A REVIEW ON IMPACT BEHAVIORS OF PARTICLE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES

Composite materials can be subject to dynamic effects such as sudden loading, impact, drop and strike in industrial applications. Such effects cause visible damage or invisible internal defects in materials used in a design. Literature surveys show that the studies on the impact behavior of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites are limited. In this study, it was requested to draw attention to the current situation and the general information was given about the subject, and finally the studies carried out were summarized the literature review. Accordingly, the effects of production parameters such as temperature, reinforcement particle type, volume fraction and size, heat treatment and secondary mechanical processes on the impact strength of particulate reinforced composite materials were generally investigated in the studies carried out. It has been determined that the studies performed have not yet reached sufficient level in terms of the literature. Therefore, it has been concluded that it should be done more studies on the impact behaviors of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites used in many fields and in very important applications under the dynamic loading conditions