Fabrication characteristics and mechanical behaviour of aluminium alloy reinforced with Al2O3 and coconut shell particles synthesized by stir casting

Abstract

The paper deals with the preparation of Aluminium Matrix Composite (AMC) using coconut shell particles as reinforcement and Aluminium 6061 as matrix material and to study its mechanical properties and flexural properties. Out of the available manufacturing procedures we have adopted the stir casting technique to prepare the AMC. Different volume % of filler of coconut shell particles has been mixed with the matrix material and specimens were prepared for mechanical studies such as compression, impact, torsion, hardness. The overview indicates that the developed method is quite successful and there is an increase in the value of tensile strength and hardness with increase in weight percentage of reinforcement.