Damage accumulation during cyclic loading of a continuous alumina fibre reinforced aluminium composite

• Published in: Scripta Materialia, vol. 53, num. 10, p. 1111-1115
• Publication date: 2005

Fibres fracture gradually during the fatigue cycling of continuous alumina fibre reinforced aluminium. The number of fibre breaks increases linearly with the logarithmic cycle number, depends on the maximum stress and the stress ratio, and agrees with published data for the fatigue of bare fibres. (c) 2005 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Note: Empa Mat Sci & Technol, Lab Mat Technol Thun, Thun, Switzerland. EPFL, Lab Mech Met, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Keywords: alummium ; fatigue ; fracture ; fibers ; metal matrix composites MMC ; Titanium matrix composites ; fatigue-crack growth ; ceramic fibers ; behavior ; metal ; tensile ; life

Reference

• LMM-ARTICLE-2005-007
• doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.07.024
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