Multiscale simulation of residual stress in aluminum matrix composites reinforced with ceramic particles

doi:10.19936/j.cnki.2096-8000.20260528.005

Abstract

Abstract: This study was to investigate the effective elastic response characteristics and residual stress evolution mechanism of ceramic particle-reinforced metal matrix composites, and an innovative multiscale elastic response model incorporating the effective representative volume elements was constructed through a multi-scale modeling strategy to achieve a cross-scale correlation from micromechanical elastic response to the macroscopic mechanical behavior. The effective elastic properties and residual stresses of composites with varying A356 contents were theoretically predicted by taking Al₂O₃/A356 composites as an example. The results are shown that the effective elastic constants of composites gradually decrease with the increasement of A356 contents, exhibiting a distinct softening effect. Under mechanical loading to the composites, there is compressive stresses in the Al₂O₃ metal phase, and the compressive residual stress in the composites varies with the A356 in a nonmonotonic pattern of first increasing and then decreasing. These predicted values of the effective elastic properties and residual stresses show a good agreement with experimental measurements, validating the accuracy of the proposed model, which provides a theoretical foundation for the forward design and performance optimization of composites.

Key words: ceramic particle, metal matrix composites, elastic properties, residual stresses

CLC Number:

TB332

LI Xiaomin, YANG Ying, LI Jiabao. Multiscale simulation of residual stress in aluminum matrix composites reinforced with ceramic particles[J]. COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 2026, 0(5): 34-40.

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