Mechanical and wear behaviour of hybrid AA8011 metal matrix composite reinforced with aluminum silicate and titanium dioxide

Jones Praveen Jesuraj; Arumugam Kumaravel

doi:10.1515/mt-2024-0359

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Mechanical and wear behaviour of hybrid AA8011 metal matrix composite reinforced with aluminum silicate and titanium dioxide

Jones Praveen Jesuraj
Mr. Jones Praveen Jesuraj is currently pursuing a part-time PhD at Anna University, Chennai, and working as a Senior Fellow in the Tamil Nadu Education Fellowship at the Madhi Foundation. He has previously served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SRM TRP Engineering College, Trichy, and at K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Erode. He received his postgraduate degree in Engineering Design and his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has published numerous articles in preferred journals and book chapters. His current research focuses on material science, particularly metallic materials.
and Arumugam Kumaravel
Dr. Arumugam Kumaravel is currently a professor in the faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Namakkal. He received his Ph.D as well as M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and completed his undergraduate from Government College of Engineering, Salem. He has published a number of International Journals and acting as reviewer for renowned journals. He has received government funding’s as research grants over 1 crore. His area of research includes Smart materials, functionally graded materials, and Composite materials.

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Abstract

AA8011 aluminum-based metal matrix composite is fabricated with ceramic-reinforced particles such as titanium dioxide and aluminum silicate. The weight percentage of titanium oxide was varied from 0 to 15 with an increment of 3 wt.%. The other reinforcement element, aluminum silicate, was kept constant at 6 wt.%. The metal matrix composite was fabricated using the stir casting process. From the experimental results, the hybrid composite fabricated with 6 wt.% aluminum silicate and 9 % titanium oxide exhibited a higher strength of 132 MPa. The strength of the hybrid composite increased as the weight percentage of reinforcement particles increased from 3 to 9 wt.%. The porosity and density of the hybrid metal matrix increased while increasing the weight percentage of reinforcement from 3 to 15 wt.%. The maximum hardness of 97VHN was observed at the maximum percentage of reinforcement. This may be attributed to the addition of reinforcement in AA8011 aluminum alloy. A low wear rate of 4.72 × 10⁻⁷ was recorded with 6 wt.% aluminum silicate and 15 wt.% titanium oxide. The reason for the lower wear rate may be attributed to the uniform distribution of reinforcement particles in the matrix.

Keywords: MMC; AA8011; wear rate; CoF; TiO2 ; Al2SiO5

Corresponding author: Jones Praveen Jesuraj, Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, India, E-mail: praveenj691@gmail.com

About the authors

Jones Praveen Jesuraj

Mr. Jones Praveen Jesuraj is currently pursuing a part-time PhD at Anna University, Chennai, and working as a Senior Fellow in the Tamil Nadu Education Fellowship at the Madhi Foundation. He has previously served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SRM TRP Engineering College, Trichy, and at K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Erode. He received his postgraduate degree in Engineering Design and his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has published numerous articles in preferred journals and book chapters. His current research focuses on material science, particularly metallic materials.

Arumugam Kumaravel

Dr. Arumugam Kumaravel is currently a professor in the faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Namakkal. He received his Ph.D as well as M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and completed his undergraduate from Government College of Engineering, Salem. He has published a number of International Journals and acting as reviewer for renowned journals. He has received government funding’s as research grants over 1 crore. His area of research includes Smart materials, functionally graded materials, and Composite materials.

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