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CFCC fatigue: A literature review

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In this article, the current understanding of cyclic fatigue in continuous-fiber-rein-forced ceramic-matric composites is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the stress-number of cycles (S-N) approach to experimentally characterize and theoretically predict fatigue life.

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N. Miryala earned his M. Tech. in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay, India, in 1990. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tennessee. Mr. Miriyala is a member of TMS.

P.K. Liaw is a professor and Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Liaw is a member of TMS.

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Miriyala, N., Liaw, P.K. CFCC fatigue: A literature review. JOM 49, 59–66 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914770

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