Procedia Engineering 64 (2013) 1183 – 1190 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com 1877-7058 © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the organizing and review committee of IConDM 2013 doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2013.09.197 ScienceDirect International Conference On DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING, IConDM 2013 Process development in stir casting and investigation on microstructures and wear behavior of TiB 2 on Al6061 MMC *S. Suresh a N. Shenbaga Vinayaga Moorthi b a Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India, Pin: 629004. E-mail: [email protected] b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University Regional Centre: Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India, Pin: 627007 Email: [email protected] Abstract The unique characteristics of the composite materials for the specific requirements makes these materials more popular in a variety of applications such as aerospace, automotive (pistons, cylinder liners, bearings), and structural components, resulting in savings of material and energy. In this paper aluminium alloy Al6061 was reinforced with TiB 2 particles by stir casting method. Metal matrix composites produced by stir casting method have more advantages compare with other methods. Experiments were conducted by varying weight fraction of TiB 2 (0%, 4%, 8% and 12%), while keeping all other parameters constant. The wear mechanism was studied through worn surface and wear analysis as well as microscopic examination of the wear tracks. This study revealed that the addition of TiB 2 improves the wear resistance of aluminium composites. The results showed that increasing the mechanical properties, such as tensile strength, wear resistance and hardness caused by the percentage of TiB 2 present in the samples. Keywords: Metal Matrics Composites, Aluminium, Reinforcement, Stir casting and TiB2 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +91- 9443494576. E-mail address: [email protected] © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the organizing and review committee of IConDM 2013
Process development in stir casting and investigation on microstructures and wear behavior of TiB2 on Al6061 MMC
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