Damage, Fracture and Fatigue of Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 14042
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vibration; fatigue; damage; fracture; reliability; durability of aircraft and aeroengine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, “Damage, Fracture and Fatigue of Ceramic-Matrix Composites”, will address advances in material processing, material modelling and characterization, performance evaluation, and testing of ceramic–matrix composites (CMCs) for high-temperature applications. Compared with superalloy, the density of fiber-reinforced CMCs is only approximately one-third that of the superalloy, and the operating temperature can reach approximately 1350 oC for long-term use. Therefore, CMCs are considered the lightweight high-temperature material with the most potential for hot-section components in gas turbine engines. To improve the reliability and safety of CMC components during operation, it is necessary to perform investigations on damage and failure mechanisms analysis, and develop models to predict the damage, fracture and lifetime.
The aim is to address recent and up-to-date developmental activities concerning the application and the use of CMCs in aerospace and in gas turbine engine components. Operational issues that impact the performance, durability, and service life of the CMC, such as environmental effects, fatigue, cracking and other challenges, are welcomed for submission. CMCs modeling and simulation capabilities that capture all stages of damage and fracture evolution from initiation to progression to final failure are also welcomed. These tools are instrumental in reducing development and qualification costs of CMCs, especially under cyclic fatigue loading. Also, damage monitoring methods and tools, such as acoustic emission (AE), electrical resistance (ER), digital image correlation (DIC), and X-ray computed tomography (XCT), capable of in situ detecting internal damage evolution in CMCs under mechanical and cyclic fatigue loading and used for lifetime prediction are also highly desirable.
Articles and reviews dealing with CMCs for damage monitoring, damage mechanisms, damage models, failure and facture criterion, fatigue damage accumulation, and fatigue lifetime prediction are sought. This Special Issue also welcomes studies on damage, fracture and fatigue of different types of CMCs, such as, C/SiC, SiC/SiC, self-healing SiC/SiC, oxide/oxide CMCs with different processing methods and fiber preforms.
Dr. Longbiao Li
Prof. Dr. Zhaoke Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ceramic–matrix composites (CMCs)
- damage
- fracture
- fatigue
- strength
- lifetime
- acoustic emission
- electrical resistance
- digital image correlation
- x-ray computed tomography
- matrix cracking
- interface debonding
- interface oxidation
- fiber fragmentation
- material simulation
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