Experimental Research on AA 6061/SICP Composites

Abstract

Aluminium alloys are widely used in aerospace and automobile industries due to high strength to low weight ratio and their good mechanical properties such as better corrosion resistance and wear resistance, low thermal expansion as compared with other metals. The main objective of our work is to improve the mechanical properties such as impact strength, hardness of Aluminium based Metal Matrix Composite (MMC), and its relation with processing of the silicon carbide particulate (SiCp) as reinforced in Aluminum matrix. AA6061 alloy is chosen as matrix alloy, in which Aluminum is the base element. The work has been proposed for four different weight proportions of SiCp to aluminium matrix and the processing of the metal matrix composite is to be processed with stir casting setup and heat treated.