Analysis on mechanical properties of AA6061/Rice husk ash composites produced through stir casting technique

Author(s):  
N.E. Udoye ◽  
O.J. Nnamba ◽  
O.S.I. Fayomi ◽  
A.O. Inegbenebor ◽  
K.J. Jolayemi
Author(s):  
Nosa Idusuyi ◽  
Peter Ozaveshe Oviroh ◽  
Adetoye Henry Adekoya

Aluminium based metal matrix composites (MMCs) have received considerable attention in the last decade for its potential industrial applications. One of the challenges encountered using Aluminium based MMCs is understanding the influence of the reinforcement particles on the corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. In this study the corrosion behaviour and mechanical properties of Al6063 reinforced with egg shell ash and rice husk ash were investigated. Waste Egg Shell Ash (ESA) and Rice Husk Ash (RHA) 212 μm in size were used to produce the composites with 10 wt% of reinforcements via stir casting technique. The RHA and ESA were added in the ratios of 10:0, 7.5:2.5, 5:5, 2.5:7.5, 0:10. Unreinforced Al6063 was used as baseline material. Immersion tests, potentiodynamic polarization techniques, tensile tests, optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the composites. The results showed that reinforcing with 7.5 wt% RHA + 2.5 wt% ESA provided the highest resistance to corrosion. Generally, a reduction in the corrosion rates were observed for the reinforced composites as the wt% of RHA increased. Porosity levels of the composites reduced with an increase in the percentage of ESA in the matrix. Microstructural characterization using SEM and OM revealed a distribution of pits on the composite surfaces which was more severe with increasing RHA percentage. The UTS (ultimate tensile stress) results revealed that the composite containing 10 wt% RHA had the maximum value of 161 MPa. The results demonstrate that rice husk ash and eggshell ash can be useful in producing low cost Aluminium composites with improved corrosion resistance and tensile properties.


2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Adlie Shamsuri ◽  
Ahmad Khuzairi Sudari ◽  
Edi Syams Zainudin ◽  
Mazlina Ghazali

2015 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 568-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Radha ◽  
K.R. Vijayakumar

Composite materials like Aluminium metal matrix composite is playing a very important role in manufacturing industries e.g. automobile and aerospace industries, due to their superior properties such as light weight, low density, high specific modulus, high fatigue strength etc., In this study Aluminium(Al 6061) is reinforced with Silicon Carbide particles and fabricated by Stir Casting Technique (vortex method). The MMC rectangular bars (samples) are prepared with Al6061 and SiC (28 µ size) as the reinforced particles by weight fraction from 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% of SiC. The microstructure analysis and Mechanical properties like Tensile Strength, Vickers Hardness and Charpy Impact Strength were investigated on prepared specimens. It is observed that the properties are increased with increasing of reinforced specimens by weight fraction.


Author(s):  
Md. Rahat Hossain ◽  
Md. Hasan Ali ◽  
Md. Al Amin ◽  
Md. Golam Kibria ◽  
Md. Shafiul Ferdous

Aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) used extensively in various engineering fields due to their exceptional mechanical properties. In this present study, aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) such as aluminium alloy (A356) reinforced with rice husk ash particles (RHA) are made to explore the possibilities of reinforcing aluminium alloy. The stir casting method was applied to produce aluminium alloy (A356) reinforced with various amounts of (2%, 4%, and 6%) rice husk ash (RHA) particles. Physical treatment was carried out before the rice husk ash manufacturing process. The effect of mechanical strength of the fabricated hybrid composite was investigated. Therefore, impact test, tensile stress, compressive stress, and some other tests were carried out to analyse the mechanical properties. From the experimental results, it was found that maximum tensile, and compressive stress were found at 6% rice husk ash (RHA) and aluminium matrix composites (AMCs). In future, the optimum percentages of rice husk ash (RHA) to fabricate the hybrid composites will be determined. Also, simulation by finite element method (FEM) will be applied for further investigation.


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