Experimental and theoretical assessment of the longitudinal tensile strength of unidirectional sic-fiber/titanium-matrix composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-481

  Gundel, D B ^a   Wawner, F E ^b  

^a Curtiss Wright Controls Inc   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber matrix interface; SiC fiber; Tensile strength; Titanium matrix composites

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PLASTICITY; SILICON CARBIDE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TITANIUM;

GLOBAL LOAD SHARING (GLS); LOCAL LOAD SHARING (LLS);

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES, SILICON-CARBIDE-FIBRE-REINFORCED; TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031126829     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(96)00163-7     Document Type: Article

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