Study of particle-matrix interaction in Al/AlB2 composite via nanoindentation

Materials Characterization

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Melgarejo, Z H ^a   Resto, P J ^a   Stone, D S ^a   Suarez O M ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aluminum matrix composites (AMCs); Dislocations; Functionally graded materials (FGM); Nanoindentation; Strain gradient plasticity (SGP)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DIBORIDE; ALUMINUM MATRIX; ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITES; ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITES (AMCS); CRITICAL FACTORS; DIBORIDES; DISLOCATIONS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; NANOINDENTATION EXPERIMENTS; PARTICLE-MATRIX INTERACTIONS; PER UNIT; SIZE DEPENDENCE; STRAIN-GRADIENT PLASTICITY;

ALUMINUM; BORIDES; CRACK INITIATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; PLASTICITY; WEAR RESISTANCE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 74449093731     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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