Research Article

Damage Assessment in a SiC-fiber reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite

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Postmortem optical stereoscope images of the notched lengths of a notched SiC/BMAS ceramic matrix composite demonstrating the dominant macrocrack and crack deflection path and magnification showing large-scale bridging and pullout phenomena.
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