Mechanical behavior of SiC(f)/SiC composites and correlation to in situ fiber strength at room and elevated temperatures

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 591-596

  Singh, Dileep ^a,b   Singh, Jitendra P ^a,b   Wheeler, Michael J ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FIBER STRENGTH; FRACTURE MIRROR SIZE MEASUREMENTS; MATRIX CRACKING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL CHANGES; THERMAL DAMAGE;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 0030106212     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb07915.x     Document Type: Article

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