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Micromechanical Analysis of Filamentary Metal Matrix Composites Under Longitudinal Loading
Karalekas, D
Manager, R & D, European Center of Advanced Technologies,

Gdoutos, EE
Professor, Democritus University of Thrace,

Daniel, IM
Professor, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, IL

Abstract

A two-material composite cylinder model (CCM) was considered for the study of the mechanical behavior at different temperatures of a fiber-reinforced silicon carbide/aluminum (SiC/Al) composite. An elastoplastic analysis of the model was performed in which the fiber was assumed to be linear elastic and the matrix elastoplastic with work-hardening. The analysis was based on the deformation theory of plasticity in conjunction with the von-Mises yield criterion. Experimental stress-strain curves of a SiC/Al composite were obtained at 24 and 288°C (75 and 550°F). The complete three-dimensional stress distribution in the composite using the CCM was determined. It was found that, in addition to longitudinal stresses, transverse stresses in both the fiber and the matrix were developed as a result of the different Poisson's ratios of the two materials. The transverse stresses, although much smaller than the longitudinal stresses, contributed to the plastic deformation of the matrix. The experimental stress-strain curves were favorably compared with the theoretical predictions.

Keywords:
metal-matrix composites, micromechanics, silicon carbide/aluminum, elastoplastic analysis, high-temperature behavior

Paper ID: CTR10222J
DOI: 10.1520/CTR10222J
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