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Microstructure Study of Friction Stir Processed Hypereutectic Al-20Si Alloy and Analysis of the Wear Behaviour using Machine Learning Algorithms
Al–20Si alloy was subjected to friction stir processing to find its effect on the microstructure and wear behaviour. The microstructures of as-cast and friction stir processed (FSP) alloy were studied using op...
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Effect of Semi-Solid Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Al–20Si Alloy at Optimized Parametric Conditions
Hypereutectic Al–20Si alloy needs optimization of different process parameters in order to obtain maximum wear resistance for tribological applications aerospace and automobile industries. The present study at...
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Coarsening Kinetics of Semi-solid A356–5wt%TiB2 in situ Composite
An attempt has been made to investigate the coarsening behaviour of semisolid A356–5wt%TiB2 in situ composite produced by Cooling slope casting. It was found that the average grain size of α-Al in the gravity-cas...
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Effect of Strontium and Misch Metal on Al–14Si–3Mg Alloy
The individual and combined effect of Strontium and Misch metal on microstructure and properties of Al–14Si–3Mg alloy was investigated. Addition of 3 wt% Mg to Al–14Si alloy resulted in microstructure comprisi...
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Effect of Cooling Slope Angle on Microstructure of Al-7Si Alloy
Attempts were made to obtain non-dendritic microstructure in Al-7Si alloy by pouring the melt on mild steel cooling slope. The melt was poured into the slope at different angles—15°, 30°, 45° and 60°. The pour...
