Mechanical properties of 3D KD-I SiCf/SiC composites with engineered fibre–matrix interfaces

H.J Yu, X.G Zhou, W Zhang, H-X Peng, C.R Zhang, Z.L Huang

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Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) silicon carbide (SiC) matrix composites reinforced with KD-I SiC fibres were fabricated by precursor impregnation and pyrolysis (PIP) process. The fibre–matrix interfaces were tailored by pre-coating the as-received KD-I SiC fibres with PyC layers of different thicknesses or a layer of SiC. Interfacial characteristics and their effects on the composite mechanical properties were evaluated. The results indicate that the composite reinforced with as-received fibre possessed an interfacial shear strength of 72.1 MPa while the composite reinforced with SiC layer coated fibres had a much higher interfacial shear strength of 135.2 MPa. However, both composites showed inferior flexural strength and fracture toughness. With optimised PyC coating thickness, the interface coating led to much improved mechanical properties, i.e. a flexural strength of 420.6 MPa was achieved when the interlayer thickness is 0.1 μm, and a fracture toughness of 23.1 MPa m1/2 was obtained for the interlayer thickness of 0.53 μm. In addition, the composites prepared by the PIP process exhibited superior mechanical properties over the composites prepared by the chemical vapour infiltration and vapour silicon infiltration (CVI–VSI) process.
Translated title of the contributionMechanical properties of 3D KD-I SiCf/SiC composites with engineered fibre–matrix interfaces
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)699 - 704
JournalComposites Science and Technology
Volume71 (5)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011

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