Mechanical Behavioural Aspects of Al-356 Under the Influence of Boron Carbide and Magnesium

Abstract

There has been a significant advancement in the study of AHMMC in recent years due is vast applications in the field of aerospace, defence as well as automobile industries because of their high strength-to-weight ratio. The current work is based on the study of mechanical and wears characteristics of aluminium (Al-356) under the influence of B4C, Mg with varying weight percentage which was prepared by stir casting process. A systematic study of Al-356 and AHMMC’s was done to evaluate the same. The results of the tensile test, compressive test, hardness test, impact test, wear test were analysed. It has been observed that with the addition of 2% magnesium along with 3% boron carbide there has been a significant increase in the mechanical behaviour of Al-356. Further increase in the composition of B4C would cause the decrease in the trend. ASTM standards have been followed to facilitate the authentication of mechanical properties and wear performance.