A unified interpretation of threshold stresses in the creep and high strain rate superplasticity of metal matrix composites

Li, Y. and Langdon, T.G. (1999) A unified interpretation of threshold stresses in the creep and high strain rate superplasticity of metal matrix composites. Acta Materialia, 47 (12), 3395-3403. (doi:10.1016/S1359-6454(99)00219-0).

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Abstract

The flow behavior of metal matrix composites is characterized by the presence of a threshold stress under both creep conditions at intermediate temperatures and in high strain rate superplasticity (HSR SP) at very high temperatures near the onset of partial melting. Experiments show the measured threshold stresses decrease with increasing temperature and this trend has been interpreted using an Arrhenius-type relationship incorporating an energy term, Q₀. Typically, the experimental values reported for Q₀ are approx. 20-30 kJ/mol under creep conditions but up to approx. 100 kJ/mol in experiments associated with HSR SP. This report resolves this apparent dichotomy by demonstrating that both sets of results become consistent when the analysis is extended to incorporate an additional dependence on temperature associated with load transfer and substructure strengthening.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 June 1999

Published date: 29 September 1999

Additional Information: Funding Information: this work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-9625969 and by the U.S. Army Research Office under Grant DAAH04-96-1-0332.