Effect of Ceramic Reinforcement Chemistry on the Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Processed AA5083 - Al2O3 & WC & Si3N4 Composites

Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) is a designed blend of a minimum of two constituents, i.e., matrix and reinforcement to achieve improved properties.A material with mechanical parameters intermediate between those of the matrix alloy and the ceramic reinforcement is produced by adding reinforced particles with high strength and modulus to a metal matrix.Aluminium metal matrix composites are incredibly strong and resistant to wear and fatigue.They are excellent structural materials for automotive and aeronautical applications because of their qualities.A new technique called friction stir processing (FSP) was developed from friction stir welding, which uses a tool to form a hole or groove in the matrix material with scattered reinforcing particles.This experiment provides information on the AA 5083 matrix material will be further reinforced will add (50% WC & Al2O3), (50% Al2O3 & Si3N4), (33.33% WC & Al2O3 & Si3N4) various ceramics in every specimen manufactured through FSP process.The mechanical behav-iors (Hardness, Tensile) and tribological behavior such as wear analysis will be examined through Pin-On-Disc.Optical behavior analysis of the individual reinforcements will be evaluated through SEM analysis.