Stiffness
Our aluminum composite products are designed to possess
elevated
stiffness equivalent to titanium and approaching steel
while maintaining
density comparable to conventional,
unreinforced aluminum.
For stiffness driven designs, aluminum composites exhibit
up to 40%
lighter weight than titanium. |
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Strength
Increases in yield and ultimate tensile strength results
from the aluminum matrix alloy selection and particulate
reinforcement loading.
For example, 30% higher yield strength with equivalent
weight to AA2024 is typical. |
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Fatigue
DWA’s aluminum composites exhibit superior fatigue
resistance for demanding dynamic, structural applications.
Aluminum composite endurance strength approaches twice
the fatigue resistance of AA2024-T4, and AA7075-T6 |
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CTE
The coefficient-of-thermal-expansion (CTE) decreases with
an increasing ceramic particulate reinforcement loading.
Unlike fiber-reinforced composites, aluminum composites
possess isotropic CTE.
Aluminum composite CTE can be tailored to match titanium,
steel and graphite epoxy. |
