... fracture toughness and the avoidance of catastrophic failure (Ref 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, ... 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25). However, most of these engineering applications require high reliability and the improvement of ceramic ... matrix composites Fiber length, mm Fiber volume fraction, % Jc, N/m 3 1. 0 61. 6 6 1. 0 14 7.5 13 0 .1 3.5 13 0.2 14 .8 13 0.8 210 .0 13 1. 0 2 41. 8 Source: Ref 63 Table 3 Jc values...