Progress in joining of advanced materials Part 2: Joining of metal matrix composites and joining of other advanced materials

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Çam ◽  
M. Koçak
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashish Kumar Srivastava ◽  
Amit Rai Dixit ◽  
Sandeep Tiwari

AbstractMetal matrix composites (MMCs) are the new-generation advanced materials that have excellent mechanical properties, such as high specific strength, strong hardness, and strong resistance to wear and corrosion. All these qualities make MMCs suitable material in the manufacture of automobiles and aircraft. The machining of these materials is still difficult due to the abrasive nature of the reinforced particles and hardness of MMCs. The conventional machining of MMCs results in high tool wear and slow removal of materials, thereby increasing the overall machining cost. The nonconventional machining of these materials, on the contrary, ensures much better performance. This paper reviews various research works on the development of MMCs and the subsequent hybrid composites and evaluates their performances. Further, it discusses the influence of the process parameters of conventional and nonconventional machining on the performance of MMCs. At the end, it identifies the research gaps and future scopes for further investigations in this field.


2019 ◽  
Vol 969 ◽  
pp. 846-851
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar Bodukuri ◽  
Kesha Eswaraiah ◽  
V. Pradeep

Hybrid metal matrix composites (HMMC) are advanced materials which are not simply depicting in improvement of mechanical properties but also on characteristics of machinability for thorny shapes to machine. Electric discharge machining (EDM) shows a potential technique for machining hybrid metal matrix composites. An investigation is done on hybrid metal matrix composite for response parameters like MRR, TWR by conducting a range of experiments with choosing typical process parameters such as peak current, tool lift, pulse-on time and pulse-off time.


Author(s):  
R. Levi-Setti ◽  
J.M. Chabala ◽  
W. Wolbach ◽  
K.K. Soni

Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), often in its non-imaging manifestation, is a powerful analytical technique that has found numerous applications in the semiconductor, geochemistry and organic chemistry industries. Given its strengths, which often complement those of traditional electron-probe-based analyses, it is surprising that SIMS has not found a larger clientele among Researchers studying engineered and biological materials. To illustrate the power of high-spatial-resolution SIMS for the investigation of advanced materials, we summarize a series of experiments examining the microstructure and microchemistry of alloys reinforced with ceramic fibers. The goals of this presentation are twofold: first, to notify the scientific community about the capabilities of imaging SIMS; and second, to elevate (hopefully) the study of metal-matrix composites via SIMS from an important but obscure engineering pursuit to a thriving profession. The principal advantages of the SIMS technique for this study are i) polished, bulk samples can be analyzed (i.e. thinning is not required); ii) the distribution of most elements and isotopes can be measured with submicrometer resolution; iii) the signal-to-noise is very good (essentially no background).


Author(s):  
M H Loretto

In general the microstructural assessment of advanced materials can be satisfactorily assessed using optical and scanning electron microscopy together with X-ray diffraction. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is used only when the scale and nature of the information which can be obtained from TEM is appropriate. The aim of the present article is to highlight some examples of the unique role that TEM has played in the field of structural materials. Four areas will be discussed: metal matrix composites; precipitation in Al-Li based alloys; rapid solidification; intermetallics.In the field of metal-matrix composites one of the most important aspects is nature of the bonding and interaction between the reinforcement and the matrix, and this is an area where the spatial resolution of analytical TEM is required in order to characterise any interaction. The recent work on Ti6A14V/TiC and Ti24All INb/TiC composites has illustrated this very clearly. Even after heat treatments of 50h at 1100°C the TiC appears to be unaffected as assessed by both optical and scanning electron microscopy. Only when TEM is used is it possible to see that there has been any interaction.


Author(s):  
A. Lawley ◽  
M. R. Pinnel ◽  
A. Pattnaik

As part of a broad program on composite materials, the role of the interface on the micromechanics of deformation of metal-matrix composites is being studied. The approach is to correlate elastic behavior, micro and macroyielding, flow, and fracture behavior with associated structural detail (dislocation substructure, fracture characteristics) and stress-state. This provides an understanding of the mode of deformation from an atomistic viewpoint; a critical evaluation can then be made of existing models of composite behavior based on continuum mechanics. This paper covers the electron microscopy (transmission, fractography, scanning microscopy) of two distinct forms of composite material: conventional fiber-reinforced (aluminum-stainless steel) and directionally solidified eutectic alloys (aluminum-copper). In the former, the interface is in the form of a compound and/or solid solution whereas in directionally solidified alloys, the interface consists of a precise crystallographic boundary between the two constituents of the eutectic.


Author(s):  
M. G. Burke ◽  
M. N. Gungor ◽  
P. K. Liaw

Aluminum-based metal matrix composites offer unique combinations of high specific strength and high stiffness. The improvement in strength and stiffness is related to the particulate reinforcement and the particular matrix alloy chosen. In this way, the metal matrix composite can be tailored for specific materials applications. The microstructural characterization of metal matrix composites is thus important in the development of these materials. In this study, the structure of a p/m 2014-SiC particulate metal matrix composite has been examined after extrusion and tensile deformation.Thin-foil specimens of the 2014-20 vol.% SiCp metal matrix composite were prepared by dimpling to approximately 35 μm prior to ion-milling using a Gatan Dual Ion Mill equipped with a cold stage. These samples were then examined in a Philips 400T TEM/STEM operated at 120 kV. Two material conditions were evaluated: after extrusion (80:1); and after tensile deformation at 250°C.


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