Deformation parameters in single steel wire-copper matrix composites

Abstract

By using the single carbon-steel fibre-copper matrix composites, the important parameters controlling dislocation motions in the fibre, matrix and composite, namely flow stress, internal stress, effective stress, change in flow stress due to change in strain-rate or temperature, stress exponent of strain-rate, effective stress exponent of dislocation velocity, activation volume and activation enthalpy were measured at the stage in which the mechanical interaction between the components was negligible. It was found that all the composite parameters were determined only by the properties of the components and for each parameter, a modified rule of mixtures was derived.