THE STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF ALUMINIUM ALLOY FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATION: A REVIEW

Udoye, Nduka Ekene and Inegbenebor, A.O. and Fayomi, O. S. I (2019) THE STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF ALUMINIUM ALLOY FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATION: A REVIEW. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 10 (3). pp. 380-385. ISSN 0976-6359

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Abstract

The incessant failure of aluminium alloy in service is one of the major obstacle facing industrialist and manufacturers. The urgent desire for low density, cheaper and super workability of material necessitate changing from aluminium alloy to composite materials, Aluminium metal matrix composite has been produced as a result of high specific strength, cheaper rate and resistance to wear which found major structural application in aerospace and automotive industry. Stir casting technique has been used because it is simple, flexible and applied in production of large quantity of materials. Agricultural and agro industrial waste products which are cheaper and easily available like rice husk ask, flyash, bagasse ash and graphite has been utilized as reinforcements in aluminium matrix. This paper presents a review on improvement of aluminium alloy for engineering application. The study shows that inclusion of agro industrial waste improved mechanical properties of the developed material.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	aluminium metal matrix, fly ash, graphite, reinforcement, rice husk ash.
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Hannah Akinwumi
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2021 12:34
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2021 12:34
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15475

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