“…hydraulic cylinders, gun barrels, pipes, boilers and fuel tanks), accumulator shells, cylinders for aerospace and military applications, pressure vessels for transportation of industrial gases or highly pressurized fluids and piping of nuclear reactors (Arya and Bhatnagar, 1976;Perry and Aboudi, 2003;Becht and Chen, 2000;Bhatnagar et al, 1980). In some of these applications, the cylinder is exposed to high temperature along with severe mechanical loadings, thus leading to significant creep and reduced it's the useful service life (Gupta and Pathak, 2001;Hagihara and Miyazaki, 2008;Tachibana and Iyoku, 2004). The excellent mechanical properties, such as high specific strength and stiffness, and high-temperature stability, offered by aluminum/aluminum alloy-based composites consisting of silicon carbide (SiC) particles (SiC p ), whiskers or fibers make them suitable for use in cylindrical components subjected to severe thermo-mechanical loadings (Gupta et al, 2005).…”