Metal matrix composites

A Mortensen, J Llorca - Annual review of materials research, 2010‏ - annualreviews.org
In metal matrix composites, a metal is combined with another, often nonmetallic, phase to
produce a novel material having attractive engineering attributes of its own. A subject of …

A review of micromechanics based models for effective elastic properties of reinforced polymer matrix composites

B Raju, SR Hiremath, DR Mahapatra - Composite Structures, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Micromechanics based models are used for predicting the effective mechanical properties of
reinforced polymer matrix composites. This paper reviews micromechanics based models …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of two-phase random composite materials by finite element, Mori–Tanaka and strong contrast methods

B Mortazavi, M Baniassadi, J Bardon, S Ahzi - Composites Part B …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In this study, finite element, Mori–Tanaka and strong contrast modeling are carried out for
the prediction of the effective thermal conductivity and elastic modulus of isotropic random …

[PDF][PDF] A short introduction to basic aspects of continuum micromechanics

HJ Böhm - 1998‏ - ilsb.tuwien.ac.at
In the present report some basic issues of and some of the modeling strategies used for
studying static and quasistatic problems in continuum micromechanics of materials are …

Homogenization methods for multi-phase elastic composites with non-elliptical reinforcements: Comparisons and benchmarks

B Klusemann, HJ Böhm, B Svendsen - European Journal of Mechanics-A …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The purpose of this work is comparing three strategies for dealing with inhomogeneities of
non-elliptical shape in the context of homogenization methods. First, classical mean-field …

Modeling Kapitza resistance of two-phase composite material

B He, B Mortazavi, X Zhuang, T Rabczuk - Composite structures, 2016‏ - Elsevier
We predict the thermal conductivity of polymer-matrix composites accounting for the
interface conductance. We also study the influence of different fillers, ie spherical, cylindrical …

Multi-scale and multi-step modeling of thermal conductivities of 3D braided composites

W Tian, L Qi, MW Fu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022‏ - Elsevier
To accurately predict the Effective Thermal Conductivities (ETCs) of Three-Dimensional (3D)
braided composites, this work proposes a multi-scale and multi-step Mean-Field …

[كتاب][B] Local and nonlocal micromechanics of heterogeneous materials

VA Buryachenko - 2022‏ - Springer
Materials that are either manufactured or occur in nature and used both in industry and in
our daily lives (metals, rocks, wood, soil, suspensions, and biological tissue) are very …

A note on Mori-Tanaka's method

L Liu, Z Huang - Acta Mechanica solida sinica, 2014‏ - Springer
Abstract Explicit expressions of Mori-Tanaka's tensor for a transversely isotropic fiber
reinforced UD composite are presented. Closed-form formulae for the effective elastic …

Thermal conductivity and microstructure of Al/diamond composites with Ti-coated diamond particles consolidated by spark plasma sintering

X Liang, C Jia, K Chu, H Chen… - Journal of Composite …, 2012‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Metal/diamond composites have been considered as the new generation of thermal
management material. The critical challenge to obtain composites with high thermal …