Fatigue Life Prediction of $\small{SIC_w}$/Al Composites by Using the Monte-Carlo Simulation

Title & Authors
Fatigue Life Prediction of $\small{SIC_w}$/Al Composites by Using the Monte-Carlo Simulation
Ahn, Jeong-Ju; Kwon, Jae-Do; Kim, Sang-Tae;

Abstract
It requires uch time and cost to obtain the fatigue crack growth life and fatigue crack growth path morphlogy from the fatigue crack growth tests. In this study, the Monte-Carlo simulation program was developed to predict the fatigue crack growth lofe and fatigue crack growth path morphology of metal matrix composites. Fatigue crack growth lives of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% $\small{SiC_w}$/Al composites were predicted by usign the Monte-Carlo Simulation. And the fatigue crack growth lives of 25% $\small{SiC_w}$/Al and Almatrix from Monte-carlo simulation were compared with fatigue life from experiments in order to verify the accuracy of Monte-Carlo Simulation program.
Keywords
Metal Matrix Composites;Monte-Carlo Simulation;Fatigue Crack Growth Life Prediction;Probability Distribution;Random Number;
Language
Korean
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