Increasing the strength/toughness combination of high volume fraction particulate metal matrix composites using an Al-Ag matrix alloy

• Main Authors: Miserez, Ali, Müller, Randoald, Mortensen, Andreas
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102020; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18888
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ceramic reinforced metals, despite superior properties such as specific stiffness, are often considered as too brittle for structural applications. We show that despite a high ceramic particle content (60 vol.%), aluminium matrix composites can be made to exhibit a fracture toughness matching that o...