Effect of load rate on ultimate tensile strength of ceramic matrix composites at elevated temperatures

Choi, Sung R. and Gyekenyesi, John P. (2002) Effect of load rate on ultimate tensile strength of ceramic matrix composites at elevated temperatures. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS, 3 (1). pp. 15-26. ISSN 1586-2070

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Abstract

Strength of three continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites, including SiC/CAS-II, SiC/MAS--5 and SiC/SiC, was determined as a function of test rate in air at 1100 to 1200 C. All three composite materials exhibited a strong dependency of strength on test rate, similar to the behavior observed in many advanced monolithic ceramics at elevated temperatures. The application of the preloading technique as well as the prediction of life from one loading configuration (constant stress-rate) to another (constant stress loading) suggested that the overall macroscopic failure mechanism of the composites would be the one governed by a power-law type of damage evolution/accumulation, analogous to slow crack growth commonly observed in advanced monolithic ceramics. It was further found that constant stress-rate testing could be used as an alternative to life prediction test methodology even for composite materials, at least for a short range of lifetimes and when ultimate strength is used as the failure criterion.

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