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A comparison of the erosive wear performance of particle reinforced aluminum matrix composites

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Erosive wear is an important industrial issue that needs addressing to avoid failures in the erosive media channels. The current study reports the engineering efforts to enhance the wear performance of ceramic particle (SiC/Al2O3) reinforced AA5083 alloy exposed to low velocity steel erodent particles. Replacing the ceramic reinforcement with particles that have better bonding tendencies with the matrix and larger particle size (∼5 times) improved the erosive wear performance (as much as 21.28 %). While the improvement margins were much more prominent at oblique (30° and 60°) angles compared to 90°, the wear loss was mainly driven by particle dislodgement, cavity formation and matrix trimming. The particle dislodgment and fragmentation were oppressed for larger Al2O3 particles at oblique angles that resulted in improved wear response. For 90° impingement, the overall wear loss was controlled by the ceramic content and excessive wear happened in the matrix through micro-cutting, chipping and ceramic particle fragmentation.

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Abbreviations

C ps :

Ceramic particles

EDS :

Energy dispersive spectroscopy

AMC :

Aluminum matrix composites

PM :

Powder metallurgy

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Kemal Yıldızlı is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Erciyes University in 2002 and 2008, respectively. He has worked in the fields of friction, wear, erosion, surface modification, and welding.

Fehmi Nair received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Firat University, Elazig, Türkiye, in 1992, M.S. and Ph.D. from Erciyes University Mechanical Engineering in 1996 and 2005, respectively. He is an Associate Professor at Kayseri Erciyes University, Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include manufacturing technologies, production and characterization of metal matrix composites, and tribology.

Numan Zafar received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Erciyes University in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 and 2022, respectively. He is currently associated with KIM Technologies and working on advanced ceramic matrix composites.

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Yıldızlı, K., Nair, F. & Zafar, H.M.N. A comparison of the erosive wear performance of particle reinforced aluminum matrix composites. J Mech Sci Technol 38, 1215–1226 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-024-0217-7

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