EVALUATION OF WEAR BEHAVIOR OF Al-Si ALLOY USING SiC AS THE REINFORCEMENT
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| Title | EVALUATION OF WEAR BEHAVIOR OF Al-Si ALLOY USING SiC AS THE REINFORCEMENT |
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| Abstract | The current study investigates the wear behavior of the SiC particles reinforced Al-Si alloy composites developed using the stir casting process. The results were obtained from the wear tests of the cast Al-Si alloy and prepared SiC reinforcement composites containing 3 % wt and 9 % wt using fine and coarse size SiC particles. The wear test of all the developed composites were done at different testing conditions with varying loads. The analysis of wear traces, as well as the wear debris, was done at every composition but at higher loads. It was observed that the wear resistance was improved with increasing the amount as well as decreasing the size of the SiC particles. However, the wear rate of the composites increases with increasing the applied load. From the microstructural study of specimen after the wear test one can conclude that both adhesive and abrasive wear mechanisms contribute for wear of SiC particle composites. |
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| Date | 2017-02-05 |
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| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |