Transparent fibre reinforced ceramics

This bachelor thesis summarizes possibilities of toughening of ceramic materials with various types of fibres and describes the basic principles for preparation of transparent fibre-reinforced composite materials. The role of fibre-matrix interface and the measurement methods enabling estimation of the interfacial strength and other characteristics are explained. The single fibre push-out test using a standard indentation technique was chosen for interfacial parameters determination of the composite consisting from a borosilicate matrix reinforced by SiC fibres in the practical part of this work