Nondestructive characterization of woven fabric ceramic composites
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Woven fabric ceramic composites fabricated by the chemical vapor infiltration method are susceptible to high void content and inhomogeneity. The condition of such materials may be characterized nondestructively with ultrasonic methods. In this work, longitudinal and shear waves were used in the quantitative determination of elastic constants of Nicalon{trademark}/SiC composites as a function of volume percent of porosity. Elastic stiffness constants were obtained for both the in-plane and out-of-plane directions with respect to fiber fabric. The effect of porosity on the modulus of woven fabric composites was also modeled and compared to the measured results. Scan images based on the amplitude and time-of-flight of radio frequency (RF) ultrasonic pulses were used for evaluating the material homogeneity for the purpose of optimizing the manufacturing process and for correlation with the mechanical testing results.
- OSTI ID:
- 100559
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941144-; ISBN 1-55899-266-9; TRN: IM9540%%30
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA (United States), 28 Nov - 9 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Ceramic matrix composites -- Advanced high-temperature structural materials; Lowden, R.A.; Ferber, M.K. [eds.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)]; Hellmann, J.R. [ed.] [Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Center for Advanced Materials]; Chawla, K.K. [ed.] [New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)]; DiPietro, S.G. [ed.] [Textron Specialty Materials, Lowell, MA (United States)]; PB: 493 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 365
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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