Behavior of a unidirectional SiC/Al composite under thermomechanical loading

The thermoelastoplastic behavior of a unidirectional SiC/Al composite under thermomechanical loading was studied with a micromechanical model based on the average field theory. The silicon carbide fiber is considered elastic and temperature independent whereas the matrix is thermoviscoplastic and fitted into a series of power law strain hardening models. The thermoelastoplastic analysis of the composite was carried out by introducing the concept...