Analysis of active cooling through nickel coated carbon fibers in the solidification processing of aluminum matrix composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 916-925

  Gupta, Nikhil ^a   Nguyen, Nguyen Q ^b   Rohatgi, Pradeep K ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Metal matrix composites (MMCs); B. Interface interphase; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); E. Casting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COOLING; ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITES; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; E. CASTING; FIBER REINFORCED ALUMINUM; FLUX GRADIENTS; INTERFACE/INTERPHASES; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRESS; LIQUID MELT; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; MULTI-PHYSICS ANALYSIS; NICKEL-COATED CARBON FIBER; SOLIDIFICATION MICROSTRUCTURES; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING; STRESS GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VONMISES STRESS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON FIBERS; COATINGS; COOLING; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; METAL ANALYSIS; NICKEL; NICKEL COATINGS; NICKEL PLATING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SHEAR STRESS; SOLIDIFICATION; SPINNING (FIBERS); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79954437562     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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