Fatigue surface analysis of AL A356 alloy reinforced hematite metal matrix composites
- Title
- Fatigue surface analysis of AL A356 alloy reinforced hematite metal matrix composites
- Creator
- Kumar M.S.; Sathisha N.; Manjnatha S.; Niranjana S.J.; Tamam N.; Khan M.I.
- Description
- This study intends to investigate how copper chill affects the fatigue behaviour of composites made of aluminium alloy A356 and hematite. It was cast by altering the weight fraction particles of hematite (0 to 12%wt in increments of 3%wt) by sand casting method with and without copper chills at its end to get isotropic and homogenous significant characteristics under liquid metallurgical way. The test specimens were prepared in accordance with ASTM specifications. Ducom-type fatigue testing equipment (rotating bending-low cycle fatigue) is used in experiments to examine fatigue behaviour. The micrographic images were taken with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and interpreted uniform reinforcement of hematite particles, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns were used to reveal microscopic details. The existence of the hematite particles and their phases was revealed by the X-ray diffraction analysis. The results show that the composites cast with copper chills have significantly greater fatigue strength than the casting obtained without copper chills. It was also observed that at 9%wt, copper chilled composite shows improve in fatigue strength about 10.2% as compared without chilled composites. 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
- Source
- Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
- Subject
- Al A356; Hematite; Fatigue strength; Fractography; Microstructure
- Coverage
- Kumar M.S., VTU-RRC, Karnataka, Belagavi, India; Sathisha N., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yenepoya Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Mangalore, India; Manjnatha S., Department of Mathematics, School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560076, India; Niranjana S.J., Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560076, India; Tamam N., Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia; Khan M.I., Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Riphah International University I-14, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lebanese American University, Kraytem, Beirut, Lebanon
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 21906815
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Kumar M.S.; Sathisha N.; Manjnatha S.; Niranjana S.J.; Tamam N.; Khan M.I., “Fatigue surface analysis of AL A356 alloy reinforced hematite metal matrix composites,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed March 10, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/14549.