TY - JOUR
AU - Udayashankar, S.
AB - Advanced high performance light weight composite materials have been highly demanded due to rapidly progressing technical activities in aerospace, transportation and automobile over the past three decades. This study focuses on the synthesis and wear features of Al6066-B4C composites. The Al6066-B4C composites are manufactured by employing stir casting technique with the varying percentage of Boron carbide i.e. from 3 to 12% in increments of 3%. Al6066-B4C particulate composites are analyzed for microstructure study, hardness, and wear properties. The distribution of B4C particles is found to be even within the Al6066 matrix from the microstructure study of Al6066-B4C composites. The hardness of the composite has increased from 0 to 9%, with a 37.08% increase. The wear rate as well as COF of the Al6066-B4C composite declined from 0 to 9% as the amount of B4C weight fraction increased. It reduces wear rate by 38.07%. This has led to a decrement of 21.21% in the COF. In addition, wear rate as well as COF enhances with the applied load. The developed composites are used in automotive applications.
TI - Fabrication and Wear Characteristics of Al6066-Boron Carbide Particulate Composites
JF - Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series D
DO - 10.1007/s40033-025-00887-w
DA - 2025-04-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/fabrication-and-wear-characteristics-of-al6066-boron-carbide-kdZennAY23
SP - 1
EP - 10
VL - OnlineFirst
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DP - DeepDyve
ER -