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Analysis of creep behavior of SiC/Al metal matrix composites based on a generalized shear-lag model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2004

Ho J. Ryu ,
Kyung H. Chung ,
Seung I. Cha  and
Soon H. Hong
Ho J. Ryu
Affiliation:
Dry Process Fuel Technology Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 305-353, Korea
Kyung H. Chung
Affiliation:
College of Engineering, University of California—Davis, Davis, California 95616
Seung I. Cha
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon 305-701, Korea
Soon H. Hong*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon 305-701, Korea
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author.e-mail: shhong@kaist.ac.kr
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Abstract

The creep behaviors of 20 vol% SiCw/2124Al, extruded with different ratios, and SiCp/2124Al, reinforced with 10–30 vol% SiC particles, were investigated to clarify the effects of aspect ratio, alignment, and volume fraction of reinforcement on creep deformation. The effective stresses on the matrix of SiC/Al composites are calculated based on the generalized shear-lag model. The minimum creep rates of SiCw/2124Al extruded with different ratios and SiCp/2124Al reinforced with different volume fractions of SiC particles are found to be similar under a same effective stress on matrix, which is calculated by the generalized shear-lag model. The subgrain sizes in matrices of crept SiC/Al composites are dependent on the effective stress on matrix but not on the applied stress on the composite. It is suggested that the role of SiC reinforcements is to increase the creep resistance of SiC/Al composite by reducing the effective stress on matrix.

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CompositeMechanical propertiesStress/strain relationship
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 19 , Issue 12 , December 2004 , pp. 3633 - 3640
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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