Low-cycle fatigue of Nicalon™-fiber-reinforced ceramic composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1597-1607

  McNulty, J C ^a   Zok, F W ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Ceramic matrix composites; B. Fatigue; B. Interface; B. Matrix cracking; B. Stress strain curves

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC COMPOSITES; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

CERAMIC FIBER; DAMAGE; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; TESTING;

EID: 0033180338     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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