The high-cycle fatigue and fracture behavior of a copper-niobium microcomposite
- Univ. of Akron, OH (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- OGM Americas, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
Niobium particle-reinforced dispersion strengthened copper composite has shown the promise of being the candidate material for applications requiring high strength, high thermal and electrical conductivities and resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. In this paper, the results of a study on the high-cycle fatigue and final fracture behavior of a microcomposite based on an oxide dispersion strengthened copper matrix is presented and discussed. Specimens of both the composite and the unreinforced counterpart were cyclically deformed, over a range of stress amplitudes, at both ambient and elevated temperatures. Increase in test temperature was found to have a detrimental influence on the cyclic fatigue life of the copper-niobium microcomposite. Temperature was found to have little influence on the cyclic fatigue life of the unreinforced dispersion strengthened microstructure. For both the unreinforced and reinforced materials macroscopic fracture was reminiscent of brittle fracture over the entire range of stress amplitudes. However, on a microscopic scale cyclic fracture revealed features reminiscent of locally brittle and ductile mechanisms. The cyclic fatigue and final fracture behavior of the composite are discussed in light of the mutually interactive influences of intrinsic composite microstructural effects, stress amplitude and test temperature.
- OSTI ID:
- 293106
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970980--; ISBN 0-87339-382-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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