Lifetime-applied stress response in air of a SiC-based Nicalon-fiber-reinforced composite with a carbon interfacial layer: Effects of temperature (300° to 1150°C)

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1919-1925

  Becher, Paul F ^a,b   Lin, Hua Tay ^a,b   More, Karren L ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRITTLEMENT; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OXIDATION; SEALANTS; SILICA; SILICON CARBIDE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLEXURAL STRESSES;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032119922     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02567.x     Document Type: Article

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