Author:Jansen van Rensburg, Gerhardus J; Kok, S; Wilke, DNDate:Jul 2012Tests were done on the compressive behaviour of different metal matrix composite materials. These extremely hard engineering materials consist of ceramic particles embedded in a metal alloy binder. Due to the high stiffness and brittle nature ...Read more
Author:Jansen van Rensburg, Gerhardus J; Kok, S; Wilke, DNDate:Jul 2012This conference contribution focusses on the invertibility of non-ideal material tests to accurately determine material parameters. This is done by attempting to model non-ideal test cases and comparing strains as well as force history to the ...Read more