Wear Performance of A356 Matrix Composites Reinforced with Different Types of Reinforcing Particles

To improve the wear resistance of Al-Si alloys, different types of reinforcing particles such as SiC, TiC, ZrO₂, and B₄C were used to produce matrix composites by friction stir processing (FSP). First, microstructural properties of different locations of stir zone (SZ) in the FSPed specimens such as advancing side, retreating side, shoulder-affected area, and pin-affected area were investigated. The results demonstrate that Si particles size is not the same in different SZ subdomains. SEM investigation was performed in order to investigate the particles distribution in different areas of the SZ as well as bonding quality between particles and metal matrix. Hardness and wear tests were carried out to determine mechanical and wear properties of the composites. The pin-on-disk wear tests were performed at room temperature, with the normal applied loads of 5, 10, and 20 N and sliding speed of 1 and 2 m/s. All fabricated composites show higher resistance in wear than A356 alloy. Wear test results show, by increasing the normal load and sliding velocity, the wear loss weight of all composites increased gradually.     

硼酸镁晶须增强6061铝基复合材料的干摩擦磨损行为(英文)

研究搅拌铸造工艺制备的硼酸镁晶须增强6061铝基复合材料在干滑动条件下的摩擦磨损性能。复合材料的体积分数为2%,根据增强体种类,材料分别记为:Al基体、Mg2B2O5w/6061Al、ZnO/Mg2B2O5w/6061Al和CuO/Mg2B2O5w/6061Al;讨论磨损速率和摩擦因数之间的关系。结果表明:在4种材料中,ZnO/Mg2B2O5w/6061Al复合材料的磨损率最低。随着载荷和滑动速度的增大,基体和复合材料的摩擦因数和磨损率降低,摩擦磨损机制由轻微磨损机制转向严重磨损机制。     

粉煤灰/铝-镁合金复合材料的微观组织及摩擦磨损性能

采用粉末冶金法制得粉煤灰/Al-25%Mg复合材料,研究不同粉煤灰含量对复合材料微观组织、硬度和摩擦磨损性能的影响,采用扫描电子显微镜观察复合材料的磨损表面形貌,并对其磨损机制进行探讨。结果表明:随着粉煤灰含量的增加,复合材料的硬度呈现先增大而后减小的趋势;在较低粉煤灰含量和较低载荷下,该复合材料的摩擦因数均低于基体铝合金的,并且随粉煤灰含量的增加复合材料的耐磨性有所提高,复合材料的磨损机制主要为粘着磨损和磨粒磨损;在较高粉煤灰含量和较高载荷下,该复合材料的磨损机制转化为以剥层磨损和磨粒磨损为主。     

Dry Sliding Tribological Studies of AA6061-B<Subscript>4</Subscript>C-Gr Hybrid Composites

The dry sliding behavior of stir-cast AA6061-10 wt.% B₄C composites containing 2.5, 5 and 7.5 wt.% graphite particles was studied as a function of applied load, sliding speed and sliding distance on a pin-on-disk tribotester. The wear rate and friction coefficient increased with increase in applied load and sliding distance. The increase in graphite addition reduced the increase in wear rate and friction coefficient in the sliding speed range 2-2.5 m/s. Scanning electron microscopy of the worn pin revealed a graphite tribolayer, and transmission electron microscopy revealed overlapping deformation bands under 30 N applied load. Upon increasing the applied load to 40 N, welded region with fine crystalline structure was formed due to dynamic recrystallization of AA6061 alloy matrix.     

激光熔覆B4C-TiO2-Al粉末制备原位TiB2+TiC/Fe复合涂层（英文）

采用B4C、TiO2、Al以及Fe基自熔合金粉末为前驱体,利用激光熔覆技术在钢基体上制备TiB2+TiC颗粒增强Fe基复合涂层。结果表明,激光熔覆过程通过B4C-TiO2-Al反应生成了均匀分布于基体的TiB2-TiC复合陶瓷相。TiB2颗粒呈长条块状,TiC以不规则形状分布于基体中。涂层具有比基材1045钢更好的耐磨性能,但涂层的摩擦因数小。     

Tribological behavior of self lubricating Cu/MoS2 composites fabricated by powder metallurgy

The effects of MoS₂ content on microstructure, density, hardness and wear resistance of pure copper were studied. Copper-based composites containing 0–10% (mass fraction) MoS₂ particles were fabricated by mechanical milling and hot pressing from pure copper and MoS₂ powders. Wear resistance was evaluated in dry sliding condition using a pin on disk configuration at a constant sliding speed of 0.2 m/s. Hardness measurements showed a critical MoS₂ content of 2.5% at which a hardness peak was attained. Regardless of the applied normal load, the lowest coefficient of friction and wear loss were attained for Cu/2.5MoS₂ composite. While coefficient of friction decreased when the applied normal load was raised from 1 to 4 N at any reinforcement content, the wear volume increased with increasing normal load. SEM micrographs from the worn surfaces and debris revealed that the wear mechanism was changed from mainly adhesion in pure copper to a combination of abrasion and delamination in Cu/MoS₂ composites.     

电磁铸造法制备的(Al2O3+Al3Zr)p/A359复合材料的磨损行为

利用A359-Zr(CO3)2体系原位反应合成法制备(Al2O3 Al3Zr)p/A359颗粒增强铝基复合材料,在制备过程中施加低频交变电磁场进行搅拌以提高复合材料的耐磨性能.干滑动摩擦磨损试验表明:复合材料的耐摩擦性比纯基体合金明显提高,施加电磁搅拌后复合材料的耐摩擦性进一步提高,特别是在较大载荷下的耐摩擦性大幅提高,从轻微磨损到急剧磨损的临界转变载荷由58.8 N提高到78.8 N.磨损表面的SEM分析显示:纯基体合金为粘着磨损和剥层磨损,复合材料的磨损为以磨粒磨损为主和少量的剥层磨损,施加电磁搅拌后的复合材料为纯磨粒磨损.     

Effect of Particle Size on Wear of Particulate Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Composites at Elevated Temperatures

The present paper describes the effect of particle size on operative wear mechanism in particle reinforced aluminum alloy composites at elevated temperatures. Two composites containing zircon sand particles of 20-32 μm and 106-125 μm were fabricated by stir casting process. The dry sliding wear tests of the developed composites were performed at low and high loads with variation in temperatures from 50 to 300 °C. The transition in wear mode from mild-to-severe was observed with variation in temperature and load. The wear at 200 °C presented entirely different wear behavior from the one at 250 °C. The wear rate of fine size reinforced composite at 200 °C at higher load was substantially lower than that of coarse size reinforced composite. Examination of wear tracks and debris revealed that delamination occurs after run in wear mode followed by formation of smaller size wear debris, transfer of materials from the counter surfaces and mixing of these materials on the contact surfaces. The volume loss was observed to increase with increase in load and temperature. Composite containing bigger size particles exhibit higher loss under similar conditions.     

不同热处理下滑动速度对SiCp/Al复合材料摩擦学性能影响研究

SiCp/Al复合材料非匀质性微观结构使其摩损机制较传统匀质材料更为复杂,不同工况及热处理工艺下复合材料的摩擦学性能也存在差异。以SiCp/2024Al复合材料为研究对象,进行球-面接触干滑动摩擦磨损实验,探究它在不同热处理状态及滑动速率下的摩擦磨损性能及磨损机制。结果表明:热处理对复合材料力学性能和摩擦学性能有显著影响,固溶+人工时效态复合材料具有更高的强度、硬度及耐磨性;滑动速度影响复合材料的表面接触性质及磨损程度,摩擦因数和磨损量随滑动速度提高逐渐增大;随滑动速度增加,复合材料主要磨损机制由剥层磨损向磨粒磨损转变,而磨损机制的转变明显加快了复合材料的磨损,在实际应用中应尽量避免此现象发生。     

