Numerical modeling of the damping capacity of Al/SiC(p)

In the present article, the damping behaviors of Al/SiC particulate-reinforced metal-matrix composites (PMMCs) at room temperature are investigated by the numerical modeling, method. Through the cell method (CM) and finite-element method (FEM), the influences of paniculate shape and distribution on the damping capacity of Al/SiC(/?) composite are studied. Also, the case of multiparticulate with random distribution and random size is investigated as a comparison with the single-particulate case. At last, the simulation results are compared with the experimental results, which show that they are consistent with each other in quality.