Wear behavior of Aluminium 6061 alloy reinforced with coated/uncoated multiwalled carbon nanotube and graphene

Authors

  • Vijee KUMAR Visvesvaraya Technological University, VTU Main Road, Machhe, Belgaum, Karnataka, 590018, India
  • Kempaiah Ujjaini NAGEGOWDA University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, KR Circle, Devraj Urs Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560001, India
  • Satish Babu BOPPANA School of Engineering, Presidency University, Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560064, India
  • Ramesh SENGOTTUVELU School of Engineering, Presidency University, Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560064, India
  • Palanikumar KAYAROGANAM Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, Sairam College Road, Nagar, Tambavaram West, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600064, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1883-5105

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55713/jmmm.v31i1.917

Keywords:

Aluminium 6061, Powder metallurgy, MWCNTs, Graphene, Wear

Abstract

The current study deals with the fabrication and investigation of wear characteristics of Aluminium 6061(Al6061) hybrid metal matrix composites (MMCs) processed through powder metallurgy technique. Al6061 hybrid MMCs involving fixed 2 wt% of coated/uncoated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and varying weight percentages of graphene were fabricated through ball milling procedure. To enhance the scattering of MWCNTs in the matrix, MWCNTs were coated by means of copper through electroless deposition method. Dry sliding wear conduct of Al6061 MMCs was investigated using a pin-on-disc wear testing machine. It was found that at lower load, composites exhibited lower wear resistance than base alloy however at higher load, nanocomposites showed higher wear resistance. The research tried to find the effect of higher loads on the wear resistance. The composites were evaluated if they could give out reinforcements at higher loads during wear tests. The wear morphologies were reported using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and it was noticed that lower load abrasion was superior for the composites and base alloy although at higher loads adhesion was considered to be main reason for the wear of composites.

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Author Biographies

Vijee KUMAR, Visvesvaraya Technological University, VTU Main Road, Machhe, Belgaum, Karnataka, 590018, India

Research scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VTU-RRC, VTU,  Belagavi, 590018, Karnataka, India

Kempaiah Ujjaini NAGEGOWDA, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, KR Circle, Devraj Urs Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560001, India

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru 560001

Satish Babu BOPPANA, School of Engineering, Presidency University, Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560064, India

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of engineering, Presidency University, Bengaluru 560064

Ramesh SENGOTTUVELU, School of Engineering, Presidency University, Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560064, India

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of engineering, Presidency University, Bengaluru 560064

Palanikumar KAYAROGANAM, Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, Sairam College Road, Nagar, Tambavaram West, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600064, India

Dr. K. Palanikumar is presently Professor and Principal, Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. He completed is Masters Degree in Production Engineering with University FIRST RANK from Annamalai University and obtained Ph.D Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. He has more than 25 years of Experience in Teaching and Research. He has produced 15 Ph.D scholars as supervisor and has received “National Best Researcher Award from ISTEâ€.

He has published more than 125 papers in SCI Journals having Impact factor. He has also Published / Presented more than 300 papers in international and National Journals and Conferences. His Google Scholar h-index is 46. He is the life member of Indian Tribology Society of India, Indian Society for Non- Destructive testing (ISNT), Indian Welding Society, Indian Society for Technical Education and Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Fellow, Indian Institution of Production Engineers. His current area of research includes Machining of Composite Materials, Modern Manufacturing, Optimization, Simulation and Modeling. . He has visited USA, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

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2021-03-28

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V. KUMAR, K. U. NAGEGOWDA, S. B. BOPPANA, R. SENGOTTUVELU, and P. KAYAROGANAM, “Wear behavior of Aluminium 6061 alloy reinforced with coated/uncoated multiwalled carbon nanotube and graphene”, J Met Mater Miner, vol. 31, no. 1, Mar. 2021.

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