%0 journal article %@ 0142-1123 %A Huang, Y., Hort, N., Dieringa, H., Maier, P., Kainer, K.U. %D 2006 %J International Journal of Fatigue %N 10 %P 1399-1405 %R doi:10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.02.038 %T Investigations on thermal fatigue of aluminium-and magnesium-alloy based composites %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.02.038 10 %X and subsequent heat treatment, on the thermal strain were discussed. It is shown that the thermal strain was affected by experimental condition of the thermal cycling and the strength of matrix. After thermal cycling, the hardness decreases due to the occurrence of the matrix overageing and recovery.