6. Conclusion
Metal matrix composites are now available. They have made significant progress in terms of manufacturing technologies and knowledge of mechanical and physical behavior. Designers and engineering departments have a wide range of CMMs at their disposal, offering different levels of cost/performance compromise:
CMM semi-finished products: isotropic and inexpensive, they can be shaped from ingots or billets using traditional metallurgical technologies;
CMM parts: made-to-measure, they enable the reinforcement to be located or oriented in a preferential way, to adapt to the component's specifications.
The technical and economic assessment of substitution by a CMM solution must be carried out globally by the user, based on the indications of the material designer. The success...
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Glossary
Bibliography
General works
Events
ICCM (International Conference on Composite Materials). International trade fair for composites, held every two years (2018, Amsterdam).
ECCM (European Conference on Composite Materials). International trade fair for composites, held every two years (2018, Athens).
Standards and norms
WITHDRAWAL OF STANDARD – Volume15.03, 2001
- Test Method for Fiber Content by Digestion of Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites. - D 3553-76 - (1996)
- Normalisation des composites à matrice métalliques. - ANSI H 35.5 - (1992)
- Test method for measuring abrasion using the dry sand/rubber wheel apparatus. - ASTM G65-91 - (1991)
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Materion Corporation AMC Materials,
http://www.amc-mmc.co.uk/materials.htm
ULTALITE (2005),
DWA Aluminium Composites...
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