Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Monitoring Interlaminar Crack Growth in Ceramic Matrix Composites Using Electrical Resistance

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 3-15-2015

Abstract

This letter introduces a method that uses electrical resistance to monitor crack growth during interlaminar fracture testing of woven SiC fiber-reinforced SiC matrix composites at room temperature without visual observation. The estimated crack length is in excellent agreement with the measured length after subtracting a constant value of resistance related to the initial stage of crack development. This non-visual monitoring method holds great promise for in situ measurement of crack growth during high-temperature testing of ceramic matrix composites.

Publication Title

Scripta Materialia

Volume

98

First Page

9

Last Page

12

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