Nonlinear Damage Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composites

Help readers researchers, material scientists and design engineers gain greater understanding on the damage mechanisms inside CMCs so they can better design components used in aeronautics and astronautics.

Key areas addressed in the book include: the nonlinear damage behavior of ceramic-matrix composites, including damage mechanisms and models, nonlinear damage behavior of ceramic-matrix composites under tensile and fatigue loading, strain-rate dependent, stochastic loading dependent, and time dependent nonlinear damage behavior, and the effect of pre-exposure and thermal fatigue on non-linear damage behavior of ceramic-matrix composites.

Provides comprehensive coverage on damage mechanisms and models under tensile and cyclic fatigue loading which ultimately control nonlinear behavior.

Covers nonlinear damage analyses of CMC components and experimental observations of damage evolution.

Presents extensive knowledge on fracture mechanic principles used in the design of aerospace propulsion systems.