Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite

Metal matrix composites are attractive light weight materials with potential attributes to substitute automotive materials without sacrifing performance. This present study aims to investigate the wear characteristics of aluminium (Al) 6061 reinforced with silicon carbide particles (SiCp) of thre...

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Main Authors:	Abdulmumin, Adebisi Adetayo, Maleque, Md. Abdul, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
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Language:	English
Published:	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
Subjects:	TA401 Materials of engineering and construction TN600 Metallurgy TS200 Metal manufactures. Metalworking
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/42908/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42908/1/P89_2015_Abd_Mumin.pdf

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spelling	iium-429082017-11-08T01:18:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42908/ Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite Abdulmumin, Adebisi Adetayo Maleque, Md. Abdul Ali, Mohammad Yeakub TA401 Materials of engineering and construction TN600 Metallurgy TS200 Metal manufactures. Metalworking Metal matrix composites are attractive light weight materials with potential attributes to substitute automotive materials without sacrifing performance. This present study aims to investigate the wear characteristics of aluminium (Al) 6061 reinforced with silicon carbide particles (SiCp) of three (3) different particle sizes. The reinforcement consist of coarse particle (80μm), intermediate (40μm) and fine particles (15μm) particle sizes with 10, 5, 5 wt% respectively. The composite was fabricated using the stir casting technique due to its simplicity and cost effectiveness. The wear test was conducted using the pin on disc tribo-system with steel disc counter surface. The outcome of this study reveals that the MPS-SiC AMC exhibit better wear and frictional characteristics for brake rotor application. The coarse particles have better contribution to wear resistance because the possibility of particle pullout from the matrix for both intermediate and fine particles is high due to small surface contact area. However, the intermediate and fine particle compensates for multiple shielding effect for the base matrix thus influences the impact energy and mechanical strength of the composite. The friction coefficient (0.32 - 0.46) of the MPS-SiC AMC falls within the acceptable deviation band for automotive brake rotor application Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42908/1/P89_2015_Abd_Mumin.pdf Abdulmumin, Adebisi Adetayo and Maleque, Md. Abdul and Ali, Mohammad Yeakub (2015) Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite. Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 174-177. ISSN 1022-6680
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spellingShingle	TA401 Materials of engineering and construction TN600 Metallurgy TS200 Metal manufactures. Metalworking Abdulmumin, Adebisi Adetayo Maleque, Md. Abdul Ali, Mohammad Yeakub Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite
description	Metal matrix composites are attractive light weight materials with potential attributes to substitute automotive materials without sacrifing performance. This present study aims to investigate the wear characteristics of aluminium (Al) 6061 reinforced with silicon carbide particles (SiCp) of three (3) different particle sizes. The reinforcement consist of coarse particle (80μm), intermediate (40μm) and fine particles (15μm) particle sizes with 10, 5, 5 wt% respectively. The composite was fabricated using the stir casting technique due to its simplicity and cost effectiveness. The wear test was conducted using the pin on disc tribo-system with steel disc counter surface. The outcome of this study reveals that the MPS-SiC AMC exhibit better wear and frictional characteristics for brake rotor application. The coarse particles have better contribution to wear resistance because the possibility of particle pullout from the matrix for both intermediate and fine particles is high due to small surface contact area. However, the intermediate and fine particle compensates for multiple shielding effect for the base matrix thus influences the impact energy and mechanical strength of the composite. The friction coefficient (0.32 - 0.46) of the MPS-SiC AMC falls within the acceptable deviation band for automotive brake rotor application
format	Article
author	Abdulmumin, Adebisi Adetayo Maleque, Md. Abdul Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
author_facet	Abdulmumin, Adebisi Adetayo Maleque, Md. Abdul Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
author_sort	Abdulmumin, Adebisi Adetayo
title	Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite
title_short	Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite
title_full	Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite
title_fullStr	Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite
title_full_unstemmed	Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite
title_sort	wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite
publisher	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/42908/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42908/1/P89_2015_Abd_Mumin.pdf
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Wear characteristics of multiple particle size silicon carbide reinforced aluminium composite

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