A generalisation of McLean's (Directionally Solidified Materials for H
igh Temperature Service, 1983, The Metals Society, London) uniaxial cr
eep model which accounts for the effects of inherent residual stresses
, matrix primary creep and the treatment of the effect of possible ins
tantaneous matrix yield upon loading is presented. The model and numer
ical micromechanics approach are used to analyse the uniaxial creep of
Ti-6Al-4V/SiC metal matrix composites. Excellent agreement is obtaine
d between the analytical and numerical models and predicted results ar
e in reasonable agreement with published experimental results.