Ceramic matrix composites; fiber reinforced ceramics and their applications.

9783527313617

Ceramic matrix composites; fiber reinforced ceramics and their applications.

Ed. by Walter Krenkel.

Wiley-VCH

2008

418 pages

$200.00

Hardcover

TA418

Brittle refractory materials are often useful in severe environments combining high temperatures with high stress levels. Here editor Krenkel (ceramic materials, U. of Bayreuth) and his contributors offer 16 articles on materials, including ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and reinforced ceramics, and their applications. Compared to other materials ceramics are mostly at the development stage, so the collection includes leading-edge information on such topics as fibers for ceramic matrix composites, textual reinforcement structures, interfaces and interphases, carbon applications, melt-infiltration processes, chemical vapor infiltration processes for CMCs, oxide composites with fiber coatings, CMCs with porous matrices, micro- structural modeling and thermal mechanical properties, nondestructive testing techniques, machining, integration technologies, and applications in aerospace, aeronautics and nuclear power. Although the result covers a lot of ground, it is remarkably comprehensive and eminently useful.

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