Characterizationof Aluminium-Silicon Carbide Composite Using Stir Casting Technique

In order to enhance the performance of materials used in applications like transportation, electrical and structural applications, composite materials have been used in recent days. Properties like high specific strength; specific modulus and good wear resistance of composite materials make them to be applied in various fields compared to unreinforced materials. Solid state production, semi solid state and liquid state production route are among the various techniques that are followed to produce composites. The best technique in terms of cost and simplicity in production is the stir casting technique which belongs to liquid state production. The objective of the project is to fabricate Al-SiC composite by using stir casting method and study its mechanical properties. For this purpose aluminium 6061 alloy is casted and its mechanical properties are compared with composite with silicon carbide reinforced in the percentage of 2, 4, 6 and 8% respectively.