Effects of Temperature and Oxidation on Cyclic-Fatigue Life of 2D Woven Ceramic-Matrix Composites
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 4
Abstract
In this paper, the effects of temperature and oxidation on cyclic-fatigue life of two dimensional (2D) woven SiC/SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) have been investigated. The relationships between fatigue life, fibers failure, interface shear stress and fibers strength degradation, temperature, and oxidation have been established using micromechanical approach. The tension-tension fatigue life curves of 2D SiC/SiC composite at room and elevated temperatures in moisture, argon, air, and steam have been predicted. It was found that the presence of steam causes accelerated damage evolution and degradation in fatigue life compared with that in air.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Natural Science Fund of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20140813), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. NS2016070). The author also wishes to thank three anonymous reviewers and editors for their helpful comments on an earlier version of the paper.
References
Bednarcyk, B. A., Mital, S. K., Pineda, E. J., and Arnold, S. M. (2015). “Multiscale modeling of ceramic matrix composites.” 56th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conf., AIAA SciTech Forum, Reston, VA.
Casas, L., and Martinez-Esnaola, J. M. (2003). “Modelling the effect of oxidation on the creep behavior of fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites.” Acta Mater., 51(13), 3745–3757.
Curtin, W. A., Ahn, B. K., and Takeda, N. (1998). “Modeling brittle and tough stress-strain behavior in unidirectional ceramic matrix composites.” Acta Mater., 46(10), 3409–3420.
Evans, A. G., Zok, F. W., and McMeeking, R. M. (1995). “Fatigue of ceramic matrix composites.” Acta Metall. Mater., 43(3), 859–875.
Filipuzzi, L, and Naslain, R. (1994). “Oxidation mechanisms and kinetics of 1D-SiC/C/SiC composite materials. II: Modelling.” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 77(2), 467–480.
Gowayed, Y., Ojard, G., Santhosh, U., and Jefferso, G. (2015). “Modeling of crack density in ceramic matrix composites.” J. Compos. Mater., 49(18), 2285–2294.
Halbig, M. C., McGuffin-Cawley, J. D., Eckel, A. J., and Brewer, D. N. (2008). “Oxidation kinetics and stress effects for the oxidation of continuous carbon fibers within a microcracked C/SiC ceramic matrix composite.” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 91(2), 519–526.
Jacob, D. (2010). “Fatigue behavior of an advanced SiC/SiC composite with an oxidation inhibited matrix at 1200°C in air and in steam.”, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.
Lamouroux, F., Camus, G., and Thebault, J. (1994). “Kinetics and mechanisms of oxidation of 2D woven C/SiC composites. I: Experimental approach.” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 77(8), 2049–2057.
Lara-Curzio, E. (1999). “Analysis of oxidation-assisted stress-rupture of continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites at intermediate temperatures.” Compos. Part A, 30(4), 549–554.
Lee, S. S., and Stinchcomb, W. W. (1994). “Damage mechanisms of cross-ply Nicalon/CAS-II laminate under cyclic tension.” Ceram. Eng. Sci. Proc., 15(4), 40–48.
Li, L. B. (2014). “Modeling fatigue hysteresis behavior of unidirectional C/SiC ceramic-matrix composite.” Compos. Part B, 66(4), 466–474.
Li, L. B. (2015). “Fatigue life prediction of carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites at room and elevated temperatures. Part II: Experimental comparisons.” Appl. Compos. Mater., 22(6), 669–691.
Li, L. B. (2016a). “Comparison of fatigue life between C/SiC and SiC/SiC ceramic-matrix composites at room and elevated temperatures.” Appl. Compos. Mater., 23(5), 913–952.
Li, L. B. (2016b). “Fatigue hysteresis of carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites at room and elevated temperatures.” Appl. Compos. Mater., 23(1), 1–27.
Li, L. B. (2016c). “Fatigue life prediction of carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites at room and elevated temperatures. Part I: Experimental analysis.” Appl. Compos. Mater., 23(2), 101–117.
Mall, S. (2005). “Effects of moisture on fatigue behavior of SiC/SiC composite at elevated temperature.” Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 412(1–2), 165–170.
Michael, W. K. (2010). “Fatigue behavior of a SiC/SiC composite at 1000°C in air and steam.”, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.
Mizuno, M., Zhu, S. J., Nagano, Y., Sakaida, Y., Kagawa, Y., and Watanabe, M. (1996). “Cyclic-fatigue behavior of SiC/SiC composites at room and high temperatures.” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 79(12), 3065–3077.
Naslain, R. (2004). “Design, preparation and properties of non-oxide CMCs for application in engines and nuclear reactors: An overview.” Compos. Sci. Technol., 64(2), 155–170.
Naslain, R., et al. (2004). “Oxidation mechanisms and kinetics of SiC-matrix composites and their constituents.” J. Mater. Sci., 39(24), 7303–7316.
Pailler, F., and Lamon, J. (2005). “Micromechanics based model of fatigue/oxidation for ceramic matrix composites.” Compos. Sci. Technol., 65(3–4), 369–374.
Reynaud, P. (1996). “Cyclic fatigue of ceramic-matrix composites at ambient and elevated temperatures.” Compos. Sci. Technol., 56(7), 809–814.
Rouby, D., and Reynaud, P. (1993). “Fatigue behavior related to interface modification during load cycling in ceramic-matrix fiber composites.” Compos. Sci. Technol., 48(1–4), 109–118.
Ruggles-Wrenn, M. B., and Sharma, V. (2011). “Effects of steam environment on fatigue behavior of two ceramic composites at 1300°C.” Appl. Compos. Mater., 18(5), 385–396.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 30 • Issue 4 • July 2017
Copyright
©2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: May 3, 2016
Accepted: Sep 22, 2016
Published ahead of print: Jan 25, 2017
Published online: Jan 26, 2017
Discussion open until: Jun 26, 2017
Published in print: Jul 1, 2017
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.