Carbon-Carbon Protective Tubes

Abstract

High temperature protective tubes for the F-22 fighter's spin chute struts had to be acquired and installed quickly due to changing needs. The solution was found at the Propulsion Directorate, whose carbon-carbon In-Situ Densification process had already demonstrated rapid small-scale densification of high quality components at low cost. In May 1999, the Directorate's Propulsion Sciences Division was able to produce the needed components in just eight weeks. This time included the scaleup of the carbon-carbon In-Situ process and the facilities to produce components of the required size. Other sources would have taken three to five months to produce similar components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 1999
Accession Number
ADA409485

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Carbon Carbon Composites
  • Carbon Fibers
  • Composite Materials
  • Gas Turbine Nozzles
  • Graphitic Materials
  • High Temperature
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Military Research
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Nozzles
  • Rockets
  • Technology Transfer

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.