Abstract
Microstructural changes induced in a carbon fiber – magnesium matrix composite during thermal cycling in the range of 100 - 360 K are detected by an ultrasonic technique. The composite was comprised of Mg-2wt.%Si alloy matrix reinforced with long unidirectional carbon fibers (volume fraction of about 30%). Temperature variations of the elastic modulus of the composite are largely determined by elasticity of the carbon fibers stressed by the thermally expanded/contracted matrix. Anelastic properties of the composite (internal friction and modulus defect) are caused by dislocation motion in the matrix. Temperature spectra of anelasticity of the composite are controlled by a competition between creation of fresh mobile dislocations under the action of thermal stresses and immobilization of the fresh dislocations by atmospheres of mobile point defects.
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