Composites particle-reinforced

Particle-reinforced composites can be classified as either small particle composites, in which the particles sometimes represent only a small volume fraction of the composite and interact on an atomic scale, or as large particle composite where the particles represent a significant volume fraction and operate on a macroscopic scale. 

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In aerospace appHcations, low density coupled with other desirable features, such as tailored thermal expansion and conductivity, high stiffness and strength, etc, ate the main drivers. Performance rather than cost is an important item. Inasmuch as continuous fiber-reinforced MMCs deUver superior performance to particle-reinforced composites, the former are ftequendy used in aerospace appHcations. In nonaerospace appHcations, cost and performance are important, ie, an optimum combination of these items is requited. It is thus understandable that particle-reinforced MMCs are increa singly finding appHcations in nonaerospace appHcations. 

E. Haque. Physicochemical interactions between montmorillonite and polymerizing systems Effect on particle-reinforced composites. PhD thesis. Rice Univ, 1986. 

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Toughening mechanisms in a/p-sialon composites are similar to those operative in second-phase particle reinforced composites, but, rather than the deliberate addition of a second phase, a/P-sialon composites are fabricated by simultaneous crystallisation of the two solid solutions a- and P-sialon from a eutectic composition liquid. This requires careful design of the starting composition which is usually located within the (a + P)-sialon region of the a-sialon plane as illustrated in Fig. 18.1. 

Figure 3. Tensile flow curves of pure aluminium matrix composites, reinforced with angular (A) and polygonal (P) alumina particles (see Fig. 2), of diameter given in pm by the legend of the curves. The 10 and 5 pm angular particle reinforced composites fail before tensile instability is reached.

Of these, the reinforcement system in a cmnposite material strongly determines the properties achievable in a composite. It is thus convenioit and common to classify composites according to the characteristics of the reinforcement. These can include the shape, size, orientation, composition, distribution, and manner of incorporation of the reinforcement. For the purposes of a discussion of biomedical composites, this results in two broad groups, namely, fiber-reinforced and particle-reinforced composites. Figure 12.2 shows further divisions within these groups. 

The particle-reinforced composites can be further classified into large-particle composites and dispersion-strengthened composites on the basis of particle size [23]. 

Particle reinforced composite systems can be either large particle or dispersion strengthened. If a composite is reinforced by large particles (larger than 0.1 [xm and equiaxed, which are harder and stiffer than the matrix), mechanical properties are dependent on volume fractions of both components and are enhanced by increase of particulate content. Concrete is a common large particle strengthened composite where both matrix and particulate phases are ceramic materials. 

Large particle reinforced composite systems are utilised with all three types of materials (metals, ceramics and polymers). Concrete is a common large particle strengthened composite where both matrix and particulate phases are ceramic materials. 

Wang J, Duan H L, Zhang Z and Huang Z P (2005) An anti-interpenetration model and connections between interphase and interface models in particle-reinforced composites, Int J Mech Sci 47 701-718. 

Wei P J and Huang Z P (2004) Dynamic effective properties of the particle-reinforced composites with the viscoelastic interphase, Int J Solids Struct 41 6993-7007. 

Composites discusses uses for gels as matrices for fiber-, whisker-, or particle-reinforced composites and as hosts for organic, ceramic, or metallic phases. 

Kireitseu, M.V., Bochkareva, L.V., Tomhnson, G.R., 2008. Computational simulation of stress-deformation in nano-particle reinforced composite materials. Journal of Materials Science Materials Electron 19, 349—356. 

Li, S., Yiming, W., Zhuping, H., Jianxiang, W., 2004. Interface effect on the effective bulk modulus of a particle-reinforced composite. Acta Mechanica 20 (6). 

Tsai, J.L., Hsiao, H., Cheng, Y.L., 2010. Investigating mechanical behaviours of silica nano-particle reinforced composites. Journal of Computer Material 44 (4). 

There are three basic types of engineered composites (1) laminates, (2) particle-reinforced composites, and (3) fiber-reinforced composites. In particle-reinforced composites, one can make the distinction between small (submicron) particle composites, where the particles are incorporated in the microstructure, vs. large particle composites, where the particles themselves actually do the work or carry the load. The reinforcing fibers can be discontinuous or continuous. The fibers in discontinuous fiber-reinforced composites can be randomly oriented to provide isotropic properties or aligned to enhance a specific property in a specific direction. Continuous fiber composites are generally designed for their unidirectional properties but can be crisscrossed to obtain multidirectional property enhancement such as in a filament-woimd pressure container. All possible permutations of metal, ceramic, and pol)uner are foimd in the laminated as well as in the reinforced composites. 

Upper and lower bounds of the performance of a particle-reinforced composite set by the rule of mixtures. In this illustration the strength of the fiber is five times the matrix. The dashed line in the middle is the estimated performance of a randomly oriented discontinuous fibers (1/3 aligned with the applied stress, 2/3 normal to the applied stress). 

Both nature and man have made extensive use of composite materials in which two or more different materials are joined in such a manner that they maintain their identity but work together to add their strengths and decrease their weaknesses. Composites can be classified into three categories (1) Laminates, in which sheets of different materials are laminated together (2) particle-reinforced composites, in which particles of one material are imbedded in a matrix of a second material and (3) fiber-reinforced composites, in which fibers of one material are encapsulated in a matrix of a second material. Particle-reinforced composites can be subdivided into small particle composites, where the particles are incorporated into the microstructure, such as dispersion-hardened alloys, and large particle composites, where the matrix simply supports the particles. Fiber-reinforced composites may have continuous versus discontinuous fibers and aligned versus randomly oriented fibers, which can provide anisotropic versus isotropic properties. Composites combine all combinations of metals, ceramics, and polymers into MMCs, where a metal... 

Cite the difference in strengthening mechanism for large-particle and dispersion-strengthened particle-reinforced composites. 

Thus, E i is equal to the volume-fraction weighted average of the moduh of elasticity of the fiber and matrix phases. Other properties, ineluding density, also have this dependenee on volume fractions. Equation 16.10a is the fiber analogue of Equation 16.1, the upper boimd for particle-reinforced composites. 

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