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The 3-D analysis of discontinuously reinforced aluminum composite microstructures

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Automated serial sectioning is presented as an attractive experimental technique for producing an accurate, large-scale three-dimensional (3-D) digital microstructural model of an extruded discontinuously reinforced aluminum composite material. The model is used as input for an elastic-plastic 3-D finite-element analysis that simulates tensile loading of the microstructure. The 3-D visualization and characterization of the resultant deformation structures within the composite microstructure has allowed some of the critical microstructural features that control the tensile response to be identified.

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  1. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Ohio, USA

    Jonathan E. Spowart (research scientist with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate)

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Spowart, J.E. The 3-D analysis of discontinuously reinforced aluminum composite microstructures. JOM 58, 29–33 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02748492

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