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PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART L-JOURNAL OF MATERIALS-DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 232, Issue 11, Pages 952-964Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1464420716657114
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Al6082-T6/SiC/B4C hybrid composite; wear behaviour; RSM
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In the present work, dry sliding wear behaviour of hybrid aluminum metal matrix composites is carried out. A mixture of silicon carbide and boron carbide is used in equal fraction as reinforcement with base material AA6082-T6 to prepare AA6082-T6/SiC/B4C hybrid metal matrix composites using stir casting technique. The weight percentage of silicon carbide and boron carbide mixture taken to prepare hybrid composites is 5, 10, 15 and 20. The wear behaviour of Al-SiC-B4C composites is investigated using a pin-on-disc apparatus at room temperature, and optimization of process parameters is done using response surface methodology. The weight percentage of reinforcement, sliding speed, load and sliding distance are selected as process parameters with five levels of each. Analysis of variance shows that wear increases with increase of load or sliding distance and decreases with an increase in reinforcement or sliding speed. The experimental results revealed that the wear of Al-SiC-B4C hybrid composites has been influenced most by the sliding distance and least by weight percentage of reinforcement. The interaction between load-sliding speed is the only significant two-factor interaction in the present model which increases wear rate in fabricated hybrid composites. Further, the experimental results obtained are verified by conducting confirmation tests, and the errors found are within 3 to 7%.
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