Reddappa H N
Bangalore Institute of Technology, India
Title: Optimization of process parameters for the Al6061-red mud particulate composites using Taguchi method
Biography
Biography: Reddappa H N
Abstract
The present investigation has been done to study the effect of different input process parameters on Al606-Red mud composites, namely particle size, wt. % of Red mud particles and stirring speed on the hardness, impact strength and tensile strength. Three parameter i.e. particle sizes of Red mud (50, 75 and 100 micron), wt. % of reinforcement (5%, 10% and 15%), stirring speed (100, 200, 300 rpm) was used to fabricate different samples of composites by using liquid metallurgy route (stir casting technique). Each parameter has three different levels. L9 orthogonal array table used to made different specimen. The effect of these input process parameters on the output response has been analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The contribution of each process parameters on the hardness, impact strength and tensile strength was analyzed by using ANOVA. The results have shown that the particle size of Red mud particles, the wt. % of Red mud and stirring speed have a significant effect on the hardness, impact strength and tensile strength.