Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering

Udupa G

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• Research Article
  Fabrication of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Laminate by Mechanical Powder Metallurgy Technique - Part I
  Author(s): Udupa G, Rao SS and Gangadharan KVUdupa G, Rao SS and Gangadharan KV
  
  Advances in material science have led to innovation of new materials having different properties. Functionally Graded Laminates (FGL) belong to this trend. In this work, an attempt has been made to fabricate Functionally Graded Carbon Nano Tube (CNT) reinforced Aluminium matrix laminates by an innovative powder metallurgy based cold compaction technique. The FGL composites have been prepared by incorporating CNT particles to aluminium metal matrix in different weight fractions, ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 wt%. The mechanical properties of these FGL composites have been studied in detail for assessing the effectiveness of the adopted fabrication technique. This method is an effective way to change the properties of the materials as required in different directions. The gradient layers here exhibited different microstructures and variation in hardness from one e.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2169-0022.1000169

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