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Influence of zirconium carbide particles on the mechanical characteristics of heat treated Al7475 alloy.

Vijaya Kumar R, Asha P B, Md Abdul Raheem Junaidi, Jagadeesha T, Raju K, Dayanand M Goudar, Deesy G Pinto, Srinidhi Acharya S R, Subraya Krishna Bhat, Shashidhar L C and 2 more

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Vijaya Kumar RAeronautical Engineering Department, MVJ College of Engineering (Affiliated to VTU), Bangalore, 560067, Karnataka, India.
Asha P BMechanical Engineering Department, Global Academy of Technology (Affiliated to VTU), Bengaluru, 560098, Karnataka, India.
Md Abdul Raheem JunaidiMechanical Engineering Department, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, 500034, Telangana, India.
Jagadeesha TMechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, 673601, Kerala, India. jagdishsg@nitc.ac.in.
Raju KDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, 575028, India.
Dayanand M GoudarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tontadarya College of Engineering, Gadag, 582101, India.
Deesy G PintoGeoBioTec, Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, University of Beira Interior, Calcada Fonte do Lameiro 6, Covilha, 6200-358, Portugal.
Srinidhi Acharya S RMechanical Engineering Department, B M S Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 560064, Karnataka, India.
Subraya Krishna BhatDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka, India. sk.bhat@manipal.edu.
Shashidhar L CMechanical Engineering Department, Dayananda Sagar University, Ramanagara, Bengaluru, 562112, Karnataka, India.
Hemanth Raju TMechanical Engineering Department, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560103, Karnataka, India. hemanthrt21@gmail.com.
Udayashankar SDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, VTU, Belgaum, 590018, Karnataka, India.

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Aluminium alloys exhibits excellent properties and therefore they are used broadly in automobile, aviation, and defence sectors. The studies on the effect of zirconium carbide (ZrC) particulates on the mechanical properties of heat-treated stir-cast Al7475 alloy are still in the initial stage. Hence, the present study is aimed at the study of microstructure and mechanical characteristics of as-stir-cast and heat-treated stir-cast Al7475-ZrC composites. The zirconium carbide particulates concentration ranges from 2 to 8 wt% in Al7475 alloy. The Al7475 alloy and Al7475-ZrC composites were T6 heat-treated. Both the Al7475 alloy and the Al7475-ZrC composites have undergone significant microstructure refinement owing to heat treatment. The SEM micrographs of heat-treated stir-cast Al7475-ZrC composites have revealed that the matrices of Al7475 composites consisted of a fine dispersion of uniformly distributed ZrC particles that eventually resulted in a considerable improvement in the properties of composites. The mechanical properties of heat-treated stir-cast Al7475-ZrC composites were superior to that of as-stir-cast Al7475-ZrC composites. The optimum values of UTS of as-stir-cast and heat-treated stir-cast Al7475-ZrC composites are 104.42 N/mm

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Al7475 alloyCompression strengthHardnessHeat treatmentZirconium carbide (ZrC)

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