| Autor: |
Gonfa BK; Program of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, ASTU, Adama 1888, Ethiopia., Sinha D; Program of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, ASTU, Adama 1888, Ethiopia., Vates UK; Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201301, India., Badruddin IA; Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia., Hussien M; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.; Pesticide Formulation Department, Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza 12618, Egypt., Kamangar S; Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia., Singh GK; Program of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, ASTU, Adama 1888, Ethiopia., Ahmed GMS; Program of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, ASTU, Adama 1888, Ethiopia.; Center of Excellence (COE) for Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Program of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering, School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, ASTU, Adama 1888, Ethiopia., Kanu NJ; Department of Mechanical Engineering, JSPM Narhe Technical Campus, Pune 411041, India., Hossain N; School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia. |
| Abstrakt: |
Aluminum metal matrix composites are potential materials for aerospace and automobile industrial applications due to their enhanced mechanical and tribological properties. Aluminum reinforced with silicon carbide particles has been developed with enhanced mechanical and tribological behavior, but it lacks wettability between matrix and reinforcement causing weak bonding, which reduces the degree of enhancement. The objectives of this study were to fabricate aluminum-based metal matrix composites with enhanced wettability at varying stirring speeds (350, 450, 550 rpm), stirring time (5, 10, 15 min), weight percentage of SiC (0, 5, 10 wt.%), and weight percentage of MoS 2 (0, 2, 4 wt.%). Nine samples were fabricated using stir casting based on Taguchi L9 orthogonal array. Hardness, tensile strength, and wear rate of the developed composite were investigated and analyzed as a single response characteristic using Taguchi's signal-to-noise ratio and as a multi-response characteristic using hybrid Taguchi-grey relational analysis (HTGRA). The results revealed that the addition of SiC in the composite produced better hardness, tensile strength, and wear rate. The addition of MoS 2 in the composite showed better hardness and tensile strength only up to 2 wt.% of MoS 2 , and in the case of wear rate, the addition of MoS 2 in the composite up to 4% showed better wear resistance. Al-SiC-MoS 2 hybrid composite shows better enhancement in hardness, tensile strength, and wear resistance than the Al-SiC composite. |
