Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement
Aluminium composite materials are beneficial in most engineering applications, most notably, because of their lightweight to strength ratio amongst many others. This study reports the reinforcement of aluminium alloy 8011 with cow horn and corncob in varying weight percentages of 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt%...
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| author | K.O. Babaremu O.O. Joseph E.T. Akinlabi T.C. Jen O.P. Oladijo |
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| description | Aluminium composite materials are beneficial in most engineering applications, most notably, because of their lightweight to strength ratio amongst many others. This study reports the reinforcement of aluminium alloy 8011 with cow horn and corncob in varying weight percentages of 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt% and 20wt%. This study adopted the Stir casting method based on availability and cost-effectiveness as the cheapest method amongst others. The developed composite materials were in eight different samples alongside one control sample of the aluminium alloy base material. The samples used for this experimental study were tested for tensile strength, hardness and microstructural analysis. The outcome of the study shows that the sample with 20wt% of cow horn reinforcement gave the best-improved properties in terms of yield strength, ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and hardness with percentage improvement of 57%, 52.6% and 54.4% respectively. Hardness was also improved with 52.6% over the control sample with the 15wt% cow horn reinforced sample. Cow horn of 10wt% reinforcement improved the material by 61%. The results shown have justified the relevant effect of agro-waste materials in composite development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6a8777458414308bb03868bbc6f01342022-12-21T18:12:44ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402020-11-01611e05506Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvementK.O. Babaremu0O.O. Joseph1E.T. Akinlabi2T.C. Jen3O.P. Oladijo4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria; Corresponding author.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria; Directorate of Pan African Universities for Life and Earth Institute, Ibadan, Oyo State, NigeriaMechanical Engineering Department, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaMechanical Engineering Department, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaAluminium composite materials are beneficial in most engineering applications, most notably, because of their lightweight to strength ratio amongst many others. This study reports the reinforcement of aluminium alloy 8011 with cow horn and corncob in varying weight percentages of 5wt%, 10wt%, 15wt% and 20wt%. This study adopted the Stir casting method based on availability and cost-effectiveness as the cheapest method amongst others. The developed composite materials were in eight different samples alongside one control sample of the aluminium alloy base material. The samples used for this experimental study were tested for tensile strength, hardness and microstructural analysis. The outcome of the study shows that the sample with 20wt% of cow horn reinforcement gave the best-improved properties in terms of yield strength, ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and hardness with percentage improvement of 57%, 52.6% and 54.4% respectively. Hardness was also improved with 52.6% over the control sample with the 15wt% cow horn reinforced sample. Cow horn of 10wt% reinforcement improved the material by 61%. The results shown have justified the relevant effect of agro-waste materials in composite development.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020323495Materials scienceMetallurgical engineeringMechanical engineeringCompositeAluminium alloyAgrowaste |
| spellingShingle | K.O. Babaremu O.O. Joseph E.T. Akinlabi T.C. Jen O.P. Oladijo Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement Heliyon Materials science Metallurgical engineering Mechanical engineering Composite Aluminium alloy Agrowaste |
| title | Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement |
| title_full | Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement |
| title_fullStr | Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement |
| title_short | Morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement |
| title_sort | morphological investigation and mechanical behaviour of agrowaste reinforced aluminium alloy 8011 for service life improvement |
| topic | Materials science Metallurgical engineering Mechanical engineering Composite Aluminium alloy Agrowaste |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020323495 |
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