Overview of Research and Development for Aluminum Matrix Composites Driven by Aerospace Equipment Demand

doi:10.11900/0412.1961.2022.00605

Acta Metall Sin

2023, Vol. 59

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Overview of Research and Development for Aluminum Matrix Composites Driven by Aerospace Equipment Demand

MA Zongyi(

), XIAO Bolv, ZHANG Junfan, ZHU Shize, WANG Dong

Shi -changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

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MA Zongyi, XIAO Bolv, ZHANG Junfan, ZHU Shize, WANG Dong. Overview of Research and Development for Aluminum Matrix Composites Driven by Aerospace Equipment Demand. Acta Metall Sin, 2023, 59(4): 457-466.

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Abstract

Tianwen-1 is China's first planetary probe. Its core, the rover Zhurong, undertook the task of tour and survey, and had extended the mission over the designed 90-Martian-day period limit on Mars. The rover was equipped with various silicon-carbide-particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composites for its bearing structure, motion system, and detectors to meet design requirements, such as lightweight, wear resistance, impact resistance, and dimensional stability. The use of these composites has set a new record for the proportion of aluminum matrix composites used in Chinese spacecraft. This paper discusses the research and development process of the four types of aluminum matrix composites used for the rover Zhurong: property simulation, material design, preparation, and processing. Additionally, the paper introduces new research and development paradigms based on material genetic engineering and the use of synchrotron radiation or neutron scattering facilities. The future development of aluminum matrix composites for high-tech equipment is also discussed.

Key words: aluminum matrix composite Mars rover preparation and processing genetic engineering of material large-scale scientific facility

Received: 28 November 2022

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Fund: National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3707400)

Corresponding Authors: MA Zongyi, professor, Tel: (024)83978908, E-mail: zyma@imr.ac.cn

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Fig.1 Typical representative volume element (RVE) models of aluminum matrix composite
(a) RVE with interfacial layer structure
(b) RVE model reconstructed by 3D nano-CT
(c) ball-and-stick hybrid dense stack RVE model

Fig.2 Specific strength and specific modulus of aluminum matrix composites reinforced by micron (M-AMC) and nano (N-AMC) particles^[11-25] (CNT—carbon nanotube, GNP—graphene nanoplatelet)

Fig.3 Precipitate morphologies of 17%SiC/Al-1.2Mg-0.6Si composites in directly artificially aging state (a, b) and one-week natural aging then artificially aging state (c, d)^[24]

Table 1 Comparison of mechanical properties of composites with various compositions and aging processes

Fig.4 Large-sized aluminum matrix composite billet reinforced by high-content ceramic particles prepared by powder metallurgy route (unit: mm)

Fig.5 In situ neutron diffraction experiment^[51]
(a) experiment apparatus (b) diffraction pattern

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