Abrasive Wear of In Situ AlB2/Al-4Cu Composite Material Produced by Squeeze Casting Method

The wear behavior of a weight fraction of particles with up to 30 wt.% in situ AlB₂ flakes reinforced in Al-4Cu matrix alloy composites and fabricated by a squeeze casting method was investigated in a pin-on-disk abrasion test instrument against different SiC abrasives at room conditions. Wear tests were performed under the load of 10 N against SiC abrasive papers of 80, 100, and 120 mesh grits. The effects of sliding speed, AlB₂ flake content, and abrasive grit sizes on the abrasive wear properties of the matrix alloy and composites have been evaluated. The main wear mechanisms were identified using an optical microscope. The results showed that in situ AlB₂ flake reinforcement improved the abrasion resistance against all the abrasives used, and the abrasive wear resistance decreased with an increase in the sliding speed and the abrasive grit size. The wear resistances of the composites were considerably bigger than those of the matrix alloy and increased with increases in in situ AlB₂ flake contents.     

The effect of sliding speed and amount of loading on friction and wear behavior of Cu–0.65 wt.%Cr alloy

Friction and wear behavior of a peak aged Cu–0.65 wt.%Cr alloy was investigated. The friction and wear experiments were run under ambient conditions with a pin-on-disk tribometer. Experiments were performed using various applied normal loads and sliding velocities. The tribological behavior of the studied alloy was discussed in terms of friction coefficient, wear loss and wear mechanism.Friction coefficient and wear loss have shown large sensitivity to the applied normal load and the sliding velocity. At the sliding velocity of 0.3 m/s weight loss increased from 6.9 to 51 mg by increasing the normal load from 20 to 40 N. At higher sliding velocity minimum weight loss is achieved at 60 N normal load. So it can be seen that with increasing normal load wear rate decreases due to the formation of a continuous tribofilm which consists of Fe–Cu intermetallic. Varying of friction coefficients in different conditions of normal load and sliding velocity is correlated to the wear behavior.The analysis of worn surfaces by XRD and SEM showed that an increase in normal load and sliding velocity creates an intermetallic wear-induced layer, which modifies the wear behavior of the alloy. The XRD result indicates that new phase of Cu_9.9Fe_0.1 is generated on worn surfaces of the pin specimens during the wear tests. There is a significant correlation between the micrograph of worn surfaces and the wear rate of specimens.     

Wear and thermal stability of nano-TiB2 modified TiCN-WC-Co-Cr3C2 cermet

This work discusses the friction, wear and thermal response of TiCN-WC-Co-Cr₃C₂ cermet modified by the addition of TiB₂ nanoparticles. The specimens were prepared by spark plasma sintering by adding different weight percentages (5, 10 and 15) of TiB₂ nanoparticles in TiCN-WC-Co-Cr₃C₂ cermets. The sintered pieces were subjected to sliding wear under an unlubricated condition and a constant load of 20 N at sliding velocities of 0.23 m/s, 0.35 m/s and 0.47 m/s against a steel disc of 48 mm diameter. Friction was the maximum at a sliding velocity of 0.23 m/s. The wear loss decreased with increasing speed of sliding and was between 10⁻⁵ to 10⁻⁶ mm³. The wear rates and coefficient of friction were highly dependent on microstructure and mechanical properties of the cermets. Abrasion and adhesion were the active modes of wear. Heating of the samples was carried out at 600 °C, 800 °C and 1000 °C for 4 h. A substantial mass gain and decrease in hardness were observed in the specimen annealed at 1000 °C, for which Scanning Electron Microscopy revealed considerable grain growth and XRD showed oxide phases. A cermet containing 15% TiB₂ nanoparticles displayed the lowest volumetric wear at room temperature, but had rather low thermal stability. Response surface methodology was used to develop models and regression equations for wear and thermal stability.     

