Abstract
Aluminum matrix composites are potential candidates for numerous applications in the automotive and aerospace industries. These composites are commonly fabricated by either solid state vacuum hot pressing or liquid state pressure infiltration. Liquid state processing has several advantages over solid state processing. These include lower cost, near net shape fabricability and the ease to incorporate small fibers. However, the need for high pressures in pressure infiltration processes make them expensive and undesirable. During liquid infiltration, since the liquid is forced into performs, voids often result around fibers that are in contact with each other. Thus, the composite mechanical properties are significantly lowered. It is, thus, desirable to fabricate composites in the liquid state without the application of an y external pressures or vacuum..
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