Thermomechanical Mismatch in Ceramic-Fiber-Reinforced Glass-Ceramic Composites |
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Authors: | MARCUS P BOROM CURTIS A JOHNSON |
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Affiliation: | General Electric Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, New York 12301 |
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Abstract: | The thermomechanical relationship between mullite and a lithium aluminosilicate (LAS) glass-ceramic has been studied by a technique of bimaterial dilatometry. The viscoelastic behavior of LAS was found to result in a temperature T rvsl below the glass-transformation temperature Tg at which the interfacial stresses between the materials undergo a reversal in sign. The effect of T rvsl on the high-temperature mechanical properties of mullite or SiC fiber-reinforced glass-ceramic composites is discussed. It is suggested that fiber clamping by the matrix at temperatures between T rvsl and Tg contributes to the brittle, high-temperature behavior of such composites. |
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