Experimental investigation and modeling of the creep behavior of ceramic fiber-reinforced SiO2 aerogel

► Creep property of ceramic fiber-reinforced aerogel was investigated by experiments ► Ambient creep strain seem to reaches constant value after 168 h ► Creep behavior is similar to that of metal material ► Creep behavior could be well described by the Power-Law model ► Thermal softening of nanoparticles was the main reason for mechanical property change