CMC for Nuclear Applications

Ceramic Matrix Composites: Fiber Reinforced Ceramics and their Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 353-384

  Kohyama, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramic fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CFRC, CMC); Ceramic materials; Ceramic matrix composites; CMC for nuclear applications; Effects of radiation damage; Gas reactor technology; Innovative SiC SiC; Mechanical property evaluation methods; New GFR concepts; NITE process; SiC SiC composite materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890644652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622412.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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