For the forecasting of the fatigue life of metallic constructions it is important to understand the mechanism that leads to the failure. Neither, the continuum mechanics nor the micromechanics provide sufficient answers. However, a basic understanding of structural changes on different scaling levels is given by the physical Mesomechanics derived for a medium with local structure. For ferromagn...

Laser cutting of metal matrix composite, having extensive applications in aerospace and automobile industries, is important from the eminence of cut point of view. Keeping this in view, a fusion approach of Taguchi method (TM) and principal component analysis (PCA) has been functional for multi-objective optimization (MOO) of pulsed Nd: YAG laser beam cutting (LBC) of Al7075/SiCp metal matrix c...

Application of surface modification methods is expected to be a supreme solution to diminishing fretting damage. In this study, our aim was to improve the fretting fatigue life of Al7075-T6 alloy by covering it with a TiN thin film hard coating using the magnetron sputtering technique. Coated specimens with the best surface hardness, adhesion strength and roughness were tested with a rotating b...

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) play a crucial role in the aerospace, automotive and mineral processing industries. The properties of aluminum (AMC) that are renowned for their high strength, good stiffness excellent thermal conductivity can be enhanced by incorporating various reinforcements. In this investigation, Al7075 alloy with TiC (3, 6, 9 wt.%) reinforcements was processed via stir casti...