Tailoring the Microstructure of a Metal-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite
Author:
Sbaizero O.1, Pezzotti G.2
Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 2. Department of Materials, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
Abstract
Alumina matrix was prepared with varying amounts of metal molybdenum particles of two different grain sizes. R-curves were determined during stable crack propagation and a piezo-spectroscopic technique was used to assess the bridging stresses developed along the crack wake (at the metal/matrix interface) at the critical condition for crack propagation. In both kinds of composites, the toughness monotonically increases with the amount of molybdenum added. In addition, bridging stress and therefore toughness were higher when coarser particles were present. The theoretical R-curves calculated from the discrete (microscopic) bridging stress distribution obtained by in situ Raman spectroscopy were in good agreement with the experimental data. [S0094-4289(00)02003-X]
Publisher
ASME International
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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