Wear analysis of Al 5052 alloy with varying percentage of tungsten carbide

Author(s):  
P. Kishore ◽  
P. Manoj Kumar ◽  
D. Dinesh
2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Athith ◽  
MR Sanjay ◽  
TG Yashas Gowda ◽  
P Madhu ◽  
GR Arpitha ◽  
...  

Natural fiber polymer composites have been largely used in applications like aerospace, automotive, marine, and other civil structures, where mechanical and tribological properties are of prime consideration. The performance of hybrid composites can be improved by using different natural fibers and adding particulate fillers to them. In this study, mechanical and tribological properties of jute/sisal/E-glass fabrics reinforcing matrix such as natural rubber and epoxy filled with different proportion of tungsten carbide (WC) powder were studied. Mechanical properties like tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength, and also tribological behavior like two-body abrasive wear of composite were studied. Taguchi technique was employed for wear analysis. Results revealed that there is a significant change in the mechanical properties and enhancement of wear behavior was noticed due to the incorporation of filler (WC) particles.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahithi Ananthaneni ◽  
Rees Rankin

<div>Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to useful chemical and fuels in an energy efficient way is currently an expensive and inefficient process. Recently, low-cost transition metal-carbides (TMCs) are proven to exhibit similar electronic structure similarities to Platinum-Group-Metal (PGM) catalysts and hence can be good substitutes for some important reduction reactions. In this work, we test graphenesupported WC (Tungsten Carbide) nanocluster as an electrocatalyst for the CO2 reduction reaction. Specifically, we perform DFT studies to understand various possible reaction mechanisms and determine the lowest thermodynamic energy landscape of CO2 reduction to various products such as CO, HCOOH, CH3OH, and CH4. This in-depth study of reaction energetics could lead to improvements and develop more efficient electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction.<br></div>


Author(s):  
Diego de Medeiros Barbosa ◽  
Leticia Helena Guimarães Alvarinho ◽  
Aristides Magri ◽  
Daniel Suyama

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