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Air Force Institute of Technology

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Ceramic matrix composite

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Fatigue Behavior Of An Advanced Melt-Infiltrated Sic/Sic Composite With Environmental Barrier Coating At 1200°C In Air And In Steam, Thaddeus M. Williams Mar 2020

Fatigue Behavior Of An Advanced Melt-Infiltrated Sic/Sic Composite With Environmental Barrier Coating At 1200°C In Air And In Steam, Thaddeus M. Williams

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Advanced aerospace applications such as aircraft turbine engine components, hypersonic flight vehicles, and spacecraft reentry thermal protection systems require structural materials that have superior long-term mechanical properties under high temperature, high pressure, and varying environmental factors, such as moisture. Because of their low density, high strength and fracture toughness at high temperatures SiC fiber-reinforced SiC matrix composites are being evaluated for aircraft engine hot-section components. In these applications the composites will be subjected to various types of mechanical loadings at elevated temperatures in oxidizing environments. Because their constituents are intrinsically oxidation-prone, the most significant problem hindering SiC/SiC composites is oxidation …


Creep Of Nextel 720/A Ceramic Matrix Composite With Laser Drilled Effusion Holes At 1200°C In Air And In Steam, Savannah N. Minor Mar 2018

Creep Of Nextel 720/A Ceramic Matrix Composite With Laser Drilled Effusion Holes At 1200°C In Air And In Steam, Savannah N. Minor

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Creep behavior of an oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composite (CMC) containing an array of effusion holes was investigated at 1200⁰C in air and in steam. The composite (N720/A) consisted of a porous alumina matrix reinforced with alumina-mullite NextelTM 720 fibers. Test specimens had an array of 17 effusion holes with 0.5-mm diameter. The effusion holes were drilled through the specimen thickness normal to the specimen surface using a CO2 laser. Effect of the effusion holes on tensile properties was evaluated tension tests to failure at 1200°C in air. Creep of specimens with effusion holes at 1200°C was studied for creep stresses …