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Ceramics for engines
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Dicarlo, James A. Kiser, James D. Levine, Stanley R. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | Structural ceramics were under nearly continuous development for various heat engine applications since the early 1970s. These efforts were sustained by the properties that ceramics offer in the areas of high-temperature strength, environmental resistance, and low density and the large benefits in system efficiency and performance that can result. The promise of ceramics was not realized because their brittle nature results in high sensitivity to microscopic flaws and catastrophic fracture behavior. This translated into low reliability for ceramic components and thus limited their application in engines. For structural ceramics to successfully make inroads into the terrestrial heat engine market requires further advances in low cost, net shape fabrication of high reliability components, and improvements in properties such as toughness, and strength. These advances will lead to very limited use of ceramics in noncritical applications in aerospace engines. For critical aerospace applications, an additional requirement is that the components display markedly improved toughness and noncatastrophic or graceful fracture. Thus the major emphasis is on fiber-reinforced ceramics. |
| File Size | 748516 |
| Page Count | 18 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19880007321 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t18m26f0t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nonmetallic Materials Nondestructive Tests Component Reliability Fracture Mechanics Engine Design Life Durability Ceramics Brittleness Engine Parts Netting Materials/structures Defects Friction Wear Fatigue Materials Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |