Review and Experiment on Silicon as an Aliminium Alloy
| Author(s) | : | C. Saravanan, K Subramanian, S.Balaji, S. Umama, I. Bharathidasan |
| Institution | : | Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Bharathidasan Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli |
| Published In | : | Vol. 2, Issue 9 — September 2015 |
| Page No. | : | 53-63 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
There is increasing interest in light weight construction since the automobile industry’s commitment toachieve a 25% reduction in average fuel consumption for all new cars by the year 2005 (compared to levels in 1990).Aluminium with its good strength to weight ratio is one of the candidate materials to realise light weight construction,but it has to compete with various other materials. So the different light metals have to compete not only with eachother, but also with polymers and steels. Materials selection is thereby determined by economic issues as much as bymaterials and components characteristics or properties. However aluminium shows high potential to substituteconventional materials. Aluminium alloys should be used in applications where low mass and high specific propertiesare required.
C. Saravanan, K Subramanian, S.Balaji, S. Umama, I. Bharathidasan, “Review and Experiment on Silicon as an Aliminium Alloy”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 2, Issue 9, pp. 53-63, September 2015.
