EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MECHANICAL

PROPERTIES OF ALUMINIUM REINFORCED WITH SiC AND

GRAPHITE- A HYBRID METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE
Lokesh Gnani1, K Mohan Krishna2, P.UmaMahesh3 M.S.R Lakshmi4
1 M.TECH (CAD/CAM), CREC, TIRUPATI,lokeshgnani@gmail.com
2 Assistant Professors, Dept of Mechanical engineering, CREC, Tirupati,
mohankrishna127@gmail.com
3 Assistant Professor, CREC, Tirupati, umamahesh.88@gmail.com
4 Assistant professor, CREC, Tirupathi

Abstract
In this present study investigation of various mechanical properties were
discussed for the aluminium silicon carbide- graphite composite. Aluminium
alloy (LM-16) was taken as the base material. SiC and graphite were chosen
as reinforcements because of their properties like high strength and good
self lubricating property respectively. The composite was prepared by stir
casting method. Various samples were taken to investigate the properties on
weight to weight ratio.Graphite is added to the composite up to 4 wt%
weight fraction. Beyond this the hardness of composite decreases as
graphite particles interact with each other leading to clustering of particles.
For various samples density, hardness and impact strength were evaluated
for the various compostions and compared with the base alloy. It has been
observed that the hardness, tesile strength, density of the composite were
incresed.