A Study on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Al6063 MMC Reinforced With Nano SIC, Fly Ash and Red Mud

The present study deals with the behaviour of aluminium alloy based composites, reinforced with nano size silicon carbide, fly ash and red mud. The nano-particles can improve the base material in terms of wear resistance, damping properties and mechanical strength. To achieve this objective stir casting technique has been adopted and then studying its mechanical and tribological properties such as tensile strength, impact strength and wear behavior of produced test specimen. The main aim involved in the present work is focused on study of mechanical and tribological properties of Al6063 alloy composite having varying weight percentages of 3% - 2% - 2% of nano sized Silicon Carbide, Fly ash and Red mud. The result indicated that the developed method is quite successful and there is an increase in the value of tensile strength, hardness with increase in weight percentage of SiC. Metal matrix composites reinforced by nano-particles are very promising materials, suitable for a large number of applications.