Anisotropic tensile properties of tungsten fiber reinforced Zr based metallic glass composites

The tensile properties and deformation behaviors of Zr based metallic glass composites containing different tungsten fiber orientations were investigated. The angles (θf) between tungsten fiber orientation and loading axial direction are 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° and 90°, respectively. The results show that the strength and the failure modes vary with θf. The tensile strength of the composite decreases as the θf increases. The tensile strength of the composite at θf=90° is only 253 MPa. The plasticity of all the composites do not be improved. The composites failed approximately 90° normal fault at θf=0°/15°, while the composites failed along the tungsten fiber when the θf is bigger than or equal to 30° because of the low axial grain boundary strength of the elongated W grains.