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11.3.2 Tensile test<strong>in</strong>p,<br />

The usefulness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tensile test described <strong>in</strong> this report as a<br />

semiquantitative method for determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terfacial frictional stresses<br />

was demonstrated us<strong>in</strong>g a Sic coat<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> relatively large-diameter<br />

AVCO Sic filaments. Interfacial frictional stresses were calculated from<br />

measured critical lengths for systems with <strong>and</strong> without a modify<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong>terlayer. The low magnitude <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> values is supported by <strong>the</strong><br />

delam<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> composites <strong>and</strong> debond<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual filaments<br />

from <strong>the</strong> <strong>matrix</strong> observed dur<strong>in</strong>g four-po<strong>in</strong>t flexure test<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> composites<br />

formed from <strong>the</strong>se <strong>fiber</strong>s.<br />

The tensile test is dependent on a reproducible coat<strong>in</strong>g with a known<br />

rupture stress. In this analysis, <strong>the</strong> strength <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> coat<strong>in</strong>g was foi-nnd<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> literature <strong>and</strong> extrapolated from mechanical-property test results.<br />

A coat<strong>in</strong>g-rupture strength <strong>of</strong> 500 MPa was obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>and</strong> agrees well with<br />

<strong>the</strong> values calculated from measured loads correspond<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>matrix</strong><br />

fracture dur<strong>in</strong>g flexure test<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> numerous composite specimens.<br />

The tensile method <strong>of</strong>fers a number <strong>of</strong> advantages compared with <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>dentation test. Sample preparation is simplified <strong>and</strong> problems <strong>of</strong> <strong>fiber</strong><br />

position<strong>in</strong>g are removed. Stress fields from neighbor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>fiber</strong>s could<br />

<strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dentatlon measurements. This is not an issue<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> tensile test.<br />

The greatest advantage <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tensile test is<br />

speed; however, <strong>the</strong> test is not problem-free.<br />

The sequential fragmentation <strong>of</strong> coat<strong>in</strong>gs on <strong>the</strong> large-diameter<br />

filaments was easily observable.<br />

Specimen preparation was relatively<br />

uncomplicated.<br />

The critical lengths <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> segments were relatively long<br />

<strong>and</strong> measure frictional stresses correlated well w ith observed behavior.

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