Tensile Behavior of Aluminum–Cenosphere Metal Matrix Composite by Stir-Casting Route

Auteurs-es

  • Saravanan Varatharaju
  • A. Shanmugasundaram Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, India
  • Dr. P. R. Thyla Associate Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

Mots-clés :

Aluminum, cenospheres, fly ash, stir-casting, MMC

Résumé

 The invention of new materials widens the scope for usage in contemporary material science and their development; the properties of metal matrix composites (MMCs) can be modified to suit the application. The present investigation focuses on dispersing the cenosphere particles into aluminum alloy (AA6063) to produce the composite. The major constituents in cenosphere are refractory oxides like silica, alumina and iron oxide. The manufacturing method adopted for producing this MMC was stir-casting method and the setup for this was fabricated. The proper mixing of particles was ensured with the help of chemical analysis and scanning electron microscopy. The important mechanical property, tensile strength, was evaluated for various percentages of cenospheres.  Keywords: Aluminum, cenospheres, fly ash, stir-casting, MMC 

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Publié

2012-09-08

Numéro

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2012)

Rubrique

Research Articles

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