Improved Resistance to Damage of Silicon Carbide-Whisker-Reinforced Silicon Nitride-Matrix Composites by Whisker-Oriented Alignment

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 161-164

  Wang, Chang An ^a   Huang, Yong ^a   Xie, Zhipeng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; RELIABILITY; SILICON CARBIDE; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

CRACK GROWTH RESISTANCE; R CURVE BEHAVIOR; SILICON CARBIDE WHISKER REINFORCED SILICON NITRIDE MATRIX COMPOSITES; VICKERS INDENTATION METHOD; WHISKER ORIENTED ALIGNMENT;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS;

EID: 0035241459     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb00624.x     Document Type: Article

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