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Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering

Optimization of Wear and Friction Parameters of Al-WC Composite Using Response Surface Methodology

  1. Beenu Kumar Gupta
  2. Pankaj Belchandan
  3. Tribhuwan Kishore Mishra
  4. Murali Krishna

Abstract

This paper aims to optimize the wear and friction parameters of Al-WC composite using response surface methodology. Initially dry sliding wear test on specimen of Al-0WC, Al-5WC, Al-8WC and Al-11WC composites were performed using pin-on-disc equipment under atmospheric conditions, with the varying parameters of the applied load 80KN and Sliding distance  6700m and the sliding velocity is kept constant of  3.34  m/s. The optimum parameters of wear mass loss and friction were identified using Response Surface Methodology and some useful conclusions were made.

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