TY - JOUR A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Sevostianov, I. A1 - Cabeza, Sandra A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana T1 - Average phase stress concentrations in multiphase metal matrix composites under compressive loading JF - International Journal of Engineering Science N2 - We develop a model to predict average over individual phases stress concentrations in a multiphase metal matrix composite under compressive loading. The model accounts for matrix plasticity through variation of the shear modulus with applied stress and for frac- ture of filler through change in the shape of the particles. Three micromechanical models are compared –non interaction approximation, Mori–Tanaka–Benveniste (MTB) scheme, and Maxwell scheme. Comparison with the experimental measurements of Cabeza et al. (2016) shows that Maxwell scheme generally predicts the stress concentration with satis- factory accuracy. Results of MTB scheme vary depending on the loading case and ignoring of the interaction leads to substantial overestimation of the stresses. KW - Average phase stress concentrations KW - metal matrix composite KW - multiphase composite PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2016.06.004 SN - 0020-7225 VL - 106 SP - 245 EP - 261 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-37738 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -