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Analysis of wear properties of Zn-based composites using the Taguchi method

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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 60 Issue 3

Abstract

The tribological behavior of composites based on zinc aluminum ZA27 alloy, reinforced with silicon carbide (SiC) and graphite (Gr) particles is analyzed using the Taguchi method and described in this paper. Two sample composites were tested: the first containing 10 % of SiC and the second containing 10 % of SiC and 3 % Gr particles. They were prepared by the compo-casting procedure. The experiments were carried out using a block-on-disc tribometer under dry sliding test conditions. The tests were conducted with sliding speeds of 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 m×s−1, normal loads of 10, 20 and 30 N and a sliding distance of 300 m. The wear surface of the composite material was examined using scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The influence of various parameters on the wear behavior was investigated by means and analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Kurzfassung

Das tribologische Verhalten von Verbundwerkstoffen basierend auf der Zink-Aluminium-Legierung ZA27, die mit Siliziumcarbid- und Graphit-Partikeln (SiC und Gr) verstärkt sind, wird mit dem Taguchi-Verfahren analysiert und in dieser Veröffentlichung beschrieben. Zwei Komposite wurden getestet. Die erste Probe enthielt 10 % SiC und die zweite Probe enthielt 10 % SiC und 3 % Gr-Partikel, welche mit dem Compo-Casting-Verfahren hergestellt wurden. Die Experimente wurden an einem Block-auf-Scheibe-Tribometer unter trockenen Gleittestbedingungen durchgeführt. Die Versuche wurden mit Gleitgeschwindigkeiten von 0.25, 0.5 und 1.0 m×s−1, Normalbelastungen von 10, 20 und 30 N und einer Gleitstrecke von 300 m durchgeführt. Die Verschleißoberfläche des Verbundmaterials wurde unter Verwendung eines Rasterelektronenmikroskops (REM) und energiedispersiver Spektrometrie (EDS) untersucht. Der Einfluss verschiedener Parameter auf das Verschleißverhalten wurde mittels Mittelwerte und Varianzanalyse (ANOVA) untersucht.

* Correspondence Address, Assist. Prof. Dr. Nenad Miloradović, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering, Sestre Janjic 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia, E-mail:

Assist. Dr. Prof. Nenad Miloradović, born in 1968, graduated with a BSc degree at the University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Serbia, in 1993. He continued to work and study at the same faculty and obtained his MSc degree in 2002 and his PhD degree in 2013. He is currently working at the University of Kragujevac in the Faculty of Engineering. His main research areas are metal matrix composites and mechanical constructions and mechanization.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Blaža Stojanović, born in 1974, graduated with a BSc degree at the University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Serbia, in 1998. He continued to work and study at the same faculty and obtained his MSc degree, in 2007. He finished his PhD degree in the same faculty in 2013. He is currently working at the University of Kragujevac in the Faculty of Engineering. His main research areas are tribology, metal matrix composites and mechanical constructions.

Prof. Dr. Ružica R. Nikolić, born in 1951, graduated with a BSc degree in 1975 and defended her Master's thesis at the University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Serbia, in 1982. She obtained another MSc degree in 1985 and a PhD degree in Technical Sciences at the Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA, in 1989. She is currently working at University of Žilina, Research Center, Žilina, Slovakia. Her main research areas are mechanical constructions, mechanization and applied mechanics.

Prof. Dr. Nenad Gubeljak, born in 1963, graduated with a BSc degree at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia, in 1988. He continued to study in the same faculty and completed his PhD in 1998. He spent a year at GKKS Research Centre Geesthacht in Germany as a guest researcher from 2000 to 2001. He is employed as Head of the Institute of Mechanics and Chair of Mechanics in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia. His main research areas are fatigue and fracture testing, analysis of fracture behavior of welded joints and structure integrity assessment.

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Published Online: 2018-02-28
Published in Print: 2018-03-27

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https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111142

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Inhalt/Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
  4. Effect of strain rate on stress corrosion cracking of X100 pipeline steel in environments with sulfate-reducing bacteria
  5. Influence of microstructural parameters of indefinite chill alloys on flexural strength and Young's modulus
  6. Corrosion behavior of a 3 % Cr tubing steel in a CO2 saturated high-salinity brine
  7. Comparative study of the testing approaches for the susceptibility of high-strength fasteners to environmental hydrogen embrittlement (EHE)
  8. Combined impact of UV radiation and nitric acid on HDPE containers during outdoor exposure
  9. Analysis of wear properties of Zn-based composites using the Taguchi method
  10. Microstructural and mechanical properties of friction and MIAB welded carbon steel tubes and forging bracket joints
  11. Influence of sintering temperature on mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered pre-alloyed Ti-6Al-4 V powder
  12. Ultrasound on-line measurement of pulverized coal flow in coal-fired boilers
  13. Comparison of seismic performance between thermal insulation concrete and normal concrete shear walls
  14. Test procedure for stress damage of ferromagnetic materials based on metal magnetic memory effects
  15. Lightweight design of an automobile hinge component using glass fiber polyamide composites
  16. Comparison of grey wolf, whale, water cycle, ant lion and sine-cosine algorithms for the optimization of a vehicle engine connecting rod
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