In-plane cracking behavior and ultimate strength for 2D woven and braided melt-infiltrated SiC/SiC composites tensile loaded in off-axis fiber directions

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3185-3193

  Morscher, Gregory N ^a   Yun, Hee Mann ^b   Dicarlo, James A ^c  

^a OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b 31304 Via Colinas   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; INFILTRATION; MELTING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

IN-PLANE CRACKING; MULTIAXIAL STRESS STATES; REINFORCING FIBERS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 34548813392     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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