Studies of AL 7005 reinforced s-glass and fly ash hybrid MMC

This paper mainly deals with study of mechanical properties of Al 7005 alloy based hybrid MMC’s. Two types of reinforcement materials were used to obtain hybrid composite. Reinforcements were in the form of fibers and particulate. Stir casting method is followed to obtain the required composite material with proper mixing of reinforcements. By different combination of composition three castings were obtained with same base material of Al 7005 alloy. Further mechanical properties and microstructure were analyzed for all three castings by preparing specimens with required dimensional accuracy. Mechanical properties include tensile strength, compression strength, and hardness. Obtained results were then compared to the values of unreinforced alloy. Also graphical representation of all properties when compared with unreinforced alloy is shown. Properties mentioned like tensile strength, compressive strength, and hardness were found to be improved with increasing the composition percentage of reinforcements.