Optimisation of dry sliding wear parameters of aluminium matrix composites (356/B₄C) using Taguchi technique

ABSTRACT

Optimisation of the tribological properties of aluminium matrix composites (356/B₄C_p) fabricated by the stir casting technique using Taguchi’s S/N analysis was studied. L₂₇ OA was chosen for conducting dry sliding wear tests using the pin on disc. The input parameters such as sliding speed, sliding distance, load and reinforcement percentages are optimised with consideration of minimum wear rate and the optimum values are used to conduct confirmation experiments. The significance of the wear parameters was found using ANOVA. The tribological properties were improved through this approach.

KEYWORDS:

• Aluminium matrix composites
• analysis of variance
• orthogonal array
• Taguchi technique and wear

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