Silicon carbide fibers

Silicon carbide fibers are a type of fiber that can be produced either from an organosilicon polymer precursor or by the chemical vapor deposition process. They are a promising material option for heat exchangers due to their ability to withstand high temperatures and minimize tritium permeation. They can also be used in structures such as high-pressure compressor blades and low-pressure turbine shafts for aero-engines that operate at around 425 °C.From: Composites Engineering Handbook [2019], UNITY: Kyoto Fusioneering’s Unique Integrated Testing Facility for Fusion Power Generation [2023], A macro-mesoscopic method for forced vibration behavior of SiCf/Ti composite cantilever beam [2023]

4] ceramic composites at 1300°C

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Published in Adedeji B. Badiru, Vhance V. Valencia, David Liu, Additive Manufacturing Handbook, 2017

Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn, Vipul Sharma

Advances in power generation systems for aircraft engines, land-based turbines, rockets, and, most recently, hypersonic missiles and flight vehicles have raised the demand for structural materials that have superior long-term mechanical properties under high temperature, high pressure, and varying environmental factors, such as moisture. On account of their low density, high strength, and fracture toughness at high temperatures, silicon carbide fiber-reinforced silicon-carbide matrix composites are currently being evaluated for aircraft engine hot-section components [1–4]. In these applications, the composites will be subjected to sustained and cyclic loadings at elevated temperatures in oxidizing environments. Therefore a thorough understanding of high-temperature mechanical behavior and performance of SiC/SiC composites in service environments is critical to design with, and life prediction for these materials.

A macro-mesoscopic method for forced vibration behavior of SiCf/Ti composite cantilever beam

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Published in Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2023

Xuming Niu, Jiaoling Shi, Fan Zhang, Lei Pan, Zhigang Sun, Yingdong Song

In fact, silicon carbide fiber-reinforced titanium matrix composites can be used in structures such as high-pressure compressor blades and low-pressure turbine shafts for aero-engines, which have an operating temperature of around 425 °C. Therefore, the typical temperature of the composite beam used 425 °C. Relevant parameters were determined using data obtained from testing in the literature (Kraabel, Sanders, and Mall 1997).

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