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Production and solidification analysis of titanium carbide particulates reinforced aluminium alloy matrix composite by vortex mixing - sand casting technique


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Fatchurrohman, Nanang and Sulaiman, Shamsuddin (2010) Production and solidification analysis of titanium carbide particulates reinforced aluminium alloy matrix composite by vortex mixing - sand casting technique. ICASTOR Journal of Engineering, 3 (1). pp. 13-20. ISSN 0974-407X

Abstract

In this study, production and solidification analysis of metal matrix composite (MMC) consisting of titanium carbide particulates reinforced aluminium-11.8% silicon alloy matrix are done. A combination of vortex mixing - sand casting technique is used as the manufacturing method to produce the specimens. Thermal measurement during the casting process is captured and solidification graphs are plotted to represent the solidification characteristic. The result shows that as volume fraction of particulates reinforcement is increased, solidification time becomes faster. Particulates reinforcement promotes solidification which will support finer grain size of the casting specimen and in turn produce better mechanical property. Hardness test is performed and it confirms that hardness number increases as more particulates are added to the MMC system.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Publisher: Indian Centre for Advanced Scientific and Technological Research
Keywords: Metal matrix composite (MMC); Vortex mixing; Sand casting; Solidification analysis; Hardness
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2015 02:32
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2015 02:08
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16355
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