Abstract
A unidirectional SiC fibre reinforced pure aluminium composite was fabricated by the hot press method. Tensile testing of the SiC–Al was carried out to determine composite and interfacial shear strengths. A Monte Carlo procedure based on the elastic–plastic finite element method, involving the interfacial layer around the fibres, was constructed to simulate the tensile testing and to calculate the strength and Weibull parameters for the SiC–Al composite. The effect of the interfacial shear strength on the composite strength and its reliability is discussed. The results show that the composite strength and the Weibull shape parameter increase with increasing interfacial shear strength. The contribution of the interfacial shear strength to the composite strength and reliability is efficient when the interfacial shear strength is lower than the matrix shear strength. It is concluded that both composite strength and reliability are closely related to the fibre fracture process.
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