Abstract
This research deals with the manufacturing of novel textile fibre-reinforced aluminum metal matrix composites (TFRAMMC) by incorporating high-performance fibres in three forms (i.e., long, chopped, and flakes) using the friction stir processing (FSP) technique. The composites were characterized for their tensile, flexural, and impact performance to explore their load-bearing capacity and energy absorbency. The tensile and impact strength of long fibre-reinforced composite (LFRC) were found to be the highest among all composite samples; the value being higher than even the base metal (BM). The flexural strength of the composites was in the order of flakes-reinforced composite (FRC) > LFRC > chopped fibre-reinforced composite (CFRC), and the BM exhibited the lowest flexural rigidity. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis revealed the uniform distribution and composition of various elements of the novel composite materials developed by FSP.
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