金属基复合材料凝固界面颗粒行为的研究进展

综述了凝固界面与异相颗粒相互作用的理论模型及实验验证状况，并介绍了利用金属基复合材料进行研究的新进展。     

颗粒增强金属基复合材料凝固理论研究进展

分析了颗粒增强金属基复合材料凝固过程的特点，分析评述了复合材料凝固过程中增强颗粒对基体金属凝固特性的影响和增强颗粒与基体金属固／液界面之间相互作用这两个方面的研究进展。     

三维针刺C/SiC复合材料显微结构演变分析

以三维针刺碳毡作为预制体,采用树脂浸渍-热解工艺制备C/C多孔体,然后采用反应熔体浸渍法(Reactive melt infiltration,RMI)对C/C多孔体分别浸渗Si和Si-Mo合金制备C/SiC复合材料。首先研究了C/C多孔体制备过程中的显微结构演变。结果表明,浸渍过程中树脂主要填充在纤维束内小孔隙中,热解后裂纹增多,生成网格状C/C亚结构单元;高温热处理使C/C复合材料裂纹进一步扩展,石墨化度提高,束内闭气孔打开,从而为RMI渗Si提供通道。然后对C/C多孔体分别渗Si和Si-Mo合金所得材料的物相组成和显微结构进行对比分析。发现纯Si浸渗得到的复合材料残余Si较多,束内纤维受损严重;而浸渗Si-Mo合金可以减少残余Si含量,束内纤维受损轻微,仍保持着完整的C/C亚结构单元。     

连续SiC纤维增强金属基复合材料研究进展

SiC纤维增强金属基复合材料具有高的比强度、比刚度、耐腐蚀、耐高温等优异的综合性能,在实际应用中具有广阔的前景。本文主要总结了SiC纤维增强金属基复合材料的研究进展,分别阐述了SiC纤维增强铝基、钛基、铜基、镍基复合材料存在的问题、解决办法及应用现状。最后指出了限制复合材料实际应用的几点因素,包括:成本问题、界面问题、各向异性以及缺少质量检测评估体系。     

颗粒增强金属基复合材料的快速凝固制备方法及其特点

简述了几种主要的非快速凝固方法制备颗粒增强金属基复合材料所存在的主要问题，介绍了这种材料的快速凝固制备工艺方法，研究的概况及其特点。     

挤压铸造短纤维增强金属基复合材料浸渗过程分析

在分析挤压铸造金属基复合材料浸渗条件的基础上，建立了液态金属在短纤维预制件中的浸渗和压力分布模型，计算结果表明：（１）当外加压力不足以使短纤维预制件产生变形之前，其浸渗距离和浸渍前端的压力分别为：Ｘｆ＝１－Ｆ／１－Ｖ＇ｆ∫＾ｔ０ｕｄｔ和Ｐｓ＝μｕ／Ｋ＇０·１－Ｆ／１－Ｖ＇ｆ∫＾ｔ０ｕｄｔ－４Ｖｆ０γｃｏｓθ／ｄｆ（１－Ｖｆ１０）（２）当外加压力使短纤维预制件产生变形之后，其浸渗距离和浸渗前端的压力     

碳纤维增强Al-4.5Cu复合材料的凝固组织、偏析及性能的研究

铸造金属基复合材料的凝固决定着材料的机械性能.本文中研究了凝固冷却速率对CF/Al-4.5Cu复合材料的显微组织、偏析及机械性能的影响.实验结果表明,挤压铸造CF/Al-4.5Cu复合材料凝固过程中,α-Al相首先在纤维间隙中开始形核,并逐渐向纤维表面生长,而共晶θ-Al₂Cu相依附CF表面形核并长大.随着凝固冷却速率的降低,θ相的形态从块状转变为颗粒状,析出量逐渐减少,Cu元素显微偏析逐渐降低,复合材料的抗弯强度逐渐提高.另外,CF/Al-4.5Cu复合材料由于其强的界面结合力,其断裂特征为脆性断裂,断口形貌表现为平切型.     

SiCf/SiC复合材料的制备与力学性能

分别采用先驱体裂解-热压和先驱体浸渍-裂解方法制备出了SiCf/SiC复合材料.重点探讨了不同制备工艺对复合材料纤维/基体间界面和断裂行为的影响.研究表明,采用先驱体裂解-热压工艺制备复合材料时,虽然烧结液相可以促进复合材料的致密化,但其同时导致纤维与基体间的界面结合强以及纤维本身性能的退化,因此复合材料表现为脆性断裂,具有较低的力学性能.而采用先驱体浸渍-裂解法制备复合材料时,由于致密化温度较低,复合材料中纤维与基体的界面结合较弱,而且纤维的性能保留率较高,因此,纤维能够较好地发挥补强增韧作用,复合材料具有较好的力学性能,其抗弯强度和断裂韧性分别为703.6MPa和23.1Pa.m1/2.     

