Effect of SiC particulate

reinforcement on the dry sliding wear

of aluminium-silicon alloys (A356)
GUIDED BY :
Asst. Prof. JOHN IRUTHYA RAJ

SUBMITTED BY:

SAJO JOHNSON (961416410014)

 ABSTRACT
Aluminum composites has been of wide applications in the automobile,
aerospace, defense and other engineering sectors especially where dry sliding
wear plays major role. Many processing techniques have been used over time
depending on various predetermined criteria.
The purpose of present work is to investigate the dry sliding wear behaviour
of aluminium alloy reinforcing with varying in percentage of SiC. Dry sliding
wear tests were conducted on samples using pin-on-disc machine for varying
Normal pressure, speed and wt % of SIC. A356/SiC particulate reinforced
metal matrix composites were produced by a stir casting process.
This review presents effects of dry sliding parameters (sliding speed, sliding
distance and load) coupled with process parameters (stir cast and
reinforcement parameters) on the dry sliding wear behaviour of aluminum
composites produced by stir casting technique.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Sl/no Author name Title
1 Chuan-Jiang Zhao, Feng Qiu The Dry Sliding Wear Properties
of Nano-Sized TiCp/Al-Cu
Composites at Elevated
Temperatures
2 Neeraj Kumar, Manoranjan Effect of Re-Aging on Strength,
Kumar Corrosion and Dry Sliding Wear
Behavior of 7075 Aluminum
Alloy
3 Samson O. Adeosun, The Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour
Lawrence O. Osoba of Aluminum Composites: A
Review
Year Inference
2017 The wear rates of the nanocomposites
which increased with the increase in
temperature and load and with the
decrease in TiCp content.
2016 Higher wear resistant and corrosion
resisntant
2016 effect of sliding distance and
reinforcement size vary and could
depend on the type and nature of
reinforcement used in composites
production.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Sl/no Author name
4 Mohan, Karoor Shekappa
5 Sambasiva Rao, G.
Madhusudhan Reddy
Title
Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour Of
Aluminium Alloy Reinforced With Sic
Metal Matrix Composites Using
Taguchi Method
Friction Stir Surfacing Of Cast A356
Aluminium silicon Alloy With Boron
Carbide And Molybdenum Disulphide
Powders
Year Inference
2014 The analysis of variance shows
that the Normal pressure is the
wear factor that has the highest
statistical influence on the dry
sliding wear of composites
followed by sliding speed and
reinforcement.
2014 Higher wear resistance of
friction stir surfaced alloy is
correlated to lower values of
friction coefficient and change in
wear mechanism as evident from
scanning electron microscopy.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Sl/no Author name Title Year Inference
6 N. Radhikaa, A. Optimisation of Dry Sliding Wear 2014 The analysis shows that wear rate
Vaishnavia Process Parameters for Aluminium increases with increase in applied load
Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites and temperature, and decrease in sliding
velocity

7 Rashmi mittal, Dry sliding wear behaviour of spray 2011 On increasing the amount of Sn in the
Devendra Singh formed ZrSio4 reinforced Al-Si-Sn alloy spray formed alloys the wear rate
decreases.In general spray formed alloys
are imposing more wear resistance,

8 J.H. Changa, Effect of dry sliding wear conditions on a 2010 As the sliding distance increases, the
S.K. Tzeng vacuum induction melted Ni alloy worn surface of 0.1 m/s forms a
continuous oxidation layer that protects
the original surface
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Sl/no Author name Title Year Inference
9 S.A. Kori a, M.S. Sliding wear characteristics of Al 2010 Wear rate of A356 alloy increases with
Prabhudev b 7Si0.3Mg alloy with minor additions increase in normal pressures,
of copper at elevated temperature slidingdistances andsliding speeds atthe
testedtemperature of 300 C. Wear rate of
A356 alloy with 0.5%Cu addition is less
when compared to as cast conditions under
similar tested conditions

10 D. Cree, M. Pugh Dry wear and friction properties of an 2010 The improved wear rate of the composite
A356/SiC foam interpenetrating phase is related to the hardness of the SiC and
composite lubricating effect of the carbon

11 Sudarshan , M.K. Dry sliding wear of fly ash particle 2006 Adhesive wear is dominant in unreinforced
Surappa reinforced A356 Al composites alloy, whereas abrasive wear is
predominant in composites. At higher load,
subsurface delamination is the main
mechanism in both the alloy as well in
composites
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Sl/ Author name Title Year Inference
no
12 Ranjit Bauri a, Sliding wear behavior of AlLiSiCp 2008 they show lower wear resistance in peak-aged
M.K. Surappa composites condition compared to as-extruded condition
beyond 20 N. This can be attributed to higher
surface and subsurface deformation in peak-aged
condition at higher load.

13 N. Natarajan a, S. Wear behaviour of A356/25SiCp 2005 MMCs have considerable higher wear resistance
Vijayarangan aluminium matrix composites sliding than conventional grey cast iron while sliding
against automobile friction material against automobile friction material under identical
conditions. A gradual reduction of friction
coefficient with increase of applied load is observed
for both cast iron and Al MMC materials
14 R. L. Deuis, DRY SLIDING WEAR OF 1996 increases in reinforcement volume fraction have
C.Subramanian ALUMINIUM COMPOSITES-A been associated with reduced ductility and yield
REVIEW strength of composites.
Sl/no Author name Title Year Inference
16 B. S. Ramasesh and M. K. Dry sliding wear of A356-Al-Sic, 1992 Composites exhibited better wear resistance
Surappa composites compared with unreinforced alloy up to a
pressure of 26 MPa. Scanning electron
microscopy examination of worn surfaces
and subsurfaces show that the presence of
dispersed Sic particles help in reducing the
property of material flow at the surface, at
the same time leading to the formation of an
iron-rich layer on the surface

17 A. T. Alpas , J. Zhang Sic particulate reinforcement on the 1991 Under conditions where the Sic particles are
dry sliding wear of aluminium-silicon fractured large strains are transmitted to the
alloys matrix material. Under the influence of large
local strain gradients, subsurface cracks
nucleate and propagate by the decohesion of
particle-matrix interfaces.
Chemical composition of A356

Components Wt %
Si 7.06
Mg 0.27
Fe 0.115
Ti 0.097
cu 0.01
Zn 0.01
Al Balance
METHODOLOGY

Casting of material
Select the dry sliding method
Hardness test
Wear test
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