Double shear performance of the hybrid aluminium metal matrix composite Al6063-SiC/Al2O3 fabricated through electromagnetic stir casting process

Shearing is the deformation of any materialistic substance where the shear force is applied perpendicular to the surface. The structure is divided into two halves when a shear force is applied to a spot. This study aims at the production and double shear characterization of Hybrid reinforced metal matrix composites where aluminum alloy 6063 was taken as the matrix material and hard phase ceramic material Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Alumina (Al2O3) were taken as the micro reinforcements. The microstructure characterization of the hybrid composite was found to be uniform. The Ultimate Tensile Strength of HAMMC increases upto 12 wt% when reinforcement percentage is increased, then begins to decrease. The maximum tensile strength is 134.63 MPa, which is 28% higher than the matrix material. Hybrid composites with aluminum matrix (12% SiC-Al2O3 reinforcements) have maximum engineering skill and comparatively high shear strength. Copyright (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.