Aluminium-Carbon Fibre Metal Matrix Composites: A Review

Abstract

Manufacturing sector always demands superior materials that can cope up with the demand of improved mechanical properties to develop wide applications in diverse sectors. Carbon fibres (CFs) reinforcement in metals matrix is excellent in improving the properties resulting composites. The present review is emphasized on the major developments of using carbon fibres in recent years with aluminium (Al) metal as matrix to improve various mechanical properties. Several aspects (like tensile strength, hardness, shear strength etc.) contributing to the performance of Al-CFs composite have been discussed by covering several case studies. This review reveals that reinforcing CFs in Al matrix increases properties like tensile/shear strength, hardness, wear resistance etc. The mechanism involved in improving these properties is also discussed. Moreover, the remaining challenges in this field and future prospects are discussed in detail.