Abstract
Since the inception of titanium matrix composites (TMCs) in the 1980s, considerable development and progress have occurred toward their evaluation and application in aircraft engines and airframe structures. It has been demonstrated that this class of composites is technically feasible material and ready to deliver the projected benefits. This book presents a review and summary of advancements related to mechanical behavior and related mechanics issues of TMCs, a class of high-temperature materials useful in the propulsion and airframe components in advanced aerospace systems. This chapter includes an overview of a few basic mechanical properties of TMCs. These properties are strongly dependent on several factors, such as fabrication methods, constituents (type of titanium alloy and fibers), fiber-to-matrix volume ratio, test procedure (load or displacement control mode), and environment. The matrix materials of the four TMC systems are the conventional titanium alloys, Ti-15-3, TIMETAL21S, Ti-6-4, and the advanced titanium alloy, titanium aluminide, Ti-24-11.
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