Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1573224 Materials Science and Engineering: A 2016 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
A high temperature digital image correlation (DIC) technique was developed, which was applied to study the in-situ fracture behavior of a carbon fibre reinforced silicon carbide matrix (C/SiC) composite. The displacement distribution and cracking information of the C/SiC single edge notched beam specimen can be monitored real-time, thanks to the improved DIC technique with special speckle patterns that can reach up to 1600 °C. The results showed that the brittle to ductile transition temperature of C/SiC composites is about 1300 °C. The new failure mechanisms of C/SiC composites at different experimental temperatures were further verified with the aid of X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope (SEM) techniques. In addition, the relationships between the fracture toughness, first-crack strength of C/SiC composites and environmental temperature were deduced. The proposed experimental method and testing results may shed some light on assessing the reliability and durability of C/SiC composites at high temperatures.
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