Tensile Creep and Fatigue of Sylramic-iBN Melt-Infiltrated SiC Matrix Composites: Retained Properties, Damage Development, and Failure Mechanisms (Preprint)

Abstract

The elevated temperature creep, fatigue, rupture, and retained properties of ceramic matrix composites envisioned for use in gas turbine engine applications are essential properties to understand and model for the purposes of component design and life-prediction. In order to quantify the effect of stress, time, temperature, and oxidation for a state-of-the-art composite system: the Sylramic-iBN woven fiberreinforced, BN interphase, melt-infiltrated SiC matrix composite, a wide variety of tensile creep, dwell fatigue, and cyclic fatigue experiments were performed in air at 1204 degrees Celsius. Tests were either taken to failure or interrupted. Interrupted tests were then tested at room temperature to determine the residual mechanical properties. The retained properties of most of the composites subjected to tensile creep or fatigue was usually within 20% of the as-produced strength and 10% of the as-produced elastic modulus.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA501502

Entities

People

  • Greg Ojard
  • Gregory N. Morscher
  • Jalees Ahmed
  • Reji John
  • Robert Miller
  • U. Santhosh
  • Yasser Gowayed

Organizations

  • Pratt & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Ceramic Matrix Composites
  • Composite Material Fabrication
  • Composite Materials
  • Creep
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Gas Turbines
  • Materials
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Oxidation
  • Residuals
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.