Abstract
A material model was developed to predict changes in mass, density and thus volume of cured preceramic polymers for CMC matrices as they pyrolyze into ceramics. Because part warpage and delaminations are most likely to occur when matrix strain rates and strain rate gradients are the highest, the ability to accurately predict changes in a matrix material’s volume is essential to determining the processing conditions that will efficiently minimize composite scrap rates. Experimental and model analysis of the SiC forming polycarbosilane, SMP-10, revealed that volume shrinkage is initially driven by mass loss, is quickly dominated by density’s contribution, and has both temperature and time at temperature dependencies, where density is not a simple function of mass yield. While material density is rarely reported in the open literature, the ability to predict changes in density is essential to accurately predicting the volume yield of preceramic polymers used in ceramic matrix composites.
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