Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size

The high cycle constant stress amplitude fatigue performance of metal matrix composite (MMC) components machined by a milling process was investigated in this study as a function of machining speed, feed rate and reinforcement particle size. The presence of reinforcement and particle size were found...

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Main Authors: Pramanik, A., Islam, N., Davies, I., Boswell, B., Dong, Yu, Basak, A., Uddin, M., Dixit, A.
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Published: Elsevier BV 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53507
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author Pramanik, A.
Islam, N.
Davies, I.
Boswell, B.
Dong, Yu
Basak, A.
Uddin, M.
Dixit, A.
author_facet Pramanik, A.
Islam, N.
Davies, I.
Boswell, B.
Dong, Yu
Basak, A.
Uddin, M.
Dixit, A.
author_sort Pramanik, A.
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description The high cycle constant stress amplitude fatigue performance of metal matrix composite (MMC) components machined by a milling process was investigated in this study as a function of machining speed, feed rate and reinforcement particle size. The presence of reinforcement and particle size were found to be the most influential factors that affected the fatigue life. In contrast to this, the effect of feed and speed on tool-particle interaction, strain hardening and heat generation during milling of MMCs were balanced in such a way that the contributions of feed and speed on fatigue life were negligible. The interactions of different parameters contributed significantly to the fatigue life which indicated that the modelling of fatigue life based on these three parameters was relatively complex. The fatigue life of the machined MMC samples increased with decreasing particle size and increasing feed. However, the fatigue life was not influenced by speed variation. The presence of smaller or no particles induced a complete separation of failed samples, in contrast to that of specimens containing larger reinforcing particles where crack growth was arrested or deflected by the reinforcing particles.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-535072019-05-02T07:00:19Z Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size Pramanik, A. Islam, N. Davies, I. Boswell, B. Dong, Yu Basak, A. Uddin, M. Dixit, A. Speed Feed Metal matrix composites (MMCs) Fatigue life The high cycle constant stress amplitude fatigue performance of metal matrix composite (MMC) components machined by a milling process was investigated in this study as a function of machining speed, feed rate and reinforcement particle size. The presence of reinforcement and particle size were found to be the most influential factors that affected the fatigue life. In contrast to this, the effect of feed and speed on tool-particle interaction, strain hardening and heat generation during milling of MMCs were balanced in such a way that the contributions of feed and speed on fatigue life were negligible. The interactions of different parameters contributed significantly to the fatigue life which indicated that the modelling of fatigue life based on these three parameters was relatively complex. The fatigue life of the machined MMC samples increased with decreasing particle size and increasing feed. However, the fatigue life was not influenced by speed variation. The presence of smaller or no particles induced a complete separation of failed samples, in contrast to that of specimens containing larger reinforcing particles where crack growth was arrested or deflected by the reinforcing particles. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53507 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2017.04.018 Elsevier BV fulltext
spellingShingle Speed
Feed
Metal matrix composites (MMCs)
Fatigue life
Pramanik, A.
Islam, N.
Davies, I.
Boswell, B.
Dong, Yu
Basak, A.
Uddin, M.
Dixit, A.
Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size
title Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size
title_full Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size
title_fullStr Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size
title_full_unstemmed Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size
title_short Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size
title_sort contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (mmcs) of varying reinforcement size
topic Speed
Feed
Metal matrix composites (MMCs)
Fatigue life
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53507