X-ray tomographic imaging of Ti/SiC composites

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-112

  McDonald, S A ^a   Preuss, M ^a   Maire, E ^b   Buffiere, J Y ^b   Mummery, P M ^a   Withers, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Damage accumulation; Fracture; Metal matrix composites; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CRACKS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FIBERS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MORPHOLOGY; SILICON CARBIDE; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

A.FIBRES; DAMAGES ACCUMULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; MATRIX COMPOSITE; METAL MATRIX; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE; PLY COMPOSITES; SINGLE PLY; TOMOGRAPHIC; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

FRACTURE;

SILICON DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DESTRUCTION; DRILL; FIBER; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037330664     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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