Anisotropic dynamic mechanical response of tungsten fiber/Zr-based bulk metallic glass composites

•The W fiber orientation (θf) had great effect on the dynamic mechanical behavior.•The composites exhibited the most excellent mechanical properties at θf of 0°.•The composites exhibited different failure modes when θf ranged from 0° to 90°.•The composites exhibited inconsistent strain rate sensitivity with different θf.

The anisotropic dynamic mechanical behavior of the W fiber/Zr-based bulk metallic glass composites (Wf/BMGCs) with different W fiber orientations (θf) were investigated by split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) and finite element method (FEM). The composites exhibited the most excellent mechanical properties at θf of 0° while the poorest at θf of 45°. The composites failed by longitudinal splitting at θf of 0°, shearing at θf of 45°, a mixture of shearing and splitting during 0° < θf < 45° or 45° < θf < 90°, and a mixture of shearing and transverse splitting at θf of 90°. Strain rate sensitivity of the composites also varied with θf, exhibiting positive strain rate sensitivity at θf of 0°, 15°, 60°, and 75° ranging from the strain rate of 10− 3 to 2.1 × 103 s− 1, positive strain rate sensitivity with the strain rate ranging from 10− 3 to 10− 2 s− 1 but negative strain rate sensitivity from 10− 2 to 2.1 × 103 s− 1 at θf of 30° and 90°, and even strain rate insensitivity at θf of 45°.

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