FIBER-REINFORCED METALS AND ALLOYS.

Abstract

The current investigations indicate that the short, discontinuous aligned fibers in a composite only a fraction of the fiber strength is realized. The concentration of fibers at which point the strength of the composite levels off depends upon the fiber diameter. The ductile-brittle transition found in silver-steel composites were also found in tungsten-silver composites. The fracture mode--whether matrix failure or fiber failure--appears to be related to the degree of strengthening attainable. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 14, 1964
Accession Number
AD0604190

Entities

People

  • L. E. Murphy
  • N. M. Parikh

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Diameters
  • Ductile Brittle Transition
  • Metals
  • Transitions
  • Tungsten

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Reinforced Composite Materials