Fatigue Resistance Criteria for Fiber-Reinforced Composite Structures.

摘要

The research effort was concentrated on metal matrix composites, such as the Al-B, Al-Be, Cu-W, and similar systems. It was found that in as-fabricated composites with soft matrices fatigue failure can be prevented if the composite shakes down during cyclic loading. The fatigue strength of heat-treated composites is affected by residual microstresses, but failure can be prevented if the total microstresses are kept within the respective fatigue limits (at 10 to the 7th power cycles) of the constituents. These criteria for prevention of fatigue failure in metal matrix composite systems were verified by extensive comparisons of theoretical predictions with available experimental results.