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Wire Reinforced Metal Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

P. J. E. Forsyth
P. J. E. Forsyth*
Affiliation:
Chemistry, Physics and Metallurgy Department, RAE, Farn borough
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The strength of a composite material will depend sensitively on that of the fibre chosen for reinforcement. Metallic and non-metallic whiskers can be very strong and other less strong, but more practical, fibres such as carbon, silica and boron are now available in experimental quantities. Some of the non-metallic whiskers, and the last three fibres mentioned, will no doubt eventually be made on a production scale.

The strongest drawn wires yet available have tensile strengths of more than 0.5 X 106 psi which is still only one-third of that of iron or sapphire whiskers, and compares with boron in filament form, although the specific strength of the steel wire would only be one-third of the latter. On the basis of specific strength drawn beryllium wire would be only slightly better than the steel, but would have about 6 times its elastic modulus (E) which is comparable to that of boron.

Type
Metallic Materials
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 668 , August 1966 , pp. 794 - 796
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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