...Ali Hosseinzadeh; Guney Guven Yapici In the current work, multi-pass friction stir processing (FSP) was utilized to fabricate samples of fine-grained aluminum–zinc (AZ) magnesium alloy and its metal matrix composite (MMC). The microstructure and high-temperature tensile behavior of friction stir...

...; published online September 4, 2012. Assoc. Editor: Thomas Siegmund. 05 12 2011 01 08 2012 This paper aims to investigate the effect of fabrication processes on fatigue life enhancement of interference-fit pin-loaded glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) composites. In this experimental...

...S. Banerjee; K. A. Cook-Chennault Two-phase PZT-epoxy piezoelectric composites and three phase PZT-epoxy-Al composites were fabricated using a poling voltage of 0.2 kV/mm. The influence of aluminum inclusion size (nano and micron) and (lead zirconate titanate) PZT volume fraction on the dielectric...

...Valeria La Saponara; David A. Horsley; Wahyu Lestari The structural health monitoring of composite structures presents many challenges, ranging from sensors’ reliability and sensitivity to signal processing and a robust assessment of life to failure. In this research project, sensors constructed...

... 2009 05 05 2010 24 06 2010 24 06 2010 adhesives ageing curing elongation glass transition humidity moisture nanoparticles resins scanning electron microscopy composite environmental mechanical behavior nanotechnology Moisture is commonly encountered...

...K. A. Chowdhury; R. Talreja; A. A. Benzerga This paper presents results of a computational study focused on examining the role of manufacturing-induced voids in the initiation and growth of damage at the microstructural level in polymer matrix composites loaded in tension normal to fibers...

...Erik Marklund; Janis Varna; Lennart Wallström In tensile tests the flax/polypropylene composites clearly show nonlinear behavior in loading and hysteresis loops in unloading. In creep tests performed at different load levels the response was nonlinear viscoelastic, and after recovery, viscoplastic...

...Jason J. Cain; Nathan L. Post; John J. Lesko; Scott W. Case; Yin-Nian Lin; Judy S. Riffle; Paul E. Hess Structural composites are increasingly being utilized in many large naval and civil structures where it is vital that their long-term performance be predictable and their variability definable...

...Yong-Rak Kim; David H. Allen; Gary D. Seidel This paper presents a model for predicting the damage-induced mechanical response of particle-reinforced composites. The modeling includes the effects of matrix viscoelasticity and fracture, both within the matrix and along the boundaries between matrix...

... interface. 02 07 2004 01 02 2005 aluminium germanium silicon compounds particle reinforced composites composite material interfaces damping elastic constants internal friction vibrations crystal microstructure plasticity Damping Internal Friction Anelasticity Plasticity...

...- and macro-mechanical simulation models of continuously reinforced metal matrix composites are employed to investigate thermo-elasto-plasticity and creep in such experiments. The overall deflection behavior and the underlying mechanisms are identified revealing the interaction of various micromechanical...