Comprehensive book systematically covering interface design, characterization, and properties of ceramic-matrix composites

This application-oriented book helps material scientists and engineering designers understand and master the interface of ceramic-matrix composites. It demonstrates the definition, function, and type of the interface of ceramic-matrix composites and gives comprehensive investigations on the interface design, interface characterization, interface assessment, and interface damage law of both C/SiC and SiC/SiC ceramic-matrix composites subjected to tensile and fatigue loading at different testing conditions.

Interfaces of Ceramic-Matrix Composites. Design, Characterization and Damage Effects starts with an introduction to the definition, function, and design of interface in ceramic-matrix composites. It discusses the effects of interphase on sliding resistance and thermal misfit stress and covers both PyC and BN interphases. The books also examines the effect of: interface properties on tensile and fatigue behavior of ceramic-matrix composites; pre-exposure on tensile damage and fracture of ceramic-matrix composites; and interface properties on lifetime of ceramic-matrix composites. Other chapters study: relationships between interface slip and temperature rising in CMCs; interface damage law at room and elevated temperatures; the effect of temperature, oxidation, and fiber preforms on interface damage of CMCs; and much more.

• Focuses on the interface which dominates the properties of ceramic-matrix composites
• Helps material designers and engineers to better design ceramic-matrix composite components for applications
• Comprehensively covers time-dependent mechanical behavior of CMCs at elevated temperatures

Interfaces of Ceramic-Matrix Composites. Design, Characterization and Damage Effects is an ideal book for materials scientists, surface chemists, ceramics industry professionals, aerospace physicians, and aerospace and construction engineers.
About the Author:

Longbiao Li, PhD, is a lecturer in the College of Civil Aviation at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA). His research focuses on the fatigue, damage, fracture, reliability, and durability of aircraft and aero engine. In this research area, he is the first author of 128 SCI journal publications, 2 monograph, 3 book chapters, 10 Chinese Patents, and 1 US Patent, and more than 20 refereed conference proceedings. He has been involved in different projects related to structural damage, reliability, and airworthiness design for aircraft and aero engines, supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China, COMAC Company, and AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine Company.