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Experimental estimation and numerical comparison of fatigue strength of A356/SiCP composite in T6 condition

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The aim of the article is to estimate the fatigue strength of T6-treated A356/SiCp composite for 105 cycles experimentally and compared the estimated value numerically. For the experimental estimation staircase method was used and for the numerical method ANSYS Workbench R2023. For this, a composite of A356/SiCp was fabricated using the stir-casting technic. The fabricated composite was T6 heat treated, and its UTS value was determined. 30 % of the UTS value was arbitrarily chosen as the initial stress value for the fatigue strength estimation. The model with the same dimensions was created in Solid Works 2017 and the fatigue tool in the ANYS Workbench R2023 was used for the numerical analysis.

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The author grateful to acknowledge the support and resources provided by the SRM Institute of Science and Technology’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in order to complete this study. The author expresses gratitude to Micro labs, Chennai, for providing the facility to conduct fatigue tests.

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G. Rakesh received his mater degree from Government College of Engineering Research, SRM Institute of Science and Technology. And his area of research is fatigue fracture analysis of A356/SiC composite.

T. Rajasekaran is working as Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus. He completed his UG and PG degrees from NIT Trichy and received his Ph.D. from SRM University itself. His area of research includes development, testing, welding and characterization of composite materials.

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Rakesh, G., Rajasekaran, T. Experimental estimation and numerical comparison of fatigue strength of A356/SiCP composite in T6 condition. J Mech Sci Technol 38, 1209–1213 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-024-0118-9

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