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Investigation on the Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Alloy 356 – Zirconium Silicate Metal Matrix Composites (AA356-ZrSiO4 MMCs)

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Due to the advancement in the material technology to produce desired materials for various industrial applications and fast changing scenario in the production of lighter and stronger materials, composite materials are gaining wide acceptance because of their unusual characteristics of behaviour with their high strength to weight ratios. The most widely used material in the current industrial sectors is aluminium and its alloys because of their light weight. To make use of the advantages of the alloys of aluminium for further versatile and flexible varieties of application, such materials are expected to behave as highly resistant to the various loading conditions for a long duration under different environments. Aluminium Alloy 356 has been chosen for the proposed study. AA356 alloy material has been mixed with Zirconium Silicate particles (ZiSO4) with different fractions like 0 wt%, 3 wt%, 5 wt% and 8 wt%. The test samples have been prepared by means of stir casting process. SEM images have been taken on the ZrSiO4 particles for noting down the size and shape of the particles. Three specimens for each composition have been prepared with ASTM standards in order to carry out the tensile test, compression test and hardness test. The tensile test results revealed that AA356 + 5 wt% of ZrSiO4 composition yielded better tensile strength value (169.29 MPa) than the other three compositions. The micro images taken on the fractured samples of the tensile test specimens have been analyzed. It has also been noted that adding ZrSiO4 particles beyond 5 wt% decreased the tensile strength of the proposed composite material. Similarly compression strength and hardness values also have been noted as better upto 5 wt% inclusion of ZrSiO4 particles.

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The authors are thankful to the management of National Engineering College, Kovilpatti for the facility availed for performing stir casting process and conducting the mechanical characterization study on the prepared metal matrix composites.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamilnadu, India

    Dhuruva Maharishi M., Arul Marcel Moshi A. & Hariharasakthisudhan P.

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, BS Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Tamilnadu, India

    Surya Rajan B.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation was performed by B.Surya Rajan. Data collection and the experimental analysis were carried out by M.Dhurva Maharishi and P.Hariharasakthisudhan. A.Arul Marcel Moshi acted as the supervisor for the work, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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M., D.M., A., A.M.M., P., H. et al. Investigation on the Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Alloy 356 – Zirconium Silicate Metal Matrix Composites (AA356-ZrSiO4 MMCs). Silicon 14, 11731–11739 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-022-01896-0

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