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Tensile, fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth rate properties of silicon carbide whisker and particulate reinforced aluminum metal matrix composites

W.A. Logsdon, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1986 - 
- Vol. 24, Iss: 5, pp 737-751
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In this article, the authors developed a succinct, structural reliability prediction capability that could be easily applied by design engineers to structures manufactured from these metal matrix composites and examined initial methods whereby the ductility, fracture toughness and crack growth resistance of these materials might be improved.
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This article is published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics.The article was published on 1986-01-01. It has received 180 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental stress fracture & Fracture toughness.

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Particle reinforced aluminium and magnesium matrix composites

TL;DR: In this article, the current status of particle reinforced metal matrix composites is reviewed and the different types of reinforcement being used, together with the alternative processing methods, are discussed, and different factors have to be taken into consideration to produce a high quality billet.
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An experimental and numerical study of deformation in metal-ceramic composites

TL;DR: In this article, the deformation characteristics of ceramic whisker- and particulate-reinforced metal-matrix composites were studied experimentally and numerically with the objective of investigating the dependence of tensile properties on the matrix microstructure and on the size, shape, and distribution of the reinforcement phase.
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Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comprehensive, critical review of the mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys and some closely related topics, including thermodynamics and kinetics.
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Effects of matrix microstructure and particle distribution on fracture of an aluminum metal matrix composite

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of a study on the effects of matrix microstructure and particle distribution on the fracture of an aluminum alloy metal matrix composite containing 20% by volume SiC particulate were presented.
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The Significance of Fatigue Crack Closure

TL;DR: Al alloy sheet fatigue crack closure under cyclic tensile loading, deriving expression for crack propagation rate in terms of effective stress amplitude as discussed by the authors, was derived for the first time in the literature.
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Oxide-Induced Crack Closure: An Explanation for Near-Threshold Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior

TL;DR: The concept of oxide-induced crack closure is utilized to explain the role of gaseous and aqueous environments on corrosion fatigue crack propagation at ultralow, near-threshold growth rates in bainitic and martensitic 2 1/4 Cr-1 Mo pressure vessel steels as mentioned in this paper.
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Review and extension of compliance information for common crack growth specimens

TL;DR: In this paper, compliance expressions for compact type (CT) and WOL specimens have been formulated for a wide range of crack lengths (0.2⩽a/W ⩽ 0.975) using results from Newman's modified boundary collection techniques and Wilson's deep crack analysis.
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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.
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