Characterization of failure behavior of silicon carbide composites by acoustic emission

Nozawa, Takashi; Ozawa, Kazumi; Tanigawa, Hiroyasu

This study aims to identify failure behavior of SiC/SiC composites by varied test modes. For this purpose, acoustic emission (AE) was applied to detect composites' failure. Tensile and compressive tests were conducted for a plain-weave (P/W) chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) composite. Various loading angles were applied to discuss an anisotropic issue. AE results distinguished damage accumulation processes in axial and off-axial loading cases. Specifically, test results indicated a clear difference of damage density between tensile and compressive tests. This study also classified the characteristic failure modes by separately discussing localized variations of power within a time series by wavelet analysis.