Mechanical and Tribological Aspects of Aluminium Alloy Composites for Gear Application—A Review

This chapter highlights the mechanicalMechanical and tribologicalTribological aspects of aluminiumAluminium alloy compositesAlloy composites that may act as a better substitute as a Gear materialGear material. It elaborately discusses the impactImpact of mechanical propertiesMechanical properties (like hardnessHardness, impact strengthImpact strength, fracture toughnessFracture toughness, etc.), material selection factorsFactor (like particulate reinforcement type, proportion, sizeSize, geometry, etc.), and tribological factorsTribological factors (like sliding velocitySliding velocity, sliding distanceSliding distance, loadLoad, etc.) of such aluminium alloy compositesAlloy composites on the slidingSliding performancePerformance of GearGear. The specific results indicate that selection of particulate reinforcementReinforcement type, proportion, sizeSize, and geometry leadsLead to improvement of the mechanical characteristicsCharacteristics of aluminiumAluminium alloy matrixMatrix, which further enhances their sliding wearSliding wear tribological performanceTribological performance, thereby, justifying their suitability for Gear applicationGear application. The scholars have to investigate the appropriate mix designDesign specific to certain Gear applications. A carefully designed and tested aluminium alloy compositeComposite could be a better alternative for a higher benefit-to-costCost ratio.