scholarly journals Aerospace Industry and Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites

Author(s):  
Sevim Yolcular Karaoglu ◽  
Serdar Karaoglu ◽  
Imgesu Unal

Researchers have turned to search for new materials that will meet all the aerospace industry requirements. When it is almost impossible to achieve this with a single material, composite materials have been studied, and there have been great developments in this field. Many elements are used in aircraft construction, but aluminum is the most preferred due to its low density, good castability, high strength, corrosion resistance, and good fatigue strength. However, its strength and stiffness limit its usability. To solve this problem, aluminum is combined with various elements. Aluminum metal matrix composites are an example of this. Aluminum metal matrix composites are preferred in aircraft applications due to their high specific modulus and good mechanical and thermal properties. This review provides information on the use of aluminum metal matrix composite materials in the aerospace industry.

2020 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 01033 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Sunil Kumar Reddy ◽  
M. Kannan ◽  
R. Karthikeyan ◽  
S. Prashanth ◽  
B. Rohith Reddy

The Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites (AMMCs) have been becoming suitable materials for many devices in the application of various fields like heavy equipment’s industry, automobile, aeronautics and etc. because of its excellent physical and structural characteristics. The research on AMMC dealt the effect of reinforcement such as fly-ash, SiC, Al2O3, Graphite, B4C, Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) on aluminium in different percentages. Every reinforcement has its own characteristics that enhance the base aluminium characteristics when added. By adding these types of reinforcement to metal base led to enhance the properties like wear resistance, stiffness, creep, tensile strength, fatigue, toughness, thermal conductivity, hardness in comparison with traditional approach on materials engineering. This review paper was aimed to give the detailed information about the impact of various reinforcements incorporated in matrix by illustrating its benefits and drawbacks. This extensive survey on AMMC could be useful to develop farther.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vemula Vijaya Vani ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Chak

Metal Matrix Composites are developed in recent years as an alternative over conventional engineering materials due to their improved properties. Among all, Aluminium Matrix Composites (AMCs) are increasing their demand due to low density, high strength-to-weight ratio, high toughness, corrosion resistance, higher stiffness, improved wear resistance, increased creep resistance, low co-efficient of thermal expansion, improved high temperature properties. Major applications of these materials have been in aerospace, automobile, military. There are different processing techniques for the fabrication of AMCs. Powder metallurgy is a one of the most promising and versatile routes for fabrication of particle reinforced AMCs as compared to other manufacturing methods. This method ensures the good wettability between matrix and reinforcement, homogeneous microstructure of the fabricated MMC, and prevents the formation of any undesirable phases. This article addresses mainly on the effect of process parameters like sintering time, temperature and particle size on the microstructure of aluminum metal matrix composites.


1993 ◽  
Vol 314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parwaiz A. A. Khan ◽  
Anand J. Paul

AbstractDue to their superior mechanical properties and high strength to weight ratio, metal matrix composite materials are increasingly being used in aerospace, automotive and defense industries. The use of a fusion related conventional joining technique, such as arc welding, leads to the formation of undesirable non-equilibrium phases in the weld zone, where as diffusion and adhesive joining techniques are rather slow. Non contact multi-kilowatt laser joining, though fully developed for high speed autogenous joining of different alloys, is not yet adequate for joining of metal matrix composites. Efforts have been made by several researchers to control the composition and microstructure of laser joined aluminum metal matrix composites by controlling the energy input and by the use of filler wires. In view of the current industry trend to use more light weight structural composite materials, and greater use of high energy density beams for a variety of metalworking applications, the authors have reviewed the current status of high speed laser joining of metal matrix composites. Emphasis is placed on problems and various techniques which can be used to achieve a better control on composition and microstructure during high energy laser joining of aluminum metal matrix composites.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthil Kumaran Selvaraj ◽  
Kathiravan Srinivasan ◽  
Utkarsh Chadha ◽  
Rajat Mishra ◽  
Kurane Arpit ◽  
...  

Graphical AbstractA Brief Review of the Ultrasonic welding process flow and sequence for joining aluminium metal matrix composite.


2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mudasar B. A. Pasha ◽  
Mohammed Kaleemulla

Abstract An increased interest is observed in recent years in the processing of aluminum metal matrix composites (AMMCs) due to their remarkable properties such as light in weight, very high strength, environmental resistance, corrosion resistance, and low thermal coefficient of expansion compared to conventional metal and alloys. This leads to superior compressive strength, for fuel cell applications, low density and low cost for automotive and small engine applications. Homogeneous distribution of the reinforcement phase in turns improves hardness and ultimate tensile strength for lightweight applications, especially aeronautical and high-speed train industries. Uniform distribution of reinforcement directly influences properties and quality of the composite material. And develop a conventional low-cost method of producing metal matrix composites to obtain a homogenous dispersion of reinforcing materials. In this review article, processing and characterization of aluminum metal matrix composites have been reviewed. The Point of convergence is given to the new fabrication techniques, their physical and mechanical characterization. Substantially this review article censoriously reviews the present and past state of understanding of the processing of aluminum metal matrix composites with different reinforcement. The resulting failure mechanisms are discussed. Instructions are given to clarify open questions related to the fabrications of aluminum metal matrix composites.


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