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Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 32, No. 10, 910-928 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/002199839803201001

The Fatigue Life Prediction of SiC Whisker Reinforced Al6061 Alloy Composite by Monte-Carlo Simulation

Jae-Do Kwon

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea

Jeong-Ju Ahn

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea

Sang-Tae Kim

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea

Hitoshi Ishii

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan

The Monte-Carlo simulation program is developed to predict the fatigue life of SiCw/Al composite. In order to verify the accuracy of the developed program, the predicted fatigue life of 25% SiCw/Al is compared with the data obtained from the fatigue crack growth tests. The result shows that the average value of difference between the predicted fatigue life and the experimental data is about 15%. So, the fatigue life could predict successfully by means of the Monte-Carlo simulation program. The fatigue crack growth lives of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% and 35% SiCw/Al composites are predicted using the Monte-Carlo simulation.

Key Words: metal matrix composite • fatigue crack growth test • statistical analysis • fatigue crack growth path morphology • Monte-Carlo simulation • fatigue life prediction


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