Fracture strength and damage progression of the fiber/matrix interfaces in titanium-based MMCs with different interfacial layers

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-339

  Shaw, Leon L ^a   Karpur, Prasanna ^b   Matikas, Theodore E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

A. metal matrix composites (MMCs); B. interface interphase; C. finite element analysis (FEA); D. ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRESS ANALYSIS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

DAMAGE PROGRESSION; NON-MONOTONIC STRESS DEPENDENCE;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031622915     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(96)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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