Abstract
REVIEW ON PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
Shashidhar S.*, Shantharaja M., P. Vijaya Kumar, Madeva Nagaral and Shivananda B. K.
ABSTRACT
Over the years, materials in R&D and manufacturing industries has shifted from monolithic materials to the present composites materials, benefiting to low economy and improved properties. In metal matrix composites, aluminum based composites are widely used in various manufacturing industries like aerospace and automobile due to their low weight compared to other various alloys. The various reinforced aluminum metal matrix composites (AMMCs) leads to improved Physical, mechanical, and tri biological properties for specific applications required. Different methods and various processing techniques are employed for the fabrication of metal matrix composites aiming to achieve specific required properties by controlling the parameters. In this paper an attempt has been made to combine overall aspects of metal matrix composites and various reinforcement materials by using different processing method and further mechanical andwear properties are discussed in brief. More research in this domain is still awaited to study the mechanical and tribological properties with microstructure characterization of MMCs by using optical microscope, SEM, TEM.
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