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ArticleNature communications2025

Achieving improved mechanical performance in aluminum matrix composites with rebar-reinforced concrete-inspired structures.

Chenwei Shao, Huicong Chen, Yu Zou

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chenwei ShaoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. chenwei.shao@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7647-7719
Huicong ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8240-3193
Yu ZouDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. mse.zou@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0179-3642

Funding

Canada Foundation for Innovation (Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation) IF-43196Canada Foundation for Innovation (Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation) JELF-38044Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology) RGPIN-2018-05731
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The strength of aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) often suffers from degradation at elevated temperatures, rendering them generally unsuitable for use in high-temperature environments. Inspired by ubiquitous rebar steel-reinforced concrete (RC) structures, we develop a series of RC-like AMCs by integrating the additive manufacturing and micro-casting methods. Such RC-AMC, with a high volume fraction of thermotolerant particulate reinforcements, effectively mitigate the strength degradation up to 500 °C. Through structural optimization, we demonstrate that such RC-AMCs achieve extraordinarily high compressive yield strength (up to 938 MPa) and specific strength (up to 235 kN·m/kg) at 400 °C - among the highest reported values for all the aluminum-based alloys and composites. The enhanced resistance to high-temperature softening in RC-AMCs is associated with abnormal thermal twinning in Al

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