In automotive and aircraft design, a new emerging material known as AA8011 metal matrix composite has earned a place for the reason that it is extremely durable and extremely hard. Newer composite variants were created and selected because of the demand for improved tribological performance. This study’s objective is to find out how an AA8011-Boron Nitride metal matrix composite (MMC) wears out under different loads and sliding speeds. AMMC fortified with Boron Nitride particles are created using the powder metallurgy route and contain weight fractions ranging from 10% to 15% of the AA8011 and 37 μm Boron Nitride particles. The material is made in an electric melting furnace through a stir casting procedure. Next, the materials are tested to see how long they will last in a tribotester set up like this: a block on a roller. With a controlled experimentation strategy, wear data can be collected using the L27 Taguchi method. Dry sliding wear of composites is controlled by four parameters: Boron Nitride substance, load-bearing capacity, slid speed, and sliding time. An analysis of variance is used to determine their effects. Sliding speed, friction, and normal load all have an effect on how much dry sliding wear occurs. In addition, the least amount of wear is obtained by combining the four controlling parameters optimally.

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Nowadays, emerging noise pollution by external factors causes harmful diseases in human beings. The development of a bio-based filler or panel will help to eliminate some unwanted noise in working places and living rooms. This work aimed to develop an ecowaste fiber (leftover after harvesting)-based sound absorber and analyze its capabilities for sound absorption. The ecowaste fibers are collected by the gleaning process, i.e., the process of collecting leftovers from fields. The sound absorption capabilities of three natural fibers extracted from Eleusine coracana (Finger millet) straw, Desmostachya bipinnata (Darbha), and Typha domingensis (Ripe bulrush) plants are investigated in this study, both individually and in hybrid combinations. The sound absorption property mainly depends on factors such as porosity, flow resistivity, thickness, density, and tortuosity. Fiber length and fiber type play a significant role when fibers are arranged individually or in hybrid combinations. The stacking effect on the sound absorption coefficient of hybridized fiber arrangement was experimentally analyzed. The sound absorption coefficient (α) was found to be lower in the range of 1000 Hz–2500 Hz for all the combinations. As a homogenous fiber arrangement, the darbha fiber exhibited the better NRC (noise reduction coefficient) of 0.86 for 50 mm thickness among three different fibers and as a hybrid composition, ripe bulrush and darbha fibers exhibited NRC of 0.90 which is more capable of absorbing sound in the critical frequency range of 500 to 2000 Hz. These types of natural fiber fillers are highly capable of better sound absorbing and used in the applications such as classrooms, sound recording rooms, and theatres.

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