METHOD OF FABRICATING FIBER-REINFORCED METAL COMPOSITES

摘要

CASE 4620 A method of fabricating a fiber-reinforced metal matrix composite including the steps of mounting of a braided fiber tube on a substrate, wrapping a braze foil about the braided fiber lube to form an assembly that is encapsulated by a metal capsule which is creep collapsed onto the assembly at a temperature below the braze foil flowpoint. The encapsulated assembly is subsequently heated to a temperature sufficient to induce flow of the braze foil alloy and later cooled to allow solidification and annealing of the resulting fiber reinforced metal composite.