Tensile and stress-rupture behavior of SiC/SiC minicomposite containing chemically vapor deposited zirconia interphase

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1726-1733

  Li, Hao ^a   Morscher, Gregory N ^a,b   Lee, Jinil ^a   Lee, Woo Young ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; CRACKS; DEGRADATION; FIBERS; FRACTOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING; ZIRCONIA;

CRACK DEFLECTION; FIBER COATINGS; MINICOMPOSITE; ZIRCONIA INTERPHASE;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 5444258730     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.01726.x     Document Type: Article

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