Study of Wear Behavior on AA6061 Reinforced with Hybrid Ceramic Composites through Optimization

Abstract

This present work uses the three main components for alloying, silver nitrate, aluminium nitride, and titanium diboride. Stir casting was used to make AA 6061 composites with varying weights of 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12%. Microhardness, tensile strength, and compressive strength of produced composites were evaluated. Several wear tests were performed on the composites to measure their resistance to abrasion and erosion. The mass loss was calculated because of wear testing. Conventional and unconventional methods like the Taguchi technique and analysis of variance were employed to study and analyze the abrasive and erosion wear test outcomes to obtain better wear resistance for different weight % of AA 6061 compounds and to investigate the most important input and output characteristics employing the said optimal strategies. Reinforcement percentages were raised to improve mechanical quality.