Research Article

Dynamic Fracture Toughness of TaC/CNTs/SiC CMCs Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering

Table 2

Summary of results of fracture toughness.

Impact energy Vickers hardness Strain rate Maximum energy absorbedMaximum loading forceFracture toughness
(, mJ)(HV, GPa)(, 1/s)(, mJ)(, N)(, MPa⋅m1/2)

Indentation24.55 ± 1.32///3.88 ± 0.28
445/51.049.285.44.71 ± 0.17
790/69.863.597.75.45 ± 0.14
1235/90.486.1149.88.36 ± 0.09