NON DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF METAL MATRIX AND ADVANCED COMPOSITES—A REVIEW

摘要

Metal matrix composites (MMC) offer a wide variety of property advantages over conventional metals and alloys. MMC's can be classified into four types depending upon the type of reinforcement as MMC's reinforced with particles(PMC), MMC's reinforced with short whiskers or fibers (SFRM), MMC's reinforced with continuous fibers(CFM) and MMC's reinforced with mono filaments ( MFRM). With the increasing usage of MMC's and advanced composites as realistic candidates for engineering components, quality control and failure monitoring during service in these materials have gained importance. This paper reviews the present non-destructive characterization techniques used in the industry for characterizing MMC's and other advanced composites with the challenges behind them.