Abstract
Aluminum alloys are used in automobile and aerospace industries because of their low density and good mechanical properties, better wear resistance as compared to conventional metals and their alloys. In these industries there is continues demand to develop light weight, inexpensive and strong material which has led to the development of aluminum alloy metal matrix composites with ceramics as reinforcement particles. In this present work, aluminum based metal matrix composites have been fabricated using SiO2 and TiO2 as reinforcement materials by stir casting process and wear behaviour, hardness and breaking load have been evaluated.
Highlights
In manufacturing industry there is continues demand to develop light weight, inexpensive and strong material
Comparative analysis indicates that wear resistance of composite with SiO2+TiO2 reinforcement particles is greater than that of composite with SiO2 particles as reinforcement
Silicon Oxide is Mixed with Aluminium 6061
Summary
In manufacturing industry there is continues demand to develop light weight, inexpensive and strong material This demand has led to the development of aluminum alloy metal matrix composites [1]. In these composites hard ceramic particles are reinforced. Idrisi and Deva [4] studied the development and testing of Metal matrix composite by reinforcement of SiC particles on Al alloy and investigated the mechanical properties.It was concluded that mechanical properties were increased by increasing the percentage of SiC. Milos et al [7] studied the aluminium-based composite materials in construction of transport means and concluded that mechanical properties of the composites depends upon the size and weight percentage of graphite and Al2O3. In this work aluminum based composites are fabricated with stir casting process by using Silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide and combination of these, as reinforced particles and mechanical properties have been investigated
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