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International Conference on Advances & Challenges in Interdisciplinary Engineering and

Management 2017 [ICACIEM 2017]

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Received 10 January 2017 Accepted 28 - January 2017
Article ID ICACIEM057 eAID ICACIEM.2017.057

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Aluminium

Alloy 6061 Reinforced Glass
E Poovarasan1, M Ramesh2, S Ranjith3, G Santhoshkumar4, S Sarathkumar5
1,2,3,4,5
U.G Scholars, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Vidyaa Vikas College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchengode, India

Abstract: Aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) refer to the category of luminosity heaviness elevated routine aluminium centric material systems.
The reinforcement in AMCs might be in the appearance of incessant/irregular fibres, whisker or particulates, in volume fractions. Properties of AMCs be
able to be tailored to the demands of different industrial applications by appropriate addition of matrix, reinforcement and processing route. This work
focuses on the fabrication of aluminium alloy (6061) matrix composites (AMCs) reinforced with 5 to 14 wt% glass particulates of 70m, 80m,
100m and 240m using stir casting route. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the fabricate AMCs were analysed. The mechanical
properties like rigidity and tensile strength of the unreinforced alloy and composites had been calculated. The mechanical properties like hardness and
tensile strength had improved with the enlarge in weight percentage of glass particulates in the aluminium matrix.

ISBN 978-81-933235-1-9 VOL 01

Website icaciem.org eMail icaciem@asdf.res.in
Received 10 January 2017 Accepted 28 - January 2017
Article ID ICACIEM058 eAID ICACIEM.2017.058

Analysis of Carbon-Epoxy Composite in Aircraft

Application
D Suman kotekar1
1
Assistant Professors, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Vidyaa Vikas College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchengode, India

Abstract: The aerospace industry is one of the major fast growing fields and has a major contribution toward the development of a country by
contributing to trade, freight and defence. The major concerns in this field are regarding the weight of the aircraft, performance and capacity.
Regarding the weight of the aircraft, it has a major role in the functioning and performance of an aircraft. Starting from wood, metal, etc. there has
been a continuous development in parts of an aircraft. Recent trend is that the metal has been replaced by composite materials, which are lighter in
weight and have more strength and increased performance than their counterparts. Regarding the composites the have two major parts namely fibre and
matrix. The proportion of this two has a major influence on the properties of the composite. The carbon epoxy composites are being used in major parts
of an aircraft and their porosity level makes a major contribution to their performance. This composite is manufactured by variety of methods majorly by
autoclave method. These composites are tested for their optimum porosity level as high porosity leads to the decrease in the strength of the part and
hence leads to failure, which may cause damage at a large extent. Hence this project will be helpful to identify the optimum porosity level at which the
part shows high strength and performance for the ideal functioning of the part.

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