铸造金属基复合材料新进展

本文介绍了制造金属基复合材料的压力铸造方法及应严格控制的工艺参数。比较了金属基复合材料与基体合金的铸造性能、机械性能及使用性能等方面的特点,并总结了铝、镁、铜、锌、钛等金属基复合材料在几个领域中的应用情况。     

SiC 颗粒增强金属基复合材料弹性模量与界面结合状况关系研究

通过比较SiC_P/1100A l 和SiC_P/7075A l 两种复合材料的界面状况和弹性变形特点发现:两种复合材料界面结合状况的不同导致材料弹性模量相差较大, 界面把载荷从基体传递到增强体是复合材料弹性变形阶段的重要强化机制, 而且强化机制的作用发挥取决于基体与增强体之间的界面结合力。      

High-speed turning experiments on metal matrix composites

The hard abrasive ceramic component which increases the mechanical characteristics of metal matrix composites (MMC) causes quick wear and premature tool failure in the machining operations. The aim of the paper is to compare the behaviour of high rake angle carbide tools with their diamond coated versions in high-speed machining of an Al₂O₃Al 6061 MMC. The influence of the cutting parameters, in particular cutting feed and speed, on tool wear and surface finish has been investigated. The higher abrasion resistance of the coatings results in increased tool life performances and different chip formation mechanisms.     

Study on stress evolution in SiC particles during crack propagation in cast hybrid metal matrix composites using Raman spectroscopy

The evolution of stress in the SiC particles during crack propagation under monotonic loading in a cast hybrid MMC was investigated by micro Raman spectroscopy. The experiment was carried out in situ in the Raman spectroscopy. Experimental results showed that cracks due to monotonic loading propagated by the debonding of the particle/matrix interface and particle fracture. Secondary cracks those formed in front of the main crack tip coalesced with the main crack in subsequent loading and final failure occurred. A high decrease in stress (several hundreds in MPa) was observed with the interfacial debonding at the interface and with the particle fracture on the particle. Moreover, the critical tensile stresses for particle–matrix interface debonding and particle fracture developed in hybrid MMC were also estimated during the crack propagation.     

Prediction and control of surface roughness for the milling of Al/SiC metal matrix composites based on neural networks

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the utilization of Al/SiC particulate composite materials in engineering fields, and the demand for accurate machining of such composite materials has grown accordingly. In this paper, a feed-forward multi-layered artificial neural network (ANN) roughness prediction model, using the Levenberg-Marquardt backpropagation training algorithm, is proposed to investigate the mathematical relationship between cutting parameters and average surface roughness during milling Al/SiC particulate composite materials. Milling experiments were conducted on a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine with polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools to acquire data for training the ANN roughness prediction model. Four cutting parameters were considered in these experiments: cutting speed, depth of cut, feed rate, and volume fraction of SiC. These parameters were also used as inputs for the ANN roughness prediction model. The output of the model was the average surface roughness of the machined workpiece. A successfully trained ANN roughness prediction model could predict the corresponding average surface roughness based on given cutting parameters, with a 2.08% mean relative error. Moreover, a roughness control model that could accurately determine the corresponding cutting parameters for a specific desired roughness with a 2.91% mean relative error was developed based on the ANN roughness prediction model. Finally, a more reliable and readable analysis of the influence of each parameter on roughness or the interaction between different parameters was conducted with the help of the ANN prediction model.The full text can be downloaded at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40436-020-00326-x     

Thermal conductivity of graphite flakes–SiC particles/metal composites

A new family of high thermal conductivity composites, produced through infiltration of a metallic alloy into preforms of mixtures of graphite flakes and either ceramic or carbon materials (in the form of particles or short fibers), has been recently developed. Composites microstructure roughly consists of alternating layers of flakes and metal-particles composite. The present work focuses on graphite flakes–SiC particles/Al–12 wt%Si composites. The effects that the relative amounts of the components, as well as the average diameter of SiC particles (varied over the range 13–170 μm), have on the thermal conductivity are investigated. The experimental results are analyzed by means of two model microstructures: (i) alternating layers of flakes and metal-particle composite, and, (ii) oriented discs (graphite flakes) randomly distributed in a metal-particle composite matrix. Fitting experimental data by means of these model microstructures leads to reasonable values of the thermal conductivity of graphite flakes along the transversal and longitudinal directions.     

Investigation on diffusion bonding characteristics of SiC particulate reinforced aluminium metal matrix composites (Al/SiCp-MMC)

Joining characteristics of SiC particulate reinforced aluminium metal matrix composites (Al/SiC_p-MMC) were investigated by vacuum diffusion bonding process. The joining performances of the similar and dissimilar composites were studied, and the influences of SiC_p volume percentage and the insert alloy layer on bonding quality and properties of the bonded joints were also estimated. The experimental results indicate that the strength of vacuum diffusion bonded joints decreases with increasing SiC_p volume percentage, and obtaining satisfactory bonding quality in the diffusion bonded joints of the dissimilar Al/SiC_p-MMC is much more difficult than that of the similar Al/SiC_p-MMC. Moreover, the results still manifest that the diffusion bonding either for the similar or for the dissimilar Al/SiC_p-MMC, the suitable insert alloy layer can improve evidently the joining quality of joints, and the strength of diffusion bonded joints corresponding to using the insert alloy layer is apparently higher than that of no insert layer.     

Load partitioning during creep of powder metallurgy metal matrix composites and Shear-Lag model predictions

It was shown in a previous work that the load transfer mechanism plays a relevant role during the high temperature deformation of discontinuously reinforced metal matrix composites, MMCs. This idea emerged from the comparison of the creep data of a powder metallurgy, PM, 6061Al–15vol%SiC_w composite and the corresponding un-reinforced 6061Al alloy. The idea was further supported by a qualitative analysis of the creep data of MMCs from a number of investigations reported in the literature, particularly of PM composites. In the present work a quantitative and more thorough study of the creep data of these PM composites is presented. Specifically, a well-known Shear-Lag model is used to compare the composites creep strength increment and the predicted load transferred to the reinforcement. These new results sustain more thoroughly the relevance of the load transfer mechanism during creep of MMCs.     

Fracture toughness of microsphere Al2O3–Al particulate metal matrix composites

The fracture toughness and behaviour of COMRAL-85^TM, a 6061 aluminium–magnesium–silicon alloy reinforced with 20 vol% Al₂O₃-based polycrystalline ceramic microspheres, and manufactured by a liquid metallurgy route, have been investigated. Fracture toughness tests were performed using short rod and short bar (chevron-notch) specimens machined from extruded 19 mm diameter rod, heat treated to the T6 condition. The fracture toughness in the R–L orientation was found to be lower than in the C–R or L–R orientations owing to the presence of particle-free bands in the extrusion direction. Short rod tests were also conducted for the R–L orientation on six powder metallurgy composites with particle volume fractions ranging between 5% and 30%. It was found that the fracture toughness decreased progressively with particle volume fraction, but at a decreasing rate. A detailed examination of the fracture behaviour was made for both the liquid metallurgy and powder metallurgy processed composites.     

High cycle fatigue behaviour of microsphere Al2O3–Al particulate metal matrix composites

The high-cycle stress-life (S–N) curve and fatigue crack growth threshold (ΔK_th) behaviour of COMRAL-85^TM, a 6061 aluminium–magnesium–silicon alloy reinforced with 20 vol.% Al₂O₃-based polycrystalline ceramic microspheres, and manufactured by a liquid metallurgy route, have been investigated for a stress ratio of R = −1 (fully reversed loading). Fatigue testing was conducted on both smooth round bar (S–N) specimens and notched round bar (fatigue threshold) specimens. Unreinforced Al 6061-T6 also processed by a liquid metallurgy route and six powder metallurgy processed composites with particle volume fractions ranging between 5% and 30% were also studied. S–N data revealed that the powder metallurgy processed composites generally gave longer fatigue lives than the matrix alloy, whereas COMRAL-85^TM exhibited a reduced fatigue life. The fatigue threshold results were very similar for all the composites, being lower than for Al 6061-T6. Fatigue failure mechanisms were determined from examination of the fracture surfaces and the crack profiles.     

三维网络Al2O3增强球墨铸铁基复合材料摩擦磨损性能

采用SRV摩擦磨损试验机研究了球墨铸铁及三维网络Al₂O₃增强球墨铸铁基复合材料的干摩擦磨损性能, 测量了球墨铸铁和复合材料在不同摩擦频率及载荷下的摩擦系数和磨损率; 用扫描电镜观察磨损表面形貌, 并分析了三维网络Al₂O₃对复合材料磨损机制的影响。结果表明: 陶瓷与金属基体之间具有良好界面结合的三维网络Al₂O₃/球墨鋳铁复合材料, 其摩擦系数随载荷和摩擦频率的变化保持稳定; 复合材料的耐磨性能远优于球墨铸铁, 而且随着摩擦频率和载荷的增加, 复合材料的抗磨损性能明显提高。这是由于复合材料中陶瓷与金属相之间三维空间结构和良好的界面结合有利于摩擦载荷的传递; 金属基体中的石墨减摩作用保持摩擦系数的稳定; 三维陶瓷骨架在磨损表面形成硬的微突体并起承载作用, 制约了基体的塑性变形和高温软化, 有利于磨损表面氧化膜的留存。