Abstract The developing roles of damage mechanisms in the failure response SiC/SiC minicomposites was investigated by characterization microscale accumulation with respect to microstructure. A multi-modal approach combining spatially resolved acoustic emission (AE) tensile testing in-SEM (scanning electron microscope) used simultaneously examine surface (observed in-SEM) and bulk (monitored via...

Bombardment of crystalline solids by energetic particles produces lattice defects, the accumulation of which is the origin of the macroscopic effects of irradiation damage. In an all-inclusive theory, the defects produced fall into two categories: (1) atomic displacements creating freely migrating vacancies and interstitials and their clusters, both mobile and immobile; and (2) transmutations c...