Fiber Coating Concepts for Brittle-Matrix Composites |
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Authors: | Janet B Davis Jan P A Löfvander Anthony G Evans Ewald Bischoff Mario L Emiliani |
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Affiliation: | Materials Department, College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106–5050;Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, D-7000 Stuttgart 1, Germany;Pratt and Whitney, Materials Engineering, West Palm Beach, Florida 33410 |
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Abstract: | The current interest in tough, high-temperature materials has motivated fiber coating development for brittle-matrix composites with brittle reinforcements. Such coatings are needed for controlled interface debonding and frictional sliding. The system investigated in this study was sapphire fiber-reinforced alumina. This system is thermochemically stable for severe use conditions, exhibits little thermal expansion mismatch, and utilizes the excellent strength and creep resistance of sapphire reinforcements. Porous oxide and refractory metal coatings which satisfy requirements for toughness improvement in these composites were identified by employing a variety of newly developed mechanical testing techniques for determining the interfacial fracture energies and sliding resistances. |
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