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Optimization of Parameters to Improve the Properties of AA7178/Si3N4 Composites Employing Taguchi Approach

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In the recent days, the employ of aluminum alloy has enriched dramatically especially in engineering applications extensively employed in ship building, aerospace, structural, non-structural and automotive applications like driveshaft, wheels, crankshaft, connecting rod, chassis, brake rotors, cylinder blocks and piston etc. The foremost objective of this evaluation is to optimize the impacts of stir casting parameters of Aluminium Alloy AA7178/Si3N4 with response of tensile strength by utilizing Taguchi approach. MINITAB software was employed for conducting the Taguchi analysis. The stir casting parameters of this examination are stirring speed, stirring time and reinforcement percentage. The tensile behaviour of AA7178/Si3N4 composites for varying filler mass proportionate, stirring speed and stirring time were assessed employing a “universal testing machine”, and using a L9 (3)3 Taguchi orthogonal array. The nine samples of trials are employed to estimate the tensile behaviour of the composite material. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is extensively assistance to intimate which parameter is highly impact for this evaluation. Amid those factors, filler content as highly influenced factor to response value followed as stirring time and stirring rpm.

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Mohanavel, V., Ravichandran, M. Optimization of Parameters to Improve the Properties of AA7178/Si3N4 Composites Employing Taguchi Approach. Silicon 14, 1381–1394 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00917-0

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