TORSIONAL VIBRATION

ALAYSIS OF
ALUMINIUM SILICON
CARBIDE
DONE BY
R.MANOHARAN

UNDER THE GUIDIENCE OF

C.PARTHASARATHY

ABSTRACT
Conventional materials like Steel, Brass,
Aluminium etc will fail without any indication.
Cracks initiation, propagation will takes place
with in a short span. Now a day to overcome
this problem, conventional materials are
replaced by Aluminium alloy materials.
Aluminium alloy materials found to the best
alternative with its unique capacity of
designing the materials to give required
properties.
In this paper tensile strength experiments
have been conducted by varying mass
fraction of SiC (5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%) with
Aluminium. The maximum tensile strength

COMPOSITE MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY

Composites are Exciting Materials which are finding

creasing Applications in Aerospace, transportation,
ommunication, Power, Electronics recreation sporting
nd numerous other commercial and Consumer
roducts

Composites Materials are engineered materials

combining two or more materials to obtain the
desired combination of properties for specific
applications

CHARACTERISTICS OF ALUMINIUM
ALLOY
The Aluminium alloy composite materials
consist of high specific strength, high
specific stiffness, more thermal stability,
more corrosion and wear resistance, high
fatigue life. AlSiC, pronounced alsick is a
metal matrix composite consisting of
aluminium matrix with silicon carbide
particles. It has high thermal conductivity
(180200 W/m K) and it is chiefly used in
microelectronics as substrate for power
semiconductor devices and high density
multichip modules.

MPOSITE MATERIALS IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE

ss Fabric reinforced composites are perhaps that

ost commonly used ranging in applications from
lmets, container boxes, fishing boats, Automobile
dies and aircraft structures.

OBJECTIVE
In our point of view all these drawbacks can be over come
by replacing composite materials instead of heavy metals in
manufacturing. High specific stiffness and near-zero
coefficient of thermal expansion is being experienced in
Metal Matrix Composites (MMCS).These are a new class of
materials that combine two or more separate components
into a form suitable for structural applications. While each
component retains its identity, the new composite material
displays macroscopic properties superior to its parent
constituents, particularly in terms of mechanical properties
and economic value.

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Conventional materials like Steel, Brass,
Aluminium etc will fail without any indication.
Cracks initiation, propagation will takes place
with in a short span. Now a day to overcome
this problem, conventional materials are
replaced by Aluminium alloy materials.
Aluminium alloy materials found to the best
alternative with its unique capacity of
designing the materials to give required
properties.

For the preparation of the

Aluminium silicon carbide
alloy by using mass basis
ratio Sample 1 : 95% Al2O3
Sic
Sample 2 : 90% Al2O3
Sic
Sample 3 : 85% Al2O3
Sic
Sample 4 : 80% Al2O3
Sic

5%
10%
15%
20%

MATERIAL REQUIREMENT CALCULATION

SAMPLE : 1 (Dia-25mm&Legth 300mm)

Mixing ratio-95%&5% (Aluminium&Siliconcarbide)

Volume of Aluminum=147.26*0.95=139.9m3
Volume of silicon=147.26*.05=7.4 gm
Density of Aluminium=2.8gm/cc
Weight of Aluminum =139.9x2.8= 392 gm
Volume of silicon=147.26*.05=7 gm
Density of silicon=3.2gm/cc
Weight of silicon=7.4*3.2=23.68gm
30 % for excess (Runner&Riser,slag)
Total weight of mixture
Aluminum=392 gm +117 gm= 510 gm
Silicon =23gm+7.1=30.8gm

MATERIAL REQUIREMENT CALCULATION

SAMPLE : 2

Mixing
ratio-90%&10%
(Aluminium&Siliconcarbide)
Volume of Aluminum=147.26*0.90=132.5
gm
Volume of silicon=147.26*.10=14.72 gm
Density of Aluminium=2.8gm/cc
Weight of Aluminum =132.5x2.8= 371 gm
Density of silicon=3.2gm/cc
Weight of silicon=14.72*3.2=47.10gm
30 % for excess (Runner&Riser,slag)
Total weight of mixture
Aluminum=371 gm +112 gm= 483 gm
Silicon =47.10gm+14=61gm

