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Mechanical Properties of Light Weight Particulate Metal Matrix Composites

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The knowledge of mechanical properties is essential for designing the mechanical and structural components used in all engineering applications. As lighter metallic structural material, aluminium and magnesium alloys play a vital role in aerospace, automotive and defence sectors because of their low density, higher strength and stiffness combined with high wear resistance. Desired specific properties of these alloys can be enhanced or altered, by using reinforcements while making composite materials, based on the applications. Metal matrix composites are well recognized for their combination of light weight and superior mechanical behaviour. The hardness and tensile properties are essentially required to control the dry sliding wear characteristics of the materials. Many researchers have investigated the hardness behaviour of particulate metal matrix composites (PMMCs) and reported that presence of particulate reinforcements have led to a considerable increase in hardness of a matrix material. The tensile properties, except the ductility, show improved values by reinforcing light weight structural metals with particles. Further, researchers have reported better mechanical properties in PMMCs fabricated by generating the reinforcing particles in the matrix material during processing, over conventional or ex-situ technique, in which reinforcement particles are gradually poured from outside to the matrix material during processing.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, B. N. M. Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 560 070, India

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    K. Palani Kumar

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Shivalingappa, D., Raghavendra, N. (2024). Mechanical Properties of Light Weight Particulate Metal Matrix Composites. In: Boppana, S.B., Ramachandra, C.G., Kumar, K.P., Ramesh, S. (eds) Structural Composite Materials. Composites Science and Technology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5982-2_10

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