Wear Study on Various Conditions of AA7075 Metal Matrix Composite with Silicon Carbide (SiC), Boron Carbide (B4C) as Reinforcement for Aerospace Applications

This study aims to investigate the wear behavior of AA7075 alloy with the reinforcement of Silicon carbide (SiC) and Boron carbide (B4C) particles. Process parameters are crucial for component quality improvement, particularly in metal matrix composites (MMCs), a unique class of materials used in a variety of technical applications, such as but not limited to automobiles, marine, and aeronautics.These are frequently utilized in challenging applications due to their significantly better strength to weight ratios, stiffness, and then standard materials. However, it has numerous disadvantages, including high weight ratios, high deformation and stresses, poor fatigue life cycle, early wear and friction, and so on. Up till now, numerous reinforcements have been employed to address these crucial problems. Due to its superior properties, aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) have been used in many different applications. This work attempts to examine the wear behavior of AA7075 alloy reinforced with silicon (SiC) and boron (B4C) particles utilizing the stir casting process AA 7075-(SiC)-(B4C) composites were produced by employing AA 7075 as the matrix material with silicon carbide (SiC) and boron carbide (B4C) particles as reinforcement in various percentages of weight (5%, 10%, and 15%). Parameters of the composites, including wear behavior, coefficient of friction, frictional force, and pin temperature were assessed through graphical representation.