"Monitoring Interlaminar Crack Growth in Ceramic Matrix Composites Usin" by Rabih Mansour, Emmanuel Maillet et al.
 

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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