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Wear testing of in situ cast AA8011-TiB2 metal matrix composites

  • Bellamballi Munivenkatappan Muthamizh Selvan , Veeramani Anandakrishnan , Muthukannan Duraiselvam and Sivaraj Sundarameenakshi
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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 61 Issue 8

Abstract

An aluminum alloy 8011 was reinforced with varying weight percentages of TiB2 using an in situ stir casting technique by adding inorganic halide salts of K2TiF6 and KBF4 in molten AA8011 matrix alloy. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were performed on the cast materials to confirm the presence and distribution of the reinforcements in the composite materials. To investigate the wear behavior of the cast materials, pin on disc wear testing was carried out at varied levels of sliding distance, amount of reinforcement, temperature, load and sliding velocity based on Taguchi's L18 orthogonal array with wear rate as the response. AA 8011 with a reinforcement of 4 wt.-%, 1500 m sliding distance, at a temperature of 100 °C, load 10 N and sliding velocity 2 m × s−1 provided the best wear resistance. The significance and influence of factors on wear rate were analyzed by an analysis of the variance.

∗ Correspondence Address, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veeramani Anandakrishnan, Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 620015, Tamil Nadu, India, E-Mail:

Bellamballi Munivenkatappan Muthamizh Selvan, born in 1989, has been pursuing his Ph.D. in the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India since 2013. He obtained his BEng degree in Industrial Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2011, and his MTech degree in Manufacturing Technology from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India in 2013.

Dr. Veeramani Anandakrishnan, born in 1977, is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India with 14 years of teaching experience. He obtained his BEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India in 1999, his MEng degree in Production Engineering from Annamalai University, India in 2001 and his PhD from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India in 2010.

Dr.-Ing. Muthukannan Duraiselvam, born in 1975, is a Professor in the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India with 17 years of teaching experience. He obtained his BEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India in 1996, his MEng degree in Manufacturing Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India in 1998 and his MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India in 2001, and his Dr.-Ing degree from the Technical University of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, in 2006.

Sivaraj Sundarameenakshi, born in 1990, has been a Senior Manager at Tata Steels limited, Jamshedpur, India since 2013. She obtained her BEng degree in Production Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2011, and her MTech degree in Manufacturing Technology from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India in 2013.

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Published Online: 2019-07-27
Published in Print: 2019-08-01

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https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111386

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  1. Inhalt/Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
  4. Effects of pre- and post-weld heat treatment conditions on microstructures of cast nickel based superalloys GTD-111 in the laser welding process
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  8. The Harris hawks optimization algorithm, salp swarm algorithm, grasshopper optimization algorithm and dragonfly algorithm for structural design optimization of vehicle components
  9. Axial crushing behavior of circular aluminum tubes
  10. Effect of substrate surface preparation on cold sprayed Al-Zn-Al2O3 composite coating properties
  11. Top-down approach for the estimation of measurement uncertainty based on quality control data and grey system theory
  12. Hoop tensile and compression behavior of glass-carbon intraply hybrid fiber reinforced filament wound composite pipes
  13. Non-linear modeling of mechanical properties of plasma arc welded Inconel 617 plates
  14. Wear testing of in situ cast AA8011-TiB2 metal matrix composites
  15. Microstructure, mechanical properties and ELM based wear loss prediction of plasma sprayed ZrO2-MgO coatings on a magnesium alloy
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