Abstract
Aluminium alloy finds widespread applications in numerous engineering industries because of its tremendous properties. However aluminium alloy possess poor wear resistance. This study aims to analyze the effect of Al2O3 reinforcement on the dry sliding performance of AA8011 matrix composites for braking applications. AA8011 matrix composite was produced via stir casting (SC) method. The various compositions are AA8011, AA8011- 4 wt.% Al2O3, AA8011–8wt. %Al2O3 and AA8011-12wt. %Al2O3. The Al2O3 particle distribution in the AA8011 matrix was studied via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Hardness (H), tensile strength (TS) and compressive strength (CS) of the composites were studied. As of the study it has been found mechanical properties were higher on AA8011–8 wt.% Al2O3 composites. Hence AA8011–8wt. %Al2O3 composite was subjected to wear test at different process parameters load (P), disc velocity (V) and distance (D). The experiments were demonstrated via L9 orthogonal array. The results were optimized through Grey Relational Analysis (GRA). Optimum process parameters to attain the minimum wear rate and coefficient of friction (COF) was identified though the Grey relational analysis (GRA). ‘P’ was the utmost significant factor for the wear resistance and COF. Results showed that, the minimum wear and COF can be achieved for the P - 10 N, V - 3 m/s and D - 1500 m. From ANOVA, it has been found that load is the utmost noteworthy parameter (58.97%) impelling wear and COF.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Explore related subjects
Discover the latest articles, news and stories from top researchers in related subjects.Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Aribo S, Fakorede A, Ige O, Olubambi P (2017) Erosion-corrosion behavior of aluminum alloy 6063 hybrid composite. Wear 376-377:608–614
Zhou W, Xu ZM (1997) Casting of SiC reinforced metal matrix composites. J Mater Process Technol 63:358–363
Ceschini L, Minak G, Morri A (2006) Tensile and fatigue properties of the AA6061/20vol% Al2O3p and AA7005/10vol% Al2O3p composites. Compos Sci Technol 66(2):333–342
Michael Rajan HB, Ramabalan S, Dinaharan I, Vijay SJ (2014) Effect of TiB2 content and temperature on sliding wear behavior of AA7075/TiB2 in situ aluminum cast composite. Arch Civ Mech Eng 14(1):72–79
Kalkanlı A, Yılmaz S (2008) Synthesis and characterization of aluminum alloy 7075 reinforced with silicon carbide particulates. Mater Design 29(4):775–780
Ul Haq MI, Anand A (2018) Dry sliding friction and Wear behavior of AA7075-Si3N4 composite. Silicon-Neth 10:1819–1829
Anitha P, Shrinivas Balraj U (2017) Dry sliding Wear performance of Al/7075/Al2O3p/Grp hybrid metal matrix composites. Mater Today 4(2):3033–3042
Shivaprakash YM, Yadavalli B, Sreenivasa Prasad KV (2013) Comparative study of tribological characteristics of AA2024+ 10% fly ash composite in non-heat treated and heat treated conditions. Int J Res Technol 2(11):275–280
Somasundara VK, Subramanian R, Dharmalingam S, Anandavel B (2014) Optimization of dry sliding wear conditions for AlSi10Mg/SiCp composites using response surface: genetic algorithm approach. Ind Lubr Tribol 66(5):593–600
Ghanaraja S, Ramanuja C, Ravikumar KS, Madhusudan BM (2015) Study on mechanical properties of hot extruded Al(mg)-TiO2 composites. Am J Mater Sci 5(3C):188–193
Siddhi Jailani H, Rajadurai A, Mohan B, Sornakumar T (2017) Sliding wear behaviour of Al-Si alloy–fly ash composites produced by powder metallurgy technique. Ind Lubr Tribol 69(2):241–247
Gopalakrishnan S, Murugan N (2012) Production and wear characterization of AA 6061 matrix titanium carbide particulate reinforced composite by enhanced stir casting method. Compos Part B-Eng 43(2):302–308
Vijaya Ramnath B, Elanchezhian C, Jaivignesh M, Rajesh S, Parswajinan C, Ghias ASA (2014) Evaluation of mechanical properties of aluminium alloy–alumina–boron carbide metal matrix composites. Mater Design 58:332–338
Rajmohan T, Palanikumar K, Ranganathan S (2013) Evaluation of mechanical and wear properties of hybrid aluminium matrix composites. T Nonferr Metal Soc 23:2509–2517
Ashok Kumar B, Murugan N (2012) Metallurgical and mechanical characterization of stir cast AA6061-T6–AlNp composite. Mater Design 40:52–58
