A method of assembling together by brazing two parts made of composite material, each part having an assembly face for brazing with the assembly face of the other part, the method including: making a plurality of cavities in the assembly face of at least one of the two composite material parts, at least some of the cavities opening out into one or more portions of the part that are situated outside the assembly face; interposing capillary elements between the assembly faces of the composite material parts; placing a brazing composition in contact with a portion of the capillary elements; and applying heat treatment to liquefy the brazing composition so as to cause the molten brazing composition to spread by capillarity between the assembly faces of the composite material parts.

A method including applying layers of multiple constituents where the constituents are capable of producing a non-equilibrium condition on the contacting surfaces of a ceramic matrix composite component