Optimizing the Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Stir-Casted Al6061/Nano-Al₂O₃/Quartz Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite Using Taguchi Method

Table 6

Experimental result of both wear rate and COF with their respective S/N ratios.

Exp. no.	Applied load in (N)	Rota. speed; (rpm)	Weight percentage of reinforce. (%)	Wear rate in (mm^3/m)	S/N ratio in (db)	COF	S/N ratio in (db)
1	10	200	6.5	0.001185	58.526	0.3325	9.564
2	10	200	9.5	0.001107	59.117	0.3280	9.682
3	10	200	12.5	0.001096	59.203	0.3250	9.762
4	10	300	6.5	0.001382	57.189	0.3356	9.483
5	10	300	9.5	0.001304	57.694	0.3341	9.522
6	10	300	12.5	0.001210	58.347	0.3301	9.627
7	10	400	6.5	0.001491	56.530	0.3385	9.408
8	10	400	9.5	0.001400	57.077	0.3350	9.499
9	10	400	12.5	0.001390	57.139	0.3327	9.558
10	20	200	6.5	0.001652	55.639	0.3425	9.306
11	20	200	9.5	0.001590	55.972	0.3405	9.357
12	20	200	12.5	0.001492	56.524	0.3389	9.398
13	20	300	6.5	0.001899	54.429	0.3472	9.188
14	20	300	9.5	0.001705	55.365	0.3454	9.233
15	20	300	12.5	0.001671	55.540	0.3430	9.294
16	20	400	6.5	0.002284	52.826	0.3498	9.123
17	20	400	9.5	0.002107	53.526	0.3481	9.165
18	20	400	12.5	0.001963	54.141	0.3473	9.185
19	30	200	6.5	0.002508	52.013	0.3500	9.118
20	30	200	9.5	0.002371	52.501	0.3486	9.153
21	30	200	12.5	0.002291	52.799	0.3478	9.173
22	30	300	6.5	0.002807	51.035	0.3601	8.871
23	30	300	9.5	0.002700	51.372	0.3548	9.000
24	30	300	12.5	0.002610	51.664	0.3527	9.051
25	30	400	6.5	0.003110	50.144	0.3842	8.308
26	30	400	9.5	0.002995	50.472	0.3792	8.422
27	30	400	12.5	0.002894	50.778	0.3645	8.766