Fabrication and mechanical characterization of a series of plastic Zr-based bulk metallic glass matrix composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3966-3971

  Qiao, J W ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Chen, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Composites; Fracture; Glasses; Mechanical

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BULK METALLIC GLASS MATRIX COMPOSITE; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSIVE FRACTURE; COOLING RATES; FRACTOGRAPHS; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PLASTIC STRAIN; PSEUDOTERNARY PHASE DIAGRAMS; YIELDING STRENGTH; ZR BASED BULK METALLIC GLASS;

COOLING; FRACTURE; GLASS; LIQUID METALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; ZIRCONIUM;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 67649392249     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.05.036     Document Type: Article

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