Optimization of Process Parameters of Boron Carbide-Reinforced Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Matrix Composite Produced by Pressure-Assisted Sintering
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This study aims to determine the optimum process parameters for the fabrication of B4C-reinforced Al-Zn-Cu-Mg matrix composite by powder metallurgy route. Since casting could lead to problems in dispersion, pressure-assisted sintering was adopted for the fabrication of composites. The influence of various process parameters on the hardness and compressive strength were analyzed by using analysis of variance. Artificial neural network (ANN) and regression analysis were used to predict the hardness and compressive strength. ANN predicted better values than the regression analysis with mean squared error values of 0.27 and 4.72% for the hardness and compressive strength, respectively. Three cross-fold validation was used to check the accuracy of the model. Further, genetic algorithm was used to determine the optimum conditions for attaining maximum hardness and compression strength. The optimum conditions were a compaction pressure of 428 MPa, sintering temperature of 475 °C, sintering time of 75 min, and weight fraction of B4C 45%, giving compressive strength 552.06 MPa and hardness 186.12 HV. The validation experiments conducted on the optimal parameter setting, and the validation results were in good accord with the predicted results. Among all the samples, the 45% weight fraction of the B4C-reinforced sample was fractured during compression testing. Fractographic studies were performed using scanning electron microscopy, and cracking in B4C particles along with debonding in B4C-Al alloy interface was observed.
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