This book is a comprehensive source of information on various
aspects of ceramic matrix composites (CMC). It covers ceramic and
carbon fibers; the fiber-matrix interface; processing, properties
and industrial applications of various CMC systems; architecture,
mechanical behavior at room and elevated temperatures,
environmental effects and protective coatings, foreign object
damage, modeling, life prediction, integration and joining. Each
chapter in the book is written by specialists and internationally
renowned researchers in the field. This book will provide
state-of-the-art information on different aspects of CMCs. The book
will be directed to researchers working in industry, academia, and
national laboratories with interest and professional competence on
CMCs. The book will also be useful to senior year and graduate
students pursuing degrees in ceramic science and engineering,
materials science and engineering, aeronautical, mechanical, and
civil or aerospace engineering.

* Presents recent advances, new approaches and discusses new
issues in the field, such as foreign object damage, life
predictions, multiscale modeling based on probabilistic approaches,
etc.

* Caters to the increasing interest in the application of ceramic
matrix composites (CMC) materials in areas as diverse as aerospace,
transport, energy, nuclear, and environment. CMCs are considered
ans enabling technology for advanced aeropropulsion, space
propulsion, space power, aerospace vehicles, space structures, as
well as nuclear and chemical industries.

* Offers detailed descriptions of ceramic and carbon fibers;
fiber-matrix interface; processing, properties and industrial
applications of various CMC systems; architecture, mechanical
behavior at room and elevated temperatures, environmental effects
and protective coatings, foreign object damage, modeling, life
prediction, integration/joining.

Dr. Narottam P. Bansal is a Senior Research Scientist in the Ceramic and Polymer Composites Branch, Materials and Structures Division, at NASA Glenn Research Center. Previously, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and research associate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is the author or editor of six books, 37 conference proceedings, six invited chapters, and three review articles. Dr. Bansal has to date published over 230 papers, including more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers on glass, ceramics, and composites and holds seven US patents.

Dr. Jacques Lamon is Director of Research at CNRS (National Centre of Scientific Research). He recently joined the Laboratory for Mechanics and Technology (LMT) at Ecole Normale Supérieure Cachan (Paris, France). Before that he was Group Leader at LCTS (Laboratory for Thermostructural Composites, University of Bordeaux/CNRS, France), and Professor at the University of Bordeaux, France. He earned his PhD in materials science and engineering in 1978 from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines. He is the author of one book, twelve invited chapters, fourteen conference proceedings, and three journal special issues. He has written over 200 articles on ceramics and ceramic matrix composites.

Ceramic composites are considered as enabling technology for advanced aeropropulsion, space propulsion, space power, aerospace vehicles, space structures, ground transportation, as well as nuclear and chemical industries. In the last thirty years, tremendous progress has been made in the development and advancement of ceramic matrix composites (CMC). Ceramic Matrix Composites: Materials, Modeling and Technologyprovides a coherent overview of the progression and guides readers through the recent developments on various aspects of CMCs, including:

• Behavior and properties of constituents: fibers, fiber/matrix interfaces and interphases, and preforms
• Processing, properties and technology of continuous fiber-reinforced C/C, C/SiC, C/C-SiC, SiC/SiC, oxide/oxide, and ultra-high temperature ceramic composites as well as applications of CMCs in key sectors including aeronautics, space, and nuclear industries
• Environmental effects, including effects of steam, on oxide/oxide composites; stress-oxidation degradation in SiC-based composites; thermomechanical ablation; radiation effects on SiC-based and carbon fiber composites; foreign object damage
• Protective coatings against oxidation and surface recession of CMCs
• Multiscale modeling of material behavior and computational simulation of life of engineering structures
• Integration and joining of CMCs and mechanical testing of joined structures
• Acoustic emission based detection and quantification of damage with a view to life-prediction

With chapters contributed by internationally recognized experts in the field of CMCs and its coverage of the state-of-the art information, this book is recommended for scientists, engineers, technologists, and researchers in industry, research laboratories and academia. Students in materials science, ceramics, structural materials, mechanical, civil and biomedical engineering will find it an advantageous supplement to their studies.

• Presents recent advances, new approaches and discusses new issues in the field, such as foreign object damage, life predictions, multiscale modeling based on probabilistic approaches, etc.
• Caters to the increasing interest in the application of ceramic matrix composites (CMC) materials in areas as diverse as aerospace, transport, energy, nuclear, and environment. CMCs are considered ans enabling technology for advanced aeropropulsion, space propulsion, space power, aerospace vehicles, space structures, as well as nuclear and chemical industries.
• Offers detailed descriptions of ceramic and carbon fibers; fiber-matrix interface; processing, properties and industrial applications of various CMC systems; architecture, mechanical behavior at room and elevated temperatures, environmental effects and protective coatings, foreign object damage, modeling, life prediction, integration/joining.

Preface xv

Contributors xvii

Part I Fibers: Interface and Architecture 1

1 Reinforcement of Ceramic Matrix Composites: Properties of SiC-Based Filaments and Tows 3
Jacques Lamon, Stéphane Mazerat, and Mohamed R'Mili

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 Processing of SiC-Based Filaments 4

1.3 Fracture Characteristics of Single Filaments 6

1.4 Multifilament Tows 11

1.5 Mechanical Be…