Mechanical behavior and microstructure characterization of 3D stitched quartz fibers-reinforced silica composites

Abstract

The mechanical properties of silica material in the monolithic form are far from acceptable levels. In this paper, 3D stitched quartz preform was used for the fiber reinforcement, and quartz fibers-reinforced silica composites were prepared by the silica sol-infiltration-sintering method. The density of the composite was up to 1.71 g/cm³ after 10 infiltration-sintering cycles. The flexural strength and the in-plane shear strength were 61.7 MPa and 20.3 MPa, respectively. The flexural stress-deflection curve exhibited mostly nonlinear behavior, which was different from that of monolithic ceramics. Because of the existence of the fiber in Z axis direction, shearing property between the different layers of 3D stitched composites were greatly enhanced. Toughness effect of the 3D stitched quartz preform was conspicuous. The as-fabricated composites showed non-catastrophic failure behavior resulting from weak fiber/matrix interface.

Keywords

3D stitched preform / ceramic matrix composites / microstructure / mechanical behavior

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