Influence of parameters on the dry sliding wear behaviour of aluminium/fly ash/graphite hybrid metal matrix composites

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-290

  Venkat Prasat, S ^a   Subramanian, R ^b   Radhika, N ^a   Anandavel, B ^b   Arun, L ^a   Praveen, N ^a  

^a AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dry sliding wear; Fly ash; Graphite; Metal matrix composites; Multiple linear regression model; Taguchi technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957544410     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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