Digital image and volume correlation (DIC and DVC) are increasingly being used to
measure the deformation and damage behaviour of composite materials. The …

Acoustic emission (AE) is a well-established technique for in-situ damage analysis of
composite materials. The main challenge, however, is to be able to correlate the measured …

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) have lots of distributed manufacture-induced defects,
which affect the mechanical response at high temperature heavily. In this paper, in-situ …

Silicon carbide (SiC)-based nuclear fission fuel rod cladding has been considered as one of
the possible designs for accident tolerant fuels. It is in the form of a SiC fibre reinforced SiC …

A novel type of solid waste based artificial aggregate which holds promise for a good
synergy between mechanical properties and self-healing capacity is designed with using the …

High fracture strength and fracture toughness are vital requirements for the Al 2 O 3/Al 2 O 3
composites. This advanced structural material is composed of two-dimensional alumina fiber …

Carbon fibre reinforced silicon carbide (C/SiC) ceramic matrix composites have attracted
considerable attention due to their exceptional properties and extensive potential …

Self-healing is one of the research hotspots in composite materials, but evaluating healing
performance has always been challenging. This study proposed a novel method to …

Abstract Chromium (Cr)-coated Zircaloy fuel cladding has been considered a promising
candidate materials system for accident tolerant fuels. In this work, two types of Cr coatings …

Mechanical properties may drastically change with temperature, which is crucial to
characterize materials in environments as similar as possible to their desired application …