SEDL / STP / STP1003-EB / STP10016S

High-Temperature Testing of Glass/Ceramic Matrix Composites

Mandell, JF
Principal research associate and graduate students, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Grande, DH
Principal research associate and graduate students, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Dannemann, KA
Principal research associate and graduate students, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Pages: 13    Published: Jan 1989

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Abstract

Recent advances in ceramic and other high-temperature composites have created a need for test methods that can be used at 1000°C and above. Present test methods usually require adhesively bonded tabs that cannot be used at high temperatures. This paper discusses some of the difficulties with high-temperature test development and describes several promising test methods. Stress-strain data are given for Nicalon ceramic fiber reinforced glass and glass-ceramic matrix composites tested in air at temperatures up to 1000°C.