Experimental investigation on mechanical properties of a fiber-reinforced silica aerogel composite

• Published in: Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing Vol. 528; no. 13; pp. 4830 - 4836
• Main Authors: Yang, Xiaoguang, Sun, Yantao, Shi, Duoqi, Liu, Jinlong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.01.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aerogel; Aerogels; Anelasticity, internal friction, stress relaxation, and mechanical resonances; Compression; Compression tests; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Debonding; Evaluated temperature; Exact sciences and technology; Failure; Fiber composites; Fibers; Fibre; High temperature; Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter; Mechanical properties; Physics; Scanning electron microscopy; Strain; Stress relaxation; Thermal conductivity; Thermal Protection System; Mechanical properties; Compression; Stress relaxation; Thermal Protection System; Aerogel; Evaluated temperature; Scanning electron microscopy; Fibre fracture; Inorganic compounds; Particle cluster; Compressive testing; Fiber reinforced material; Silica; Aerogels; Time dependence; Inelasticity; Composite materials; Temperature effects; Stress relaxation test

► Mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced aerogel were investigated by experiments. ► Compression tests were performed at both room and evaluated temperature. ► Temperature has great influence on compression behavior at strain above 0.5. ► Stress Relaxation Tests were carried out at both room and...