Pawar PB, Utpat AA (2014) Development of Aluminium based silicon carbide particulate metal matrix composite for spur gear. Procedia Mater Sci 6:1150–1156
Kumar A, Lal S, Kumar S (2013) Fabrication and characterization of A359/Al2O3 metal matrix composite using electromagnetic stir casting method. J Mater Res Technol 2(3):250–254
Alaneme KK, Adewale TM, Olubambi PA (2014) Corrosion and wear behaviour of Al–mg–Si alloy matrix hybrid composites reinforced with rice husk ash and silicon carbide. J. Mater. Res. Technol 3(1):9–16
Sajjadi SA, Ezatpour HR, Beygi H (2011) Microstructure and mechanical properties of Al–Al2O3 micro and nano composites fabricated by stir casting. Mater Sci Eng A 528(29–30):8765–8771
Umanath K, Palanikumar K, Selvamani ST (2013) Analysis of dry sliding wear behaviour of Al6061/SiC/Al2O3 hybrid metal matrix composites. Compos Part B-Eng 53:159–168
Uthayakumar M, Thirumalai Kumaran S, Aravindan S (2013) Dry sliding friction and Wear studies of Fly ash reinforced AA-6351 metal matrix composites. Adv Tribol 2013:1–6. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/365602
Ravi Kumar K, Kiran K, Sreebalaji VS (2017) Micro structural characteristics and mechanical behaviour of aluminium matrix composites reinforced with titanium carbide. J Alloys Compd 723(5):795–801
Alaneme KK, Bodunrin MO, Awe AA (2018) Microstructure, mechanical and fracture properties of groundnut shell ash and silicon carbide dispersion strengthened aluminium matrix composites. J King Saud Univ Sci 30(1):96–103
Ravikumar K, Kiran K, Sreebalaji VS (2017) Characterization of mechanical properties of aluminium/tungsten carbide composites. Measurement 102(1):142–149
Praveen Kumar B, Birru AK (2017) Microstructure and mechanical properties of aluminium metal matrix composites with addition of bamboo leaf ash by stir casting method. T Nonferr Metal Soc 27(12):2555–2572
Noorul Haq A, Marimuthu P, Jeyapaul R (2008) Multi response optimization of machining parameters of drilling Al/SiC metal matrix composite using grey relational analysis in the Taguchi method. Int J Adv Manuf Tech 37(3–4):250–255
Panda A, Sahoo AK, Rout AK (2016) Multi-attribute decision making parametric optimization and modeling in hard turning using ceramic insert through grey relational analysis: a case study. Decis Sci Lett 5:581–592
Datta S, Bandyopadhyay A, Pal PK (2008) Slag recycling in submerged arc welding and its influence on weld quality leading to parametric optimization. Int J Adv Manuf Tech 39(3–4):229–238
SV Alagarsamy and M Ravichandran (2019) Synthesis, microstructure and properties of TiO2 reinforced AA7075 matrix composites via stir casting route. Mater. Res. Express, 6(8)
D Srinivasan, M Meignanamoorthy, M Ravichandran (2019) Optimization of process parameters of boron carbide filled Aluminium matrix composites using Grey Taguchi method Mater Res Express 6(7)
Dharmalingam S, Subramanian R, Kök M (2013) Optimization of abrasive wear performance in aluminium hybrid metal matrix composites using Taguchi - grey relational analysis. P I Mech Eng J-J Eng 227(7):749–760
Alagarsamy SV, Ravichandran M (2019) Investigations on tribological behaviour of AA7075-TiO2 composites under dry sliding conditions. Ind Lubr Tribol 71:1064–1071. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-01-2019-0003
Saravanan C, Subramanian K, Anandakrishnan V, Sathish S (2018) Tribological behavior of AA7075-TiC composites by powder metallurgy. Ind Lubr Tribol 70(6):1066–1071
Pazhouhanfar Y, Eghbali B (2018) Microstructural characterization and mechanical properties of TiB2 reinforced Al6061 matrix composites produced using stir casting process. Mater Sci Eng A 710:172–180
Fenghong C, Chang C, Wang Z, Muthuramalingam T, Anbuchezhiyan G (2019) Effects of silicon carbide and tungsten carbide in Aluminium metal matrix composites. Silicon-Neth 11:2625–2632
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Publisher’s Note
Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Sakthivelu, S., Sethusundaram, P.P., Ravichandran, M. et al. Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Properties and Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Al -Fe-Si Alloy Matrix Composites. Silicon 13, 1285–1294 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00662-4
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00662-4