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Superplasticity in a silicon carbide whisker reinforced aluminum alloy
Mu Yeh Wu,Oleg D. Sherby +1 more
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In this article, a silicon carbide whisker-reinforced aluminum alloy (20% SiC fibers in 2024 aluminum) is shown to exhibit tensile ductilities in the order of 300% when deformed under thermal cycling conditions (100 ⇇ 450° C ) and at low stresses ( σ ⋍ 20 MPa ).About:
This article is published in Scripta Metallurgica.The article was published on 1984-08-01. It has received 114 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Superplasticity & Temperature cycling.read more
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Superplasticity—Recent advances and future directions
Oleg D. Sherby,Jeffrey Wadsworth +1 more
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Five-power-law creep in single phase metals and alloys
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The processing of metal matrix composites — an overview
TL;DR: In this paper, the mature situation for polymer matrix composites (PMCs) is discussed, and the main text is devoted to the variety of routes available for processing MMCs.
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Superelastic behaviour of a fine-grained, yttria-stabilized, tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP)
T.G. Nieh,Jeffrey Wadsworth +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the microstructure and deformation characteristics of a fine-grained superelastic yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) have been investigated.
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Discontinuously-reinforced aluminum matrix composites
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature relating to aluminum matrix composites reinforced by ceramic particles, short fibers or whiskers is presented with respect to their nature, morphology and mechanical behavior.
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Microstructure of fiber and particulate SiC in 6061 Al composites
R.J. Arsenault,R.M. Fisher +1 more
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Creep rupture of a silicon carbide reinforced aluminum composite
TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructure, texture, and whisker orientations in 6061 Al-20 wt pct SiC whisker composites have been examined using transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction.