Tensile properties of a SiCf/SiC composite

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 11-19

  Lipetzky, P ^a   Dvorak, G J ^a   Stoloff, N S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic matrix composites; Continuous fiber reinforced ceramic composites; SiC matrix

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC FIBERS; ELASTIC MODULI; SILICON CARBIDE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

CONTINUOUS CERAMIC FIBER; FIBER REINFORCED CERAMICS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030261043     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-5093(96)10381-6     Document Type: Article

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