Open AccessInvestigation on mechanical behaviour of Al-6061 SiC Metal Matrix with Ni composite
Author(s) -
N. Mani,
M. Palanivendhan,
M Siranjeevi,
K. Balaji
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/993/1/012126
Subject(s) - materials science , silicon carbide , composite material , composite number , alloy , aluminium , metal matrix composite , casting , carbide , metal , nickel , metallurgy
In today’s world, the requirement of light, inexpensive, and quickly processed materials has increased to a great extent. Composite materials that main have their constituent part as metal are called Metal Matrix Composites (MMC). Reinforcement is used to improve different properties of the main material, such as wear resistance, hardness, fatigue resistance, friction coefficient, thermal conductivity, etc. Aluminium alloy (Al-6061) reinforced with silicon carbide and Nickel micro size particles and fabricated by using a stir casting process was investigated for its mechanical properties. The mechanical characteristics of the composition (Al-6061 - SiC - Ni) are studied by varying the Ni composition as 1wt% and 2wt% and 3wt% and by keeping the composition of SiC as 5wt%. The mechanical properties that were obtained by undergoing various tests were compared and studied. Their behaviour according to the various tests were tabulated and the results that are obtained were also plotted in a graph.