Metal Matrix Composite Brake Rotor: Historical Development and Product Life Cycle Analysis

Adebisi, Adetayo A.; Maleque, Md. Abdul; Rahman, M. M.

doi:10.15282/ijame.4.2011.8.0038

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“…In a recent study, a sandwich structure composite was developed using bamboo reinforced epoxy [28]. In addition, the feasibility of natural fiber composite material for engineering application has been studied extensively [29]. The main concept proposed in this work was using natural fiber composite laminates as the intermediate layer between aluminium skins and expanded polystyrene core to produce a hybrid composite sandwich panel.…”

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confidence: 99%

Flexural behaviour of hybrid sandwich panel with natural fiber composites as the intermediate layer

Fajrin¹,

Zhuge²,

Bullen³

et al. 2016

J. MECH. ENG. SCI.

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Polymeric composites reinforced with natural fibers have raised more attention as the alternative building materials. In this work, natural fiber composites prepared from jute and hemp fiber were proposed for the intermediate layer of a hybrid sandwich panel. This paper presented the flexural behavior of the newly developed hybrid sandwich panel which included the comparison of the ultimate load, load-deflection behavior, load-strain behavior and failure modes. The study was designed as a single factor experiment where the performance of hybrid sandwich panels containing jute fiber composite (JFC) and hemp fiber composite (HFC) as the intermediate layer was compared to the control (CTR) which was a conventional sandwich panel without an intermediate layer. A static flexural test under a four-point bending load scheme was performed in accordance with the ASTM C 393-00 standard. Aluminium sheet was used as the skins, while expanded polystyrene (EPS) was employed for the core. The testing was performed using a 100 kN servohydraulic machine with a loading rate of 5 mm/min. The applied load, displacement and strains were obtained using data logger. The results demonstrated that the hybrid sandwich panel exhibited a more superior performance than the conventional sandwich panels. The intermediate layer contributed significantly to enhancing the load carrying capacity of the hybrid sandwich panel. The load carrying capacity of hybrid panel with the JFC intermediate layer was 29.60% higher than the conventional sandwich panel, and correspondingly 93.46% higher for the sandwich panel with the HFC intermediate layer.The hybrid sandwich panels also developed a much larger area under the load-deflection curve, indicating greater toughness. The introduction of intermediate layer helped the hybrid sandwich panels to sustain a larger strain prior to reach their ultimate loads, resulting in a higher deformation capability. Indentation and core shear were observed as the failure mode of the conventional sandwich panel. Meanwhile, core shear and delamination were identified as the failure mode of the hybrid sandwich panel.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flexural behaviour of hybrid sandwich panel with natural fiber composites as the intermediate layer

Fajrin¹,

Zhuge²,

Bullen³

et al. 2016

J. MECH. ENG. SCI.

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“…The SiCp was preheated to 900°C whereas the Al 6061 alloy was superheated to a temperature of 750°C. The previous study showed that 10% SiC is the best reinforcement for aluminium matrix composite [7]; however, in this study 1% Mg was added as a wetting agent, hence, SiC percentage was reduced to 9%. The aluminium matrix composite (AMC) was prepared into four different constituent sizes with 9 wt% silicon carbide particulate (SiCp) and 1% Mg formulations as indicated in Table 1.…”

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“…From the image of the AMC IV sample (Figure 3), the worn surface was characterised by the localised shallow grooves and very fine scratches under SEM micrograph. This is due to the load bearing capacity of the particle mixture [7,19]. It is noteworthy that MPS along with Mg element in AMC showed better performance in terms of hardness and wear resistance.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Aluminium alloys are very soft and have limited properties in terms of hardness and wear resistance, however, these properties can be relatively made highly resistant by introducing predominantly hard but brittle particles such as SiC, Al2O3, and B4C [4]. Recent researches [5][6][7][8][9] have shown that aluminium matrix composite (AMC) possesses desired potential properties such as high specific strength and stiffness, required wear resistance to withstand abrasive properties compared to monolithic materials which are demanded by automotive and aerospace industries for the tribological application. Other researchers [10][11][12][13][14] showed that silicon carbide (SiC) is ideal reinforcement candidate for several matrix materials, including aluminium because of its significant ability to enhance the strength, modulus, thermal stability, and abrasive wear resistance of the matrix materials.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Wear study of Mg-SiCp reinforcement aluminium metal matrix composite

Maleque¹,

Radhi²,

Rahman³

2016

J. Mech, Eng, Sci.

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Lightweight aluminium metal matrix composite materials hold potential requisite for modern tribological applications due to its inherent and better wear resistant properties over monolithic metallic materials. This study emphasised on the development of Al based metal matrix composite with SiCp as a reinforcement and magnesium (Mg) as a wetting agent using hybrid stir casting process. The study further analysed the effects of different size variations of silicon carbide particles such as the coarse particle size, fine particle size, intermediate particle size and mixed particle size in the fabrication of the composites on the hardness and wear properties. The pin-on-disc test was also done at room temperature in a dry sliding wear condition. It was observed that the mixed particle size SiCp in composite exhibited superior hardness with the value of 98.2 compared to other particle sizes of SiCp. This is due to the fact that mixed particle size supports a greater fraction of applied load while the fine and intermediate particle sizes sustain the hardening due to dislocation. The multiple particle size reinforced composite exhibits better performance than the single particle size in terms of wear resistance as the wear rate was the lowest with the value of 0.99 X 10 -5 . It can be concluded that the Mg addition in the composite showed better and tailored properties with a mixed particle size of SiCp of aluminium metal matrix composite.

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“…These MMCs have various properties depending on the shape, size, properties, volume fraction and distribution of the reinforcement material, properties of the matrix materials and compatibility of the matrix and reinforcement (Adebisi, Maleque, & Rahman, 2011;Ala-Kleme, Kivikytö-Reponen, Liimatainen, Hellman, & Hannula, 2006;Bhaskar & Sharief, 2012;Rahman, Kadirgama, et al, 2009). MMC generally consists of a light weight metal as the matrix element, and the fibers, whiskers or particles as the reinforcing element (Aeyzarq Muhammad Hadzreel & Siti Rabiatull Aisha, 2013;Conceição António & Paulo Davim, 2002).…”

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Surface Integrity of LM6 Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite when Machined with High Speed Steel and Uncoated Carbide Cutting Tools

Loh

Izamshah²,

Ali³

et al. 2014

J MECH ENG SCI

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Metal matrix composite (MMC) is a combination of two or more materials in a metal matrix, and is being widely used nowadays due to its excellent properties. This paper presents the surface integrity of LM6 aluminum MMC when machined with two different cutting tools; high speed steel (HSS) and uncoated carbide. The experiments were carried out with a constant cutting speed, feed rate and axial depth of cut, but differ in the radial depth of cut under dry cutting conditions. Results indicated that machining LM6 with uncoated carbide cutting tools provides a lower surface roughness and fine surface profile compared to HSS cutting tools, due to its edge stability. A lower radial depth of cut produced a fine surface finish and vice versa. Most of the machined surface was dominated by the feed mark effect due to path overlap from the cutting tool. This study is expected to provide a database of suitable cutting tools and cutting parameters for machining MMC based materials.

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Metal Matrix Composite Brake Rotor: Historical Development and Product Life Cycle Analysis

Cited by 142 publications

References 11 publications

Flexural behaviour of hybrid sandwich panel with natural fiber composites as the intermediate layer

Flexural behaviour of hybrid sandwich panel with natural fiber composites as the intermediate layer

Wear study of Mg-SiCp reinforcement aluminium metal matrix composite

Surface Integrity of LM6 Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite when Machined with High Speed Steel and Uncoated Carbide Cutting Tools

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