A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Stirrer Design in the Stir Casting Route to Produce Metal Matrix Composites

Table 5

Summarized literature reviews of statistical and numerical contributions.

SN	References	Approaches	Matrix		Mechanical properties
			Metal or alloys	Reinforcement	Tensile strength, megapascal		Hardness
					Before	After	Before	After
1	[52]	Taguchi experimental technique	99.5% pure aluminum	Fly ash	77	106	19	35 BHN
2	[53]	The design of the experiment (Doe) using Taguchi’s approach	Al 356	Al2O3	120	NA	59	42 to 55 VHN
3	[51]	Grey Taguchi method and finite element analysis using ANSYS 14.5 fluent-CFD	Al 7075	B4C fly ash	114	NA	127	85–95 BHN

NA: not available.