Wear Assessment & Characterization of B4C Reinforced AA6063 Alloy using Pin-on-Disc Testing
Author(s):
R. Balaji , KINGS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING; G. Vinitha, KINGS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Keywords:
AA6063, Aluminium Composites, Sliding Wear, Friction, Tribology
Abstract:
Aluminium composites are new generation of metal matrix composites that have the potentials of satisfying the recent demands of advanced engineering applications, for advanced structural, automotive, aviation, aerospace, marine, defence and other related sectors because of their ductile, light weight, highly conductive and high strength to weight ratio. In this present work, aluminium alloy AA6063 reinforced with boron carbide particles were prepared using stir casting technique. Wear and friction behaviour of AA6063 reinforced with the boron carbide were investigated using pin-on-disc wear tester. The operation was carried out in CNC machine and the surface roughness tester investigate the minimum surface roughness. The experiment reveals that wear of the composite is lower than the AA6063 alloy and the coefficient of friction was minimum. On the whole and in nutshell the study concluded through three areas namely mechanical properties, machining behaviour and tribological behaviour. The results shows that the experimental is very good agreement with the prediction value.
Other Details:
| Manuscript Id | : | IJSTEV4I8004
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| Published in | : | Volume : 4, Issue : 8
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| Publication Date | : | 01/03/2018
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| Page(s) | : | 6-11
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