Effect of silicon carbide volume fraction on the work hardening behaviour of thermomechanically processed aluminium-based metal-matrix composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-112

  Manoharan, M ^a   Gupta, M ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Metal matrix composites (MMCs); B. Fracture; Deformation modelling

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REINFORCEMENT; SILICON CARBIDE; STRAIN HARDENING; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONTINUUM MODEL;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032786289     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(98)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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