Significance Of Aluminium Alloys In Automobile Engine Components: A Review

Now-a-days the automobile manufacturers are continuously trying to reduce the automobile weight and increase the vehicle performance. Aluminium, in today’s world, is widely used in manufacturing of automobile components. In this paper, Aluminium and its alloys and their application in automobile engine components such as Engine block, piston and connecting rod is studied. Also a comparative study of aluminium with other materials used for manufacturing in automobile sector has been made. This study is very useful to design engineers for understanding the significance of aluminium and its alloys for manufacturing automobile component in the industry.