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Title: Intermetallic matrix composites

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5853897
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (US)
  2. Rockwell International Science Center, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
  3. Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH (US)
  4. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (US)

This book presents a symposium on the complex processing-microstructure-property relationships in intermetallic matrix composite materials. It may appear to the reader that some of the work reported in this volume does not bear on this question, but it should be remembered that intermetallic compounds have properties similar to both ceramics (at low temperatures) and metals (at high temperatures). Thus the techniques for toughening brittle matrix composites at ambient temperatures as well as those for strengthening ductile matrix composites at elevated temperatures need to be applied to the intermetallic situation. For this reason, the session on microstructure-based modeling of the behavior of intermetallic matrix composites drew heavily on ceramic and metal matrix experience. The session discussing processing was also a mix of ceramic and metallurgical approaches, while stressing novel methods particular to composite microstructures. Thermodynamic compatibility and conventional microstructure-mechanical property studies make up the bulk of the papers as they address a large deficiency in our understanding in this important area.

OSTI ID:
5853897
Report Number(s):
CONF-900466-; ISBN: 1-55899-083-6
Resource Relation:
Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), San Francisco, CA (USA), 16-21 Apr 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English