Agro waste reinforcement of metal matrix composites, a veritable sustainable engineering achievement, or an effort in futility? A critical review

F Ben, PA OLUBAMBI - Materials research express, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The utilization of agro waste as reinforcement in metal matrix composites (MMCs) has
sparked interest regarding its feasibility and sustainability in engineering practices …

Mechanical and tribological properties of zinc-aluminium (ZA-27) metal matrix composites: a review

P Singh, RK Mishra, B Singh… - Advances in Materials and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Zinc-aluminium (ZA) alloys have been used in several industrial operations because of
better mechanical and tribological properties, low density and low cast temperature …

Utilization of agro-industrial waste in metal matrix composites: towards sustainability

S Debnath, L Lancaster… - World Academy of Science …, 2013 - espace.curtin.edu.au
The application of agro-industrial waste in Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites has been
getting more attention as they can reinforce particles in metal matrix which enhance the …

Tribological behaviour of al-1100-coconut shell ash (CSA) composite at elevated temperature

RSS Raju, MK Panigrahi, RI Ganguly, GS Rao - Tribology International, 2019 - Elsevier
Wear behaviour of Al1100-coconut shell ash (CSA) composites at high temperature is
investigated. The composites such as Al-5% CSA, Al-10% CSA and Al-15% CSA is …

Microstructural characteristics and mechanical behaviour of aluminium hybrid composites reinforced with groundnut shell ash and B4C

L Venkatesh, TV Arjunan, K Ravikumar - Journal of the Brazilian Society of …, 2019 - Springer
In this study, aluminium hybrid composites were fabricated by reinforcing eco-friendly
agrowaste, groundnut shell ash and boron carbide using squeeze casting method …

Investigation on physical and mechanical properties of Al6061-Silicon Carbide (SiC)/Coconut shell ash (CSA) hybrid composites

M Satheesh, M Pugazhvadivu - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Al6061-Silicon Carbide (SiC)-Coconut Shell Ash (CSA) hybrid
composites were produced by double stir casting method. Initially, Al6061-SiC composite …

[HTML][HTML] Study of mechanical and wear behaviour of hyper-eutectic Al-Si automotive alloy through Fe, Ni and Cr addition

MS Kaiser, SH Sabbir, MS Kabir, MR Soummo… - Materials …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Effect of Fe, Ni and Cr addition on the wear behavior of hyper-eutectic Al-Si automotive alloy
has been studied. Dry sliding wear tests have been conducted using pin-on-disc wear …

Wear behavioral assessment of Al-CSAp-MMCs using grey-fuzzy approach

SS Raju, GS Rao, C Samantra - Measurement, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents an optimization of the wear behaviour of aluminium metal matrix
composites (AMC) reinforced with coconut shell ash (CSA) on pin-on-disc setup. The …

[HTML][HTML] Tribological and microstructural investigation of hybrid AA8011/ZrB2-Si3N4 nanomaterials for service life improvement

J Fayomi, API Popoola, OM Popoola, OP Oladijo… - Results in Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The effect of ZrB 2-Si 3 N 4 particle reinforcement on the tribological behavior and
microstructure of AA8011 alloy has been studied. ZrB 2-Si 3 N 4 particles were varied from 0 …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the tribological behavior of bioinspired surfaces in agro-waste and alumina reinforced AA6063 matrix composites

F Ben, PA Olubambi - Vacuum, 2024 - Elsevier
The tribological behavior of three bioinspired (BI) agro-waste ashes—bean pod ash (BPA),
cassava peel ash (CPA), and coconut husk ash (CHA)—integrated as reinforcements in an …