Ceramic Matrix Composites

PRESENTED BY
RUCHITHA U
 CONTENT
• What are ceramic matrix composites?
• Advantages of CMCs
• Typical fracture toughness of monolithic
materials and ceramic matrix composites
• Typical mechanical properties of some
ceramic matrix composites
• Manufacturing of Ceramic Matrix
Composites
• Application of CMCs
 Ceramic Matrix Composites

• What are ceramic matrix composites?

• Ceramic matrix composites have

matrices of alumina, calcium alumino
silicate (CAS), lithium alumino silicate
(LAS). Examples include Silicon
Carbide/CAS and Carbon/LAS.
 Advantages of CMCs

• High strength, hardness and high

service temperatures
• Chemical inertness
• Low Density
 Typical fracture toughness of
monolithic materials and ceramic
matrix composites
Material Fracture Toughness, MPa m Fracture Toughness, Ksi in
Epoxy 3 2.73

Aluminum Alloys 35 31.85

Silicon Carbide 3 2.73

SiC/A2O3 27 24.6

SiC/SiC 30 27.3
 Typical mechanical properties of some
ceramic matrix composites

Property Units SiC/LAS SiC/CAS Steel Aluminum

Specific Gravity 2.1 2.5 7.8 2.6

Young’s modulus Msi 13 17.55 30.0 10.0

Ultimate Tensile Strength Ksi 72 58.0 94.0 34.0

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion in/in/F 2 2.5 6.5 12.8

 Glass Impregnated
Fiber Tape

Fibers
Glass Slurry Tank
Manufacturing of
Ceramic Matrix
Binder Burnout
500oC
Stack of Glass Impregnated
Fiber Tapes Composites -
Pressure Slurry Infiltration

Hot Pressing Fiber/Glass Composite

800 - 925oC
 Application of CMCs
• Heat shield systems for space vehicles, which are
needed during the re-entry phase, where high
temperatures, thermal shock conditions and heavy
vibration loads take place.
• Components for high-temperature gas turbinessuch
as combustion chambers, stator vanes and turbine
blades.
• Components for burners, flame holders, and hot gas
ducts, where the use of oxide CMCs has found its
way.
• Brake disks and brake system components, which
experience extreme thermal shock (greater than
throwing a glowing part of any material into water).
• Components for slide bearings under heavy loads
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