Journal
HIGH TEMPERATURES-HIGH PRESSURES
Volume 50, Issue 4-5, Pages 325-334Publisher
OLD CITY PUBLISHING INC
DOI: 10.32908/hthp.v50.1079
Keywords
ceramic matrix composite; cyclic fatigue; fracture; tensile test
Funding
- Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy [10065691, 20000192]
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The study conducted a cyclic fatigue test and monotonic tensile test on SiCf/SiC ceramic matrix composites at 1400 degrees Celsius, showing typical fiber pull-out in the monotonic test and brittle fracture in the cyclic fatigue test with different oxidation levels and crack propagation observed in the microstructure analysis.
A cyclic fatigue test of SiCf/SiC ceramic matrix composites was conducted at 1400 degrees C and compared to the monotonic tensile test. The specimens were prepared with an interface layer of pyrolytic carbon and densified through chemical vapor infiltration. In the monotonic tensile test, at 1400 degrees C, the specimen fractured at a strain of 0.35% with a proportional limit stress of 175 MPa, showing a typical fiber pull-out. However, after a prolonged cyclic test with increasing stresses from 65 to 95 MPa, the specimen fractured brittlely with almost no fiber pull-out. The microstructure analysis of the fracture surface showed different oxidation levels with respect to fracture locations, indicating that the crack propagated during the cyclic fatigue test. Transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that the interface layer of pyrolytic carbon was removed by oxidation and oxide layers were formed on both sides of the fiber and matrix at the later stage of the cyclic test, resulting in a strong interface between the fibers and matrix and brittle fracture during the cyclic test at 1400 degrees C.
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