The effect of high-temperature annealing on tensile strength and its mechanism of Hi-Nicalon SiC fibres under inert atmosphere

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 777-787

  Yao, R Q ^a   Wang, Y Y ^a   Feng, Z D ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanism; Fracture surface; High temperature annealing; Silicon carbide fibres; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CRACKS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; INERT GASES; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MICROSCOPES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ARGON FLOWS; FRACTURE MECHANISM; FRACTURE SURFACE; FRACTURE SURFACES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; INERT ATMOSPHERES; MONOFILAMENT TENSILE TESTING MACHINES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRYSTALLINE FRACTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

FIBERS;

EID: 54849414731     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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