Parameters of Porosity and Compressive Strength-Based Optimization on Reinforced Aluminium from the Recycled Waste Automobile Frames

• Published in: Advances in materials science and engineering Vol. 2021; no. 1
• Main Authors: Parthiban, A., Vijayan, V., Sathish, T., Dinesh Kumar, S., Ponraj Sankar, L., Parthipan, N., Tafesse, Dawit, Tufa, Mebratu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Hindawi 2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Alloys; Aluminum; Automobiles; Automotive bodies; Carbon steel; Composite materials; Compressive strength; Experiments; Frames; Heating; High carbon steels; Iron and steel making; Mechanical properties; Metal matrix composites; Methods; Optimization; Parameter identification; Porosity; Recycling; Silicon carbide; Taguchi methods; Weight reduction
• ISSN: 1687-8434; 1687-8442
• DOI: 10.1155/2021/3648480

Automobile industries were ready to recycle the waste old parts as well as the damaged parts of the old vehicles as much as possible. This study mainly focused on the recycling of the waste and damaged aluminium frames of the automobile bodies. These aluminium-based frames only collected the metal matrix composite created by reinforcement of 3% silicon carbide (SiC) and 3% high carbon steel. The stir casting method is chosen to make the composites. Optimization is done by Taguchi ANOVA technique. Three input parameters such as stir speed, time of squeeze, and the temperature of the preheating were considered. The outputs such as compressive strength and porosity were experimentally measured with the combination of nine (L9) experimental trails. The measured experimental results were analyzed and optimized with the help of Taguchi technique with different plots for clear identification. The optimized parameters based on low porosity and high compressive strength were recommended for conclusion.