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Compressive properties of Al-A206/SiC and Mg-AZ91/SiC syntactic foams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2013

Gonzalo Alejandro Rocha Rivero ,
Benjamin Franklin Schultz ,
J.B. Ferguson ,
Nikhil Gupta  and
Pradeep Kumar Rohatgi
Gonzalo Alejandro Rocha Rivero*
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
Benjamin Franklin Schultz*
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
J.B. Ferguson*
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
Nikhil Gupta*
Affiliation:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, New York 11201
Pradeep Kumar Rohatgi*
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Metal matrix syntactic foams are promising materials with high energy absorption capability. To study the effects of matrix strength on the quasistatic compressive properties of syntactic foams using SiC hollow particles as reinforcement, matrices of Al-A206 and Mg-AZ91 were used. Because Al-A206 is a heat-treatable alloy, matrix strength can be varied by heat treatment conditions, and foams in as-cast, T4, and T7 conditions were tested in this study. It is shown that the peak strength, plateau strength, and toughness of the foams increase with increasing yield strength of the matrix and that these foams show better performance than other foams on a specific property basis. High strain rate testing of the Mg-AZ91/SiC syntactic foams showed that there was little strain rate dependence of the peak stress under strain rates ranging from 10−3/s to 726/s.

Keywords

compositefoamcasting
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Review Article
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 28 , Issue 17: Focus Issue: Advances in the Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Bulk Porous Materials , 14 September 2013 , pp. 2426 - 2435
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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