Tensile, flexural, and shear properties of neutron irradiated SiC/SiC composites with different fiber-matrix interfaces

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-227

  Nozawa, Takashi ^a,b   Ozawa, Kazumi ^a   Kondo, Sosuke ^a   Hinoki, Tatsuya ^a   Katoh, Yutai ^b   Snead, Lance L ^b   Kohyama, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexure; Inter laminar shear; Neutron irradiation effect; SiC SiC composites; Small specimen test technique; Tensile

Indexed keywords

FLEXURE; INTER-LAMINAR SHEAR; NEUTRON IRRADIATION EFFECTS; SMALL SPECIMEN TEST TECHNIQUE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROUS MATERIALS; SILICON CARBIDE;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 27844560033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI12884     Document Type: Article

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