Aluminum-based composites find its importance in the field of automobile and aerospace industries owing to their improved mechanical and microstructure properties are utilized for producing cylindrical components in LM6 alloy. Among all types of metal matrix composites (MMCs), considerable attention has been paid towards synthesis and characterization of aluminum matrix composites due to its li...

The properties of metal matrix composites (MMCs) can be optimized effectively through adjusting the type or the volume fraction of reinforcement. Generally, the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of MMCs can be reduced by increasing the volume fraction of the reinforcement with lower CTE than metal matrix. However, it is great challenge to fabricate low CTE MMCs with low reinforcement volum...

Particulate reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs) are potential materials for various applications due to their advantageous of physical and mechanical properties. This paper presents a study on the performance of stir cast Al2O3 SiC reinforced metal matrix composite materials. The results indicate that the composite materials exhibit improved physical and mechanical properties, such as, lo...

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are among the very important engineering materials by which the combinations of various properties can be achieved. The MMCs have the great potential for use in automobile and aerospace industries for possessing high strength, stiffness and hardness. The reinforcement types used in the composites are continuous, discontinuous, short, whiskers and particles. The at...

Aluminum matrix composites (AMCs), reinforced with ceramic particulates, have significant applications in the field of aerospace, marine, automobiles, sports and recreation. Al-TiC particulate composite has better potential for high-temperature applications. The corrosion behaviour of Al 6061-TiC particulate composites prepared by stir casting route, has been explored in chloride medium using e...

Magnesium based metal matrix composites (MMCs) have been extensively studied as an attractive choice for automotive and aerospace applications due to their low density and superior specific properties including strength, stiffness and creep resistance. Xi et al [1] studied the Ti6Al-4V particulate (TAp) reinforced magnesium matrix composite which is fabricated by powder metallurgy route. The te...

The present paper is the second part of a previously published overview entitled “ten years of severe plastic deformation (SPD) in Iran”. Part I concentrates on the equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). In this part, the focus is on the accumulative roll bonding (ARB) because, currently, Iran is ranked the first in the world by the total number of publications in this field. In the present sec...

As a ceramic material, AlN has very good thermophysical and mechanical properties. In addition, is an effective refining agent for Mg alloys because it lattice constant similar to that of Mg. Therefore, ideal reinforcement magnesium matrix composites (MMCs), attracting increasing attention. This review addresses the development preparation technologies AlN-reinforced composites. The mainstream ...

The Al2O3-SiC reinforced Al7075 Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) is fabricated through liquid metallurgical technique. Ceramic particulates were amalgamated into aluminium alloy to achieve improved mechanical properties and wear resistance. Al-7075/Al2O3/SiC hybrid MMCs produced by reinforcing 2%, 3%, 4% 5% of Al2O3 7% SiC particles. Microstructural analysis was carried out evaluate the uniform di...