THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS PARAMETERS ON DRY SLIDING WEAR BEHAVIOR AND SUBSURFACE OF AGED HYBRID METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES USING TAGUCHI TECHNIQUE

Viswanatha, B.M.; Prasanna Kumar, M.; Basavarajappa, S.; Kiran, T.S.

doi:10.22068/ijmse.14.2.71

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Viswanatha B, Prasanna Kumar M, Basavarajappa S, Kiran T. THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS PARAMETERS ON DRY SLIDING WEAR BEHAVIOR AND SUBSURFACE OF AGED HYBRID METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES USING TAGUCHI TECHNIQUE. IJMSE 2017; 14 (2) :71-91
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THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS PARAMETERS ON DRY SLIDING WEAR BEHAVIOR AND SUBSURFACE OF AGED HYBRID METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES USING TAGUCHI TECHNIQUE

B.M. Viswanatha

, M. Prasanna Kumar

, S. Basavarajappa

, T.S. Kiran

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The effects of applied load, sliding speed and sliding distance on the dry sliding wear behavior of aged Al-SiC_p-Gr composites were investigated. The specimen were fabricated by stir-casting technique. The pin-on-disc wear testing machine was used to investigate the wear rate by design of experiments based on L₂₇ using Taguchi technique. Sliding distance was the most important variable that influenced the wear rate followed by sliding speed and applied load. The worn out surfaces were analyzed by SEM and EDS to study the subsurface mechanism of wear. The addition of reinforcements showed improved tribological behavior of the composite than base alloy.

Keywords: Composites, Aged, Wear, Subsurface, Taguchi.