PREDICTION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AL/TIB2 MMCS CAST THROUGH SAND MOULDS BY FEA VALIDATED BY EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Keywords:
Titanium-di-boride, Al/ TiB2 MMC, mechanical property, FEAAbstract
Aluminum alloy A356/TiB2 In-situ MMCS have been fabricated through salt metal reaction route. In this present study the A356 alloy reinforced with TiB2 particle cast in sand mould with different pouring temperatures. This showed that the mechanical properties (i.e. Fracture Toughness, Tensile Strength, and Hardness) increase with pouring temperature up to 820 ˚C. The observation on SEM and XRD study confirmed the formation of TiB2 particulates. The experimental results validated the FEA results obtained through ANSYS 13. The predictions on mechanical properties using these models are in good agreement with experimental data for sand mold with different conditions.
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