Effects of Nonuniform Fiber Geometries on the Microstructural Fracture Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composites

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center"><i>E</i><sub><i>T</i></sub> (GPa)</td><td class="align_center">Relative error (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Experiment [<a href="/journals/mpe/2019/8175689/#B10" target="_blank">10</a>]</td><td class="align_center">10.90</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hashin and Rosen [<a href="/journals/mpe/2019/8175689/#B43" target="_blank">43</a>]</td><td class="align_center">8.94</td><td class="align_center">18.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Theocaris and Varias [<a href="/journals/mpe/2019/8175689/#B44" target="_blank">44</a>]</td><td class="align_center">9.31</td><td class="align_center">14.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Present model</td><td class="align_center">11.397 ± 0.086</td><td class="align_center">4.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of the transverse moduli from different sources.</div>

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Table 3: Effects of Nonuniform Fiber Geometries on the Microstructural Fracture Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composites 