Metal matrix composites

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2010, Pages 243-270

  Mortensen, Andreas ^a   Llorca, Javier ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ductility; fiber reinforced composites; layered materials; particle reinforced composites; stiffness; strength

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE-ELEMENT SIMULATION; COPPER MATRIX COMPOSITE; ELASTOPLASTIC MATERIALS; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; HIGH CONTRAST; LAYERED COMPOSITES; LAYERED MATERIAL; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROCELLULAR; NANO SCALE; NOVEL MATERIALS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; REINFORCED ALUMINUM; STRENGTH; WC-CO CERMETS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

CERAMIC FIBERS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; DUCTILITY; FIBER REINFORCED METALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LIGHT METALS; MATERIALS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; STIFFNESS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CERAMIC FIBERS; COMPOSITES; DUCTILITY; FIBERS; LIGHT METALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTIC; STIFFNESS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 77956992363     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104511     Document Type: Article

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