Research Progress on Aluminum-based Composites and Applications

Abstract

People propose higher and higher demands for lightweight materials due to the increasing shortage of metals and energy sources. Since traditional aluminum alloy materials cannot meet demands any more, aluminum-based composites attracted high research attentions in recent years because of the excellent mechanical properties and low density. Silicon carbide (SiC) reinforced aluminum-based composite and carbon nanomaterial reinforced aluminum-based composite are two aluminum-based composites which are used mostly in existing associated studies. The former one has a long research history and it has been applied to aerospace, war industry and automobile field to some extent. The later one is an emerging material that is hardly applied yet. This study is going to introduce research progresses and applications of SiC reinforced aluminum-based composite and carbon nanomaterial reinforced aluminum-based composite.