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Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) for Aerospace Applications

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Ceramic materials have excellent properties, but are brittle and the strengths are highly variable. Particulate reinforcements give isotropic properties, but only marginal improvement in toughness. Continuous reinforcements improve the ceramic materials both in terms of fracture toughness as well as strength variability. The processing of ceramic matrix composites and improving the required properties with the available reinforcements is an emerging technology that is finding new critical applications.

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Acknowledgments

The authors sincerely acknowledge the support and information they received from several colleagues at DMRL and ASL (two DRDO laboratories in Hyderabad, India) as well as from colleagues elsewhere in India and abroad. They feel particularly indebted to Professor KS Ravi Chandran, Professor Rahul Mitra, Dr. SV Kamat, Dr. A Chakraborty, Mrs. Sweety Kumari, Dr. G Malakondaiah and Dr. D Banerjee. Funding from DRDO and INAE is gratefully acknowledged.

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  3. DMRL, Hyderabad, India

    J. Subramanyam

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Eswara Prasad, N., Anil Kumar, Subramanyam, J. (2017). Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) for Aerospace Applications. In: Prasad, N., Wanhill, R. (eds) Aerospace Materials and Material Technologies . Indian Institute of Metals Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2134-3_16

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