The Effect of Stir-Squeeze Casting Process Parameters on Mechanical Property and Density of Aluminum Matrix Composite

Table 4

Experimental results for the SSC process.

Exp. no.	Process parameters				Experimental results
	Stir speed (S), (rpm)	Stir time (T), (min)	Reinforcement (R), w.t%	Squeeze pressure (P), (MPa)	Tensile strength (TS), (MPa)	Hardness (HN)	Porosity (PT), (%)
L1	300	10	2.5	50	189.83	82	3.25
L2	300	15	5.0	60	197.52	73	3.75
L3	300	20	7.5	70	202.58	76	3.89
L4	300	25	10.0	80	200.80	69	3.78
L5	400	10	5.0	70	215.57	80	4.15
L6	400	15	2.5	80	257.52	76.2	4.28
L7	400	20	10.0	50	198.79	71.5	4.58
L8	400	25	7.5	60	252.74	75.5	3.93
L9	500	10	7.5	80	275.71	82.3	4.32
L10	500	15	10.0	70	204.91	82.4	2.92
L11	500	20	2.5	60	205.72	75.2	3.88
L12	500	25	5.0	50	225.26	79.2	3.15
L13	600	10	10.0	60	286.89	88.7	3.26
L14	600	15	7.5	50	200.56	85.2	2.78
L15	600	20	5.0	80	266.75	83.8	3.42
L16	600	25	2.5	70	282.32	82.6	2.91