Low-cycle impact fatigue of SiC{sub W}/7475Al composite
- Nanchang Univ. (China). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Important uses in the future for metal-matrix composites are in aerospace, weaponry, and high-speed power plants in which the inertial force produced by great acceleration is a load of high strain rate. Therefore close attention is given to the mechanical behavior of a composite at high strain rates. This paper reports a study of the behavior and mechanisms of a SiC{sub w}/7475 composite in low-cycle impact fatigue (LCIF). The LCIF and impact tension tests were conducted by using the push-pull impact fatigue apparatus developed by the authors, in which the loading assembly was actually a combination of a Hopkinson`s pressure bar and an extension bar. In the apparatus the trapezoidal stress wave loads were produced. The strain rates in specimens may reach 400 s{sup {minus}1}. The results show that for a SiC{sub w}/7475 composite, the strain-rate effects on yield stress, ductility, cyclic hardening and softening, {Delta}{epsilon}{sub e}/2 {minus} N{sub f} relation, and transition life were slight. In low-cycle impact fatigue the cracks often initiated within or near the SiC particles, which mingled in the composite. The SiC{sub w}/7475 composite was found to be less ductile than its alloy matrix; in low-cycle fatigue brittleness appears. Therefore great attention must be given to the behavior of the composite when it is used as a structural material.
- OSTI ID:
- 669816
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 7, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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