A Fractional Factorial Design Study of Reciprocating Wear Behavior of Al-Si-SiC<Subscript>p</Subscript> Composites at Lubricated Contacts

The lubricated reciprocating wear behavior of two composites A319/15%SiC_p and A390/15%SiC_p produced by the liquid metallurgy route was investigated by means of an indigenously developed reciprocating friction wear test rig using a fractional factorial-design approach. The main purpose was to study the influence of wear and friction test parameters such as applied load, sliding distance, reciprocating velocity, counter surface temperature and silicon content in composites, as well as their interactions on the wear and friction characteristics of these composites. Two output responses (wear loss and coefficient of friction) were measured. The input parameter levels were fixed through pilot experiment conducted in the newly developed reciprocating friction and wear test rig. The counter surface material used for the wear study was cast iron having Vickers hardness of 244 HVN. It had been demonstrated through established equations that A390/15%SiC_p composite is subjected to low wear compared to the A319/15%SiC_p composite. The experimental results indicate that the proposed mathematical models suggested could adequately describe the performance indicators within the limits of the factors that are being investigated. The applied load, sliding distance, reciprocating velocity, counter surface temperature, and silicon content in composite are the five important factors controlling the friction and wear characteristics of the composite in lubricated condition. Moreover, the two factor interactions have a strong effect on the wear of composites. The results give a comprehensive insight into the wear of the composites.     

Influence of addition of Grp/Al2O3p with SiCp on wear properties of aluminum alloy 6061-T6 hybrid composites via friction stir processing

Aluminum alloy base surface hybrid composites were fabricated by incorporating with mixture of (SiC+Gr) and (SiC+Al₂O₃) particles of 20 μm in average size on an aluminum alloy 6061-T6 plate using friction stir processing (FSP). Microstructures of both the surface hybrid composites revealed that SiC, Gr and Al₂O₃are uniformly dispersed in the nugget zone (NZ). It was observed that the addition of Gr particles rather than Al₂O₃ particles with SiC particles, decreases the microhardness but immensely increases the dry sliding wear resistance of aluminum alloy 6061-T6 surface hybrid composite. The observed microhardness and wear properties are correlated with microstructures and worn micrographs.     

Reciprocating wear behavior of 7075Al/SiC in comparison with 6061Al/Al2O3 composites

In the present study, the reciprocating wear behavior of 7075Al/SiC composites and 6061Al/Al₂O₃ composites that are prepared through liquid metallurgy route is analyzed to find out the effects of weight percentage of reinforcement and load at the fixed number of strokes on a reciprocating wear testing machine. The Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) pins are prepared with different weight percentages (10, 15 and 20%) of SiC and Al₂O₃ particles with size of 36 μm. Hardness of these composites increases with increase in wt.% of reinforcement. However, the impact strength decreases with increase in reinforcement content. The experimental result shows that the volume loss of MMC specimens is less than that of the matrix alloy. However, the volume loss is greater in 6061Al/Al₂O₃ composites when compared to 7075Al/SiC composites. The temperature rise near the contact surface of the MMC specimens increases with increase in wt.% of reinforcement and applied load. The coefficient of friction decreases with increase in load in both cases.     

AA6061/ZrB_2原位复合材料的干滑动磨损行为(英文)

通过往铝熔体中添加K2ZrF6和KBF4制备AA6061/ZrB2原位复合材料,并对该复合材料的干滑动磨损形为进行研究。构建了一数学模型来预测该复合材料的磨损速率。采用4因素5水平的中心复合旋转设计方法来减少实验工作量。考察滑动速度、滑动距离、载荷和ZrB2质量分数这4个因素对制备的复合材料的磨损速率的影响,通过观察磨损表面形貌分析这些因素的影响。结果表明,原位生成的ZrB2颗粒改善了复合材料的磨损性能。该复合材料的磨损速率随着滑动速度、滑动距离和载荷的增加而增加。     

增强颗粒对镁基复合材料磨损性能的影响(英文)

研究增强颗粒Mg2Si对镁基复合材料摩擦磨损性能的影响,讨论Si加入量、载荷和滑动速度对Mg2Si/AM60镁基复合材料磨损性能的影响。结果表明,向镁合金中加入合金元素Si,可原位生成增强颗粒Mg2Si,增强颗粒Mg2Si可明显提高AM60镁合金的磨损性能。随着载荷和滑动速度的增加,AM60镁合金和Mg2Si/AM60镁基复合材料的磨损量都增大。AM60镁合金的磨损机制为粘着磨损。随着载荷的增大,Mg2Si/AM60镁基复合材料的磨损由磨粒磨损向粘着磨损转变。     

Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of a Novel 6351 Al-(Al4SiC4 + SiC) Hybrid Composite

In this research study, the dry sliding wear behaviors of 6351 Al alloy and its composites with single and hybrid reinforcements (ex situ SiC and in situ Al₄SiC₄) were investigated at low sliding speed (1 ms^?1) against a hardened EN 31 disk at different loads. In general, the wear mechanism involved adhesion (coupled with subsurface cracking) and microcutting-abrasion at lower loads. With higher loads, abrasive wear involving microcutting and microplowing along with adherent oxide formation was observed. At higher loads, the abrasive wear mechanism caused rapid wear loss initially up to a certain sliding distance beyond which, by virtue of frictional heat generation and associated temperature rise, an adherent oxide layer was developed at the pin surface, which drastically reduced the wear loss. Moreover, the overall wear rates of all the composites (either single or hybrid reinforcement) were found to be lower than that of the 6351 Al alloy at all applied loads. The ex situ SiC particles were found to resist abrasive wear; while, in situ Al₄SiC₄ particles offered resistance to adhesive wear. Accordingly, the 6351 Al-(SiC + Al₄SiC₄) hybrid composite exhibited the best wear resistance among all composites.     

三维连续镍-铝(骨架)增强铝基复合材料的磨损行为

采用真空吸铸和真空热处理技术制备了三维连续镍-铝(骨架)增强铝基复合材料,研究了其在干摩擦条件下的磨损行为.结果表明,复合材料的耐磨性能远优于基体合金.主要是由于硬的Ni2 Al3金属间化合物(骨架)裸露在磨损表面,成为微凸体,起承载作用,抑制或延迟了基体从轻微磨损向严重磨损的转变时间.同时将载荷分散至各个方向,抑制了磨损面基体合金因塑性变形产生的流失.基体合金的磨损机制为严重粘着磨损,复合材料的磨损为以磨粒磨损为主和轻微的粘着磨损.     

原位自生(TiC+TiB)/Ti6Al4V复合材料摩擦磨损性能研究

本文用原位反应法制备了不同TiC和TiB增强相含量的(TiC+TiB)/Ti6Al4V复合材料(简记为TMC),用HT-1000型摩擦磨损试验机研究了外加载荷对原位本文用原位反应法制备了不同TiC和TiB增强相含量的（TiC+TiB）/Ti6Al4V复合材料（简记为TMC）,用HT-1000型摩擦磨损试验机研究了外加载荷对原位（TiC+TiB）/Ti6Al4V复合材料干滑动摩擦磨损性能的影响,并利用扫描电镜及布鲁克三维形貌仪观察分析其磨损行为。结果显示,与Ti6Al4V基体相比,TiC+TiB增强相的生成提高了复合材料的耐磨性。对于含不同体积分数增强相的复合材料,随着外加载荷的增加,材料的磨损率和磨损深度增加,摩擦系数减小且在小范围内波动。在小负载下,磨损的表面覆盖有一些沟槽和少量磨屑;在大负载下,磨损的表面覆盖有一些浅沟槽和大量磨屑。磨损机制为磨粒磨损和氧化磨损。随着负荷增加,碎屑的尺寸增加,磨损加剧。