Publication detail

The utilisation of coconut shell ash in production of hybrid composite: Microstructural characterisation and performance analysis

Kumar, Ashish Nirala, Akhileshwar Singh, V. P. Sahoo, Biraj Kumar Singh, R. C. Chaudhary, Rajiv Dewangan, Ashok K. Gaurav, Gajendra Kumar Klemes, Jiri Jaromir Liu, Xinghui

Original Title

The utilisation of coconut shell ash in production of hybrid composite: Microstructural characterisation and performance analysis

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Agriculture waste-reinforced hybrid metal matrix composites (HMMCs) have developed as a potentially green, productive, economical, and ideal replacement for particle-reinforced composites. A number of industries, including aerospace, automotive, and packaging, have demonstrated a keen interest in the development of new and innovative composites in a sustainable manner, is bio-waste particulate reinforced composite. The effect of reinforcements is investigated in the current research work, which employs the ultrasonic stir casting method with SiC (ranging from 3 to 9% by weight) and coconut shell ash (5% by weight in equal proportion) as rein-forcement along with the aluminium matrix. With the two-stage ultrasonic stir casting process, the distribution of reinforcement in the aluminium matrix is ensured to be uniform. The microstructure evolution, mechanical and tribological behaviours were also evaluated to ascertain the integrity of fabricated composites. The XRD analysis confirms the reinforcements and oxide layer formed on the specimen surface. Currently, the fabricated composite improves monolithic alloy in terms of hardness and tensile strength approximately by 60% and 66%, respec-tively, while reducing wear rate by 51%. The nanoindentation investigation implies that the composites that have been developed have improved nanomechanical properties. Overall, using CSA along with SiC in HMMCs could be a potential product to reduce the usage of synthetic fiber and application design for economical products.

Keywords

Cleaner approach; Coconut shell ash; Hybrid composite; Microstructural evaluation; Nanoindentation; Ultrasonic-stir casting

Authors

Kumar, Ashish; Nirala, Akhileshwar; Singh, V. P.; Sahoo, Biraj Kumar; Singh, R. C.; Chaudhary, Rajiv; Dewangan, Ashok K.; Gaurav, Gajendra Kumar; Klemes, Jiri Jaromir; Liu, Xinghui

Released

20. 4. 2023

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND

Location

ELSEVIER SCI LTDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND

ISBN

0959-6526

Periodical

Journal of Cleaner Production

Year of study

398

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages count

15

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623006522?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT187461,
  author="Kumar, Ashish and Nirala, Akhileshwar and Singh, V. P. and Sahoo, Biraj Kumar and Singh, R. C. and Chaudhary, Rajiv and Dewangan, Ashok K. and Gaurav, Gajendra Kumar and Klemes, Jiri Jaromir and Liu, Xinghui",
  title="The utilisation of coconut shell ash in production of hybrid composite: Microstructural characterisation and performance analysis",
  journal="Journal of Cleaner Production",
  year="2023",
  volume="398",
  number="1",
  pages="15",
  doi="10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136494",
  issn="0959-6526",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623006522?via%3Dihub"
}