Effect of extrusion and particle volume fraction on the mechanical properties of SiC reinforced Al–Cu alloy composites

This paper studied the combined effects of extrusion and reinforcement volume fraction on the mechanical properties of SiC particles reinforced Al–Cu alloy composites. It has been shown that extrusion can improve the distributed homogeneity of the SiC particles in the matrix and enhance the interfacial bonding strength of the composites. The hardness of the composites increased with increasing the volume fraction of the SiC particles, while the...