MATERIAL REQUIREMENT CALCULATION

SAMPLE : 3
Mixing ratio-85%&15% (Aluminium&Siliconcarbide)
Volume of Aluminum=147.26*0.85=125.17 gm
Volume of silicon=147.26*.15=22.10 gm
Density of Aluminium=2.8gm/cc
Weight of Aluminum =125.17x2.8= 351 gm
Density of silicon=3.2gm/cc
Weight of silicon=22.10*3.2=70.72gm
30 % for excess (Runner&Riser,slag)
Total weight of mixture
Aluminum=351 gm +106 gm= 457 gm
Silicon =70.80gm+21.21=91.91gm

MATERIAL REQUIREMENT CALCULATION

SAMPLE : 4
Mixing ratio-80%&20% (Aluminium&Siliconcarbide)
Volume of Aluminum=147.26*0.80=117.80 gm
Volume of silicon=147.26*.20=29.45 gm
Density of Aluminium=2.8gm/cc
Weight of Aluminum =117.80x2.8= 329.86 gm
Density of silicon=3.2gm/cc
Weight of silicon=29.45*3.2=94.24gm
30 % for excess (Runner&Riser,slag)
Total weight of mixture
Aluminum=329.86 gm +98.95 gm= 429 gm
Silicon =94.24gm+28=122.5gm

MATERIAL PROPERTIES

Materi
al

Density/gm/c
c3

CTE/ppm0

Thermal
conductivi
ty
W/mk

Bend
strength
Mpa

Young
modulu
s
Gpa

Al

2.7

23.6

238

137-200

68

Si

2.3

4.2

151

112

BRINELL HARDNESS
S.No

Material

Trial 1

Trial 2

Trial 3

Trial 4

Trial 5

Mean dia

95Al-5Si%

4.62

4.69

4.51

4.57

4.60

4.6

90Al-10Si%

4.47

4,39

4,48

4,46

4,41

4.4

4.32

4.34

4.35

4.32

4.31

4.3

3.67

3.61

3.50

3.52

3.69

3.6

85Al-15Si%
3
80Al-20Si%
4

TENSILE TEST
TENSILE STRENGTH (Dia of the Rod16MM)-BREAKING LOAD
Sample 1 Composite 1(Al90-Si5%):
17.50KN
Sample 2 Composite 2(Al85-Si5%): 9.5KN
Sample 3 Composite 3(Al80-Si5%): 9.3KN
Sample4 Composite4(Al75-Si20%): 5.2
KN

ELONGATION
ELONGATION
Sample 1 Composite 1(Al95-Si5%):
10mm
Sample 2 Composite 2(Al95Si5%):8mm
Sample 3 Composite 3(Al95-Si5%):
5mm
Sample4 Composite4(Al80-Si20%):
3mm

DOUBLE SHEAR STRENGTH

DOUBLE SHEAR TEST(Dia of the Rod12MM)
Sample 1 Composite 1(Al95-Si5%):
13.70KN
Sample 2 Composite 2(Al90-Si5%):
15.25KN
Sample 3 Composite 3(Al85-Si5%):
15.60KN
Sample4 Composite4(Al80-Si20%): 17.30KN

GRAPH FOR DOUBLE SHEAR STRENGTH

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
Heat transfer occurs at a higher rate
across materials of high thermal
conductivity than across materials of low
thermal conductivity. Correspondingly
materials of high thermal conductivity are
widely used in heat sink applications and
materials of low thermal conductivity are
used as thermal insulation. Thermal
conductivity of materials is temperature
dependent. The reciprocal of thermal
conductivity is called thermal resistivity.

MACHINING TIME AND

MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE
Depth of cut=0.5
Length=60mm
Dia=25mm
Spindle speed-200 Rpm

TABULATION FOR MRR AND MACHINING TIME

S.No

1
2

Material

MACHINING TIM E
sec

MATERIAL REMOVAL
RATE
gm

95Al-5Si%

56.31

6.40

90Al-10Si%

60.12

5.45

60.28

5.45

80.01

4.73

85Al-15Si%
3
80Al-20Si%
4

Conclusions
Aluminium &Siliconcarbide alloy composite materials
are widely used for a many number of applications like engineering
structures, aerospace and marine application, automotive bumpers,
sporting goods and so on. Based on our work we have to be found that
the weight to strength ratio for aluminium silicon carbide during tensile
test to be compared with mild steel . Aluminum silicon carbide alloy
composite material weight also to be compared with mild steel.