IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/srlxxx/v26y2019i04ns0218625x18501822.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Fabrication Of Surface Composite By Friction Stir Processing Using A Novel Direct Particle Injection Tool

Author

Listed:
  • P. MUTHUKUMAR

    (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India)

  • S. JEROME

    (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India)

  • R. JOHN FELIX KUMAR

    (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India)

  • S. PRAKASH

    (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India)

Abstract

In this work, aluminum/titanium carbide (Al/TiC) surface composite has been fabricated by friction stir processing using a novel modular Direct Particle Injection Tool (DPI–FSP). The tool has a unique feature wherein the TiC particles have been transferred from the tool itself by spring adjusted plunger movement into the matrix. The microstructural observations from optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM)-EDS results revealed the homogeneous distribution of particles in the stirred zone (SZ) and the thickness of the formed surface composite layer (SCL) is approximately 0.34mm. X-ray diffraction results confirmed that the particles are reinforced in the aluminum matrix, and no intermetallics have been formed in the composite. The microhardness of composite was increased from 68 to 135Hv, and the impact test results showed that the toughness was almost comparable to that of the base metal.

Suggested Citation

  • P. Muthukumar & S. Jerome & R. John Felix Kumar & S. Prakash, 2019. "Fabrication Of Surface Composite By Friction Stir Processing Using A Novel Direct Particle Injection Tool," Surface Review and Letters (SRL), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 26(04), pages 1-11, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:26:y:2019:i:04:n:s0218625x18501822
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X18501822
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218625X18501822
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S0218625X18501822?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:26:y:2019:i:04:n:s0218625x18501822. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscinet.com/srl/srl.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.