Processing and performance Characteristics of aluminium alloy Based metal matrix composites

Abstract

Aluminium based Metal Matrix Composites MMCs are newer newlinematerials having many favourable mechanical properties and a wide range of newlineapplications from automotive to aerospace gradually replacing the newlineconventional engineering materials Aluminium based MMCs are gaining newlineincreasing importance because of their attractive properties of better specific newlinestrength specific stiffness wear resistance excellent corrosion resistance newlinehigh elastic modulus and light weight newlineIn the present work LM24 aluminium alloy aluminium oxide newlinesilicon carbide metal matrix composites are developed by a new combination newlineof vortex method and pressure die casting technique The reinforcing hard newlineceramic particles of aluminium oxide silicon carbide play a vital role on the newlinematerial properties Hence the LM24 aluminium alloy based metal matrix newlinecomposites are fabricated with different percentage weight of aluminium newlineoxide silicon carbide particles The present work also deals with mechanical newlineproperty tribology drilling milling and electrical discharge machining newlinestudies of the newly developed LM24 aluminium alloy based metal matrix newlinecomposites newline newline