Author:Govender, G; Ivanchev, L; Burger, H; Mulaba, A; Chikwanda, HDate:Apr 2012Particle reinforced aluminium alloy metal matrix composites (MMC) have proven to be one of the advanced materials capable of replacing conventional structural alloys. However, the demand for such materials has been confined to high cost ...Read more
Author:Pityana, Sisa LDate:Jun 2009Metal matrix composite layers were formed on an aluminium substrate by means of laser surface alloying method. Aluminium 1200 was used as a host material and TiC particles were used as the reinforcement. The microstructure of the modified ...Read more
Author:Popoola, PAI; Pityana, Sisa L; Fedotova, T; Popoola, OMDate:Jun 2011As the reports in the literature regarding corrosion performance of Al/TiB2 MMC are rather contradictory, the optimization of laser surface alloying parameters for these composite coatings seems to be necessary. The characterization of the ...Read more
Author:Ivanchev, L; Camagu, ST; Govender, GDate:Oct 2012There are two main technologies for manufacturing of particulate reinforced metal matrix composites (MMC), solid state and liquid state processing. The great challenge of producing cast metal matrix composites is to prevent agglomeration of ...Read more