High strain rate superplasticity of AlN particulate reinforced aluminium alloy composites

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0956-716X(94)90290-9· OSTI ID:7028298

Imai, T ^[1]; L'Esperance, G; Hong, B D ^[2]

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1. National Industrial Research Inst. of Nagoya (Japan)
2. Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

Ceramic whisker or particulate reinforced aluminium alloy composites have a great potential for automobile engineering components, aerospace structures, semi-conductor packaging and so on, because of the composites ability to exhibit a high specific elastic modulus and specific tensile strength, excellent wear resistance and heat resistance, low thermal expansion and good dimensional stability. A serious problem involving practical application of ceramic whisker or particulate reinforced aluminium alloy composites is due to the low tensile ductility, fracture toughness at room temperature and, also, their hardness qualities that make it difficult to deform by conventional forming processing and machining by ordinary tools. It has been found, however, that aluminium alloy composites reinforced by SiC or Si[sub 3]N[sub 4] whiskers or particulates produce superplasticity at a high strain rate of about 0.1s[sup [minus]1]. Superplastic deformation mechanisms of the ceramic whisker or particulate reinforced aluminium alloy composites are fine grain boundary sliding, interfacial sliding at a liquid phase and dynamic recrystallization. An AlN particulate reinforced aluminium alloy composite exhibits a high elastic modulus and a high thermal conductivity, and their thermal expansion is similar to silicon in that the AlN particulate reinforced aluminum alloy composite is expected to apply to semi-conductor packaging in the aerospace structure. In addition, if the composite could produce superplasticity at high strain rates, the market of aerospace application for superplastic composites could be expanded. The purpose of this study is to make clear if an AlN particulate reinforced aluminium alloy composite can produce superplasticity at high strain rate and the superplastic characteristics.

• OSTI ID: 7028298
• Journal Information: Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States), Vol. 31:3; ISSN 0956-716X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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