Investigation of Mechanical properties of Aluminium reinforced Fly ash with CNT

Metal matrix composites are gaining enormous acceptance in the recent times. This is due to their remarkable characteristic of enhancement in their mechanical properties without any compromise in their weight. This paper deals with the investigation of mechanical properties of Aluminium 6061 reinforced fly ash with CNT. Here samples of four different compositions were fabricated using stir casting method and subjected to tensile, flexural, hardness and impact tests. The result indicated no change in the impact value of the samples. On addition of 2% flyash, the hardness value increased to a value of 59.2BHN when compared with pure Aluminium and the tensile strength increased to about 147.76 MPa on addition of about 3% fly ash.