scholarly journals Pengaruh Kecepatan Pengadukan pada Proses Stircasting terhadap Sifat Mekanik pada Paduan Aluminium

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Mochamad Helmi Jauhari ◽  
Djarot B Darmadi ◽  
Teguh Dwi Widodo

<p class="Abstract">The composite material is a material composed of a mixture or combination of two or more of the major elements that macro differ in shape and material composition that basically can not be separated. In this research, the aluminum used was the outcome of production cesspool with the addition of volcanic dust from Mount Kelud by 2% as reinforcement. The stir casting process is the casting process by adding a material (powder form) in pure metal (aluminum), which has been melted and then stirring constantly. After that, the composite materials (the volcanic dust from Mount Kelud) were mixed slowly into the stirred liquid material. In this research, the variations of stirring speed were 0,200,300,400,500  and 600 rpm. The stirring each time for 4 minutes. In this study, the stirring speed in the casting process was 0, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 rpm. Tensile test, Impact test, and microstructure observations were carried out on the casting results. From these tests, the highest modulus of elasticity and impact value was obtained at the 600rpm stirring process. It may due to globular grains are more evenly distributed. And the result of metallographic testing was stirring speed could affect the amount and density of composite grain structure. The faster the stirring, the grain structure was getting smaller and close.</p>

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Mardy Suhandani ◽  
Poppy Puspitasari ◽  
Jeefferie Abd Razak

The automotive and aviation fields require engineering materials that can save and optimise fuel consumption. Unique characteristics of lightweight, higher strength to weight ratio, good corrosion resistance, and good castability are indispensable for castable metal such as Silicon Aluminium (Al-Si). The mechanical properties of Al-Si could be further improved through the addition of Cobalt Oxide (CoO) nanoparticles during the casting process. The importance and purpose of this study were to determine the impact toughness, hardness and fracture morphology of Al-Si metal alloy filled with 0.015 wt.% CoO nanofiller at the various melting temperature of 750 °C, 800 °C and 850 °C. The stir casting method was utilised considering the most appropriate method for mixing nanoparticles powder into the Al-Si matrix. Three test specimens were prepared for each temperature variation. Impact testing using the Charpy method (ASTM E23-56 T) and hardness testing using Rockwell Superficial HR15T and fracture morphology obtained from impact testing fractures were performed accordingly. The impact test results showed that the Al-Si added with 0.015% CoO at 800 °C of melting temperature possessed the highest impact toughness value of 25.111 x 10-3 Joule mm-2 than the other variations. The hardness test results showed that Al-Si added 0.015% CoO with a melting temperature of 850 °C had the highest hardness value of 79.52 HR15T. The fracture morphology of the impact test in all specimens shows uniform brittle fracture characteristics. It is found that the melting temperature during the stir-casting process of Al-Si has played a significant role in influencing the resulted properties of Al-Si filled CoO nanoparticles metal matrix composites. The selection of an accurate melting temperature for the stir casting process will affect the resulted properties of produced metal composites.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 764
Author(s):  
Pothamsetty Kasi V Rao ◽  
B Raghu Kumar ◽  
B Sudheer Kumar ◽  
G Phanindra Swamy ◽  
Y Ganga Raju ◽  
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Metal matrix nano-composites are grabbing more attention by many researchers in the recent years as they exhibit outstanding properties when compared to pure metal alloys. In the present study Aluminium Alloy 7075 was selected as the matrix and carbon nanotubes was selected as reinforcing element to investigate the percentage enhancement of flexural strength and impact strength of metal matrix composite. Stir casting process was selected to fabricate the specimens. The multi walled carbon nanotubes with different weight percentages (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0 wt %) were selected to prepare the AA7075-CNT metal matrix composite.  Microstructure and dispersion of CNT was examined using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with EDX. The experimental results of mechanical tests showed that if the MWCNTs particle content increases considerably flexural strength and impact strength also increases about 125% and 90% respectively. Thus the AA7075-CNT metal matrix can be used in automobile and aerospace applications under high load conditions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
PRAKASH DWIVEDI SHASHI ◽  
SHARMA ANAND ◽  
PRATAP RAO SHASHANK ◽  
BAHUGUNA SUMIT ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 980-985
Author(s):  
Kalaiyarasan A ◽  
Sundaram S ◽  
Gunasekaran K ◽  
Bensam Raj J.

Purpose Aerospace field is demanding a material with superior strength and high resistance against wear, tear and corrosion. The current study aimed to develop a new material with high performance to be applicable in aerospace field Design/methodology/approach A metal matrix composite AA8090-WC-ZrC was fabricated using stir casting method and its tribological behavior was investigated. Totally, five composites viz. AA/Z, AA/W, AA/WZ (1:3), AA/WZ (1:1) & AA/WZ (3:1) were prepared. Micro hardness, tensile and wear study were performed on the fabricated composites and the results were compared with AA8090 alloy Findings Vickers hardness test resulted that the AA/W composite showed the higher hardness value of 160 HB compared to other materials due to the reinforcing effect of WC particles with high hardness. Tensile test reported that the AA/W composite displayed the maximum tensile strength of 502 MPa owing to the creation of more dislocation density. Further, wear study showed that the AA/W composite exhibited the least wear rate of 0.0011 mm3/m because of the more resisting force offered by the WC particles. Furthermore, the AA/W composite showed the slightest mass loss of 0.0028 g and lower COF value of 0.31 due to the hinder effect of WC particle to the movement of atoms in AA8090 alloy Originality/value This work is original in the field of aerospace engineering and materials science which deals with the fabrication of AA8090 alloy with the reinforcement particles such as tungsten carbide and zirconium carbide. The impact of the combination of hybrid particles and their volume fractions on the tribological properties has been investigated in this work. This work would provide new scientific information to society.


2015 ◽  
Vol 772 ◽  
pp. 263-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramanathan Arunachalam ◽  
Majid Al-Maharbi ◽  
Yahya Al Kiyumi ◽  
Elyas Aal-Thani ◽  
Mohammed Al Mafraji

Metal matrix composites (MMC's) have attracted the attention of researchers for quite some time. In the last 15 years, many studies have been reported in this field of MMC production through various routes. The most commonly used process for producing MMC is stir casting process whereby the reinforcement material is incorporated into the molten metal by stirring. It is a relatively low cost manufacturing process that is capable of producing high quality MMC. However, the process is associated with issues such as attaining uniform distribution of particles, wettability between particles and porosity in the MMCs. Because of these challenges, there has been continuous improvement in the process as well as the design of the furnace. In this research, an innovatively designed bottom tapping furnace has been used to produce the MMCs and the produced sample is characterized.


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