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Carbon/Carbon – an inverse composite structure
Author(s) -
Hüttner W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
materialwissenschaft und werkstofftechnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1521-4052
pISSN - 0933-5137
DOI - 10.1002/mawe.19850161209
Subject(s) - composite material , materials science , carbon fibers , composite number , microstructure , fracture (geology) , stiffness , modulus , reinforced carbon–carbon , matrix (chemical analysis)
Carbon/carbon composites are a type of material, which combines the refractory properties of carbon with the high strength and stiffness of carbon fibres. Although one could not expect a reinforcement by the combination of a carbon matrix with carbon fibres the fibre properties can be used. Additionally the material shows a pseudoplastic fracture behaviour in spite of its ceramic nature. Explanations for this inverse behaviour in comparison to other composite structures will be presented including mechanical viewpoints, interactions at the interface between fibre and matrix, their influence to the fracture characteristics and micromechanical behaviour as well as the interactions between modulus and microstructure. Furtheron examples for some industrial applications are described.