibility [10]. The mechanical properties of aluminium composites are efficiently improved in case of using nano-fibers as a reinforcement. The high surface to volume ratio of nanofibers effectively enhance the strength and stiffness of Al composites compared to micro-fibers due to the good interface between the ceramic reinforcement (nano-fibers) and the metal matrix

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