High-temperature transverse fracture toughness of nicalon-fiber-reinforced CAS-II glass-ceramic matrix composite

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1812-1820

  Kahraman, Ramazan ^a   Mandell, John F ^b   Deibert, Max C ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC FIBERS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TORSION TESTING;

CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE; DOUBLE TORSION TEST TECHNIQUE; NICALON FIBER REINFORCED GLASS CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE; TRANSVERSE CRACK RESISTANCE;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031193071     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03056.x     Document Type: Article

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