Abstract
The short carbon fiber reinforced 2024 Al composites were fabricated through powder metallurgy. The effect of short carbon fiber content on the interfacial microstructure and fracture behavior of the composites at different temperatures were investigated. The results showed that the dislocation accumulation was formed in the aluminum matrix due to the thermal expansion mismatch between carbon fiber and aluminum matrix. With the testing temperature increasing, the size of interfacial product Al4C3 and precipitates Al2Cu became larger, and the segregation of Al2Cu was found coarsening around Al4C3. The addition of short carbon fiber improved the hardness and modulus of the aluminum matrix in the vicinity of the interface between carbon fiber and aluminum matrix. Compared to the matrix 2024 Al, the yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of the composites first increased and then decreased with increasing short carbon fiber content at room temperature 423 Kand 523 K. The fracture surface of the composites at room temperature was characterized by shear failure of fiber, while the interface debonding and fiber pulled-out became predominant fracture morphologies for the fracture surface at increased temperatures.
Highlights
Due to the attractive characteristics of low density combined with high density, aluminum alloys have been used as structural materials in many industries, such as automobiles, aerospace, as well as drill pipe in extra-deep oil drilling [1,2,3,4]
The short carbon fiber (SCF) were added in 2024 Al matrix with volume fraction ranging from 2 to 8%
SCFs are dispersed uniformly in the 2024 Al matrix with no obvious clustering being observed. It suggests that the clustering of SCFs could be avoided by reducing the aspect ratio
Summary
Due to the attractive characteristics of low density combined with high density, aluminum alloys have been used as structural materials in many industries, such as automobiles, aerospace, as well as drill pipe in extra-deep oil drilling [1,2,3,4]. Due to non-wetting conditions between monolithic phases, it is difficult to fabricate carbon materials reinforced AMCs with high mechanical properties using traditional casting technologies [12]. To overcome this issue, researchers have proposed various modified processing methods, such as squeeze casting [13,14], liquid infiltration [15,16,17] and powder metallurgy [18,19,20,21]. On the other hand, when the tip stress of crack was lower than the interface bonding strength, carbon fiber tended to be sheared fractured. The evolution of interfacial microstructure and fracture behavior of SCFs/2024 Al composites at high temperature were discussed in detail
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