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All of the files listed below are in Adobe PDF format. Please see the publications section for a list of journal papers to download.

Papers

Review of a high performance SiC/SiC composite: Part 1 – Mechanical properties (7 pages)

Review of a high performance SiC/SiC composite: Part 2 – Micromechanical properties (10 pages)

Presentations (Generally formatted at 6 PowerPoint slides per A4 page. The original PowerPoint presentations are available upon request)

Applications of composite materials (53 PowerPoint slides)

Ceramic fibre creep rates: The effect of variable fibre radius (21 PowerPoint slides)

Comparison between predicted and experimental stress/strain behaviour for a 3-D woven SiC/SiC composite between room temperature and 1300 ^oC (13 slides)

Development of an advanced ceramic matrix composite (CMC) based on the SiC/SiC system: Part 1 of 3 (60 PowerPoint slides)

Development of an advanced ceramic matrix composite (CMC) based on the SiC/SiC system: Part 2 of 3 (60 PowerPoint slides)

Development of an advanced ceramic matrix composite (CMC) based on the SiC/SiC system: Part 3 of 3 (40 PowerPoint slides)

Distribution of fibre/matrix interface shear strength within a single fibre bundle for a 3-D woven SiC/SiC composite tested at 1100 ^oC in air (19 PowerPoint slides)

Estimation of the fracture toughness of Tyranno^® Si-Ti-C-O fibres from flaw size and “fracture mirror” data measured in situ a 3-D woven SiC/SiC composite (6 PowerPoint slides)

Fibre/matrix interface shear strength measured in situ for SiC/SiC composites with different matrices and interfaces (28 PowerPoint slides)

Fibre strength measured in situ a 3-D woven SiC/SiC composite creep tested in air at 1100 ^oC (28 PowerPoint slides)

Influence of geometrical irregularities on the creep behaviour of ceramic fibres (36 PowerPoint slides)

Influence of oxidation on the micro-mechanical properties of a 3-D woven SiC/SiC composite tested in air at 1100 ^oC (51 PowerPoint slides)

Maximum fibre bundle packing density of variable radius fibres (20 PowerPoint slides)

Mechanical performance of hybrid composites containing carbon and silicon carbide fibres (84 PowerPoint slides)

Scanning electron microscopy study of failure in glass-sealed SiC/SiC-based composite (NUSK-CMC) creep tested at 1100 and 1200 ^oC in air (28 PowerPoint slides)

Spatial distribution of fibre and interface properties within a partially-oxidised 3-D woven ceramic matrix composite (CMC) based on the SiC/SiC system (45 PowerPoint slides)