A novel metal matrix composite CrMnFeCoNi with Y₂O₃ as reinforcement phase was designed and manufactured by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. After sintering at 900 °C for 5 min, the microstructure consisted of a FCC matrix and Y₂O₃ nanoparticles. The addition of 0.25 wt % Y₂O₃ increased the room temperature tensile strength of the CrMnFeCoNi base from 868 MPa to 1001 MPa, while t...

The heat treatments have been designed to vary the matrix microstructure in P/M processed SiC reinforced 7xxx Aluminum alloys to determine the effects of matrix microstructure, interface behavior on the mechanical properties. Smooth tensile, notched bend tests were performed. The results conclude that the clustered regions have been observed as preferred initiation sites in both tensile and not...

The nonlinear cohesive law derived from the weak van der Waals force for carbon nanotube/polymer interfaces is incorporated in present study of CNT-reinforced composites. Carbon nanotubes can indeed improve the mechanical behavior of composite at the small strain, but such improvement disappears at relatively large strain because the completely debonded nanotubes behave like voids in the matrix...

Metal matrix nano composite coatings possess enhanced properties such as corrosion and wear resistance. This paper aims to study the corrosion behavior of pure Co and Co-BN nano composite coatings deposited with different particles concentration (5-20 g L-1) on copper substrates using electroplating technique. Morphology and elemental compositions of the coatings were investigated by means of s...

We develop a framework that we call compressive rate estimation. We assume that the composite channel gain matrix (i.e. the matrix of all channel gains between all network nodes) is compressible which means it can be approximated by a sparse or low rank representation. We develop and study a novel sensing and reconstruction protocol for the estimation of achievable rates. We develop a sensing p...

A composite’s local response to initial damage under stress is the primary micromechanical process determining its fracture toughness, strength, and lifetime. Through the use of high energy X-ray microdiffraction, the elastic lattice strains of both phases in a Ti-SiC composite were revealed providing the in-situ load transfer under applied tensile stress at the scale of the microstructure. To ...

In this work, composite nanoparticles containing polypyrrole, silver and attapulgite (PPy/Ag/ATP) were prepared via UV-induced dispersion polymerization of pyrrole using ATP clay as a templet and silver nitrate as photoinitiator. The effects of ATP concentration on morphology, structure and electrical conductivity were studied. The obtained composite nanoparticles with an interesting beads-on-a...

Composite biomaterials, which consist of a polymer matrix and a particulate bioactive phase and are hence analogous to bone microstructure, have been developed for human hard tissue substitution. In this investigation, a manufacturing route employing injection moulding was established for producing bone analogue biomaterials. Using this manufacturing technology, a potential bone replacement mat...

We calculate the effective properties of a magnetostrictive composite in the dilute limit. The composite consists of well separated identical ellipsoidal particles of magnetostrictive material, surrounded by an elastic matrix. The free energy of the magnetostrictive particles is computed using the constrained theory of DeSimone and James [2002. A constrained theory of magnetoelasticity with app...