Thermal shock behaviour of ceramics and ceramic composites

AbstractTremendous efforts have been devoted to the studies of ceramic materials under transient thermal conditions over the past four decades. Such studies are becoming increasingly more important as advanced ceramic materials are demanded for applications at higher temperatures and more severe transient thermal conditions. In this paper, the theoretical and experimental studies on the thermal shock behaviour of monolithic ceramics and ceramic composites are reviewed; a survey of the experimental techniques that have been developed for characterising thermal shock damage is also included. It is shown that such studies for the monolithic ceramics have been extensive. The theoretical analyses are based primarily on the behaviour of monolithic ceramics and have been successfully applied to explain experimental phenomena and predict the thermal shock behaviour of monolithic ceramics. However, similar studies of the thermal shock resistance of ceramic composites, especially continuous fibre reinforced composi...

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