Sustainable utilization of fly ash in AA8011 metal matrix composites for enhanced wear performance: implications for energy efficiency and resource optimization
Abhijit Bhowmik, Raman Kumar, Ramachandran T, Shahbaz Juneja, Hrushikesh Sarangi, Ashwin Jacob, Pardeep Singh Bains, Priyaranjan Samal, N Ashok · 2026
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Abhijit Bhowmik, with eight colleagues, reports a 2026 study of fly ash mixed into an aluminium alloy to cut wear. Fly ash is a fine waste from coal plants. The alloy, AA8011, gains a harder filler when ash is stirred into the melt, which may save energy and raw stock in parts that rub.
The team cast mixes with 0, 4, 8, and 12 percent ash by weight and rubbed pins against a disc under dry conditions. A Taguchi test plan and a grey relation method weighed wear rate, friction force, and friction level together. The best run used 8 percent ash, a 30 newton load, a slide speed of 3 metres per second, and a 3,200 metre slide path. Load shaped the outcome most, at near 49 percent of the effect in the variance checks.
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| CREATOR | Abhijit Bhowmik, Raman Kumar, Ramachandran T, Shahbaz Juneja, Hrushikesh Sarangi, Ashwin Jacob, Pardeep Singh Bains, Priyaranjan Samal, N Ashok |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56674 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |