Abstract

Aluminium LM13 alloy based hybrid particulate composites have been processed by adding boron carbide (B4C) and titanium diboride (TiB2) particles. The wt% of titanium diboride (TiB2) is varied as 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and a constant 3 wt% of boron carbide is used to prepare the composites. Stir cast route is used to fabricate the composites. The microstructures of castings are examined using computer aided image analyzer. Vicker hardness, yield strength, ultimate tensile strength and energy absorbed by the composites are examined and reported. The results show that uniform dispersion of TiB2 and B4C reinforcement phases in Al LM13 alloy. Micro hardness of composites enhanced upto 36.6% when compared to Al alloy reinforced with 3 wt% of B4C particles. Ultimate tensile strength of Al alloy is improved from 151 MPa to 192 MPa by reinforcing 15 wt% of titanium diboride particles. LM13 aluminium alloy hybrid particulate composites offers superior vicker hardness, yield strength, utlimate tensile strength and impact strength over LM13 aluminium alloy based single particle reinforced composites.

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Title
Assessment of mechanical properties of LM13 aluminum alloy hybrid metal matrix composites
Author
Rajamanickam, Arun Kumar 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Uvaraja, V C 2 

1  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 
2  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology , Erode, Tamil Nadu, India 
First page
075001
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Jul 2022
Publisher
IOP Publishing
e-ISSN
20531591
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ac7cc1
ProQuest document ID
2685586249
Copyright
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