Flexural strength distribution of 3D SiC/SiC composite

Flexural strength of a four-step, three-dimensional (3D) braiding SiC/SiC composite was tested at room temperature. The strength distribution was studied based on Weibull distribution and Normal distribution as well as examined by the Kolmogorov test. The results indicated that the flexural failure behavior of the composite was rather brittle with a small displacement. And the statistical strength distribution of the 3D SiC/SiC composite was in agreement with two-parameter Weibull distribution of the Weibull modulus, m = 8.1545 and normal distribution. And the predicated mean flexural strength of the 3D SiC/SiC composite by the two-parameter Weibull distribution was consistent with the tested value.