Investigation for the Fracture Process of WCp/Cu Functionally Graded Materials under Three-Point-Bending

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In this paper, the fracture process of WCp/Cu functionally graded materials(FGMs) was investigated. The used materials were fabricated by powder metallurgy using tungsten carbide(WC) particles and copper(Cu) matrix, and had functionally graded layers. In order to investigate the fracture process of the FGM, three-point-bending tests of rectangular specimens were carried out. From the results, it can be seen that the bending performance of FGM structures with increasing WC content from head layer to the bottom layer excels that of FGM structures with decreasing WC content in three-point-bending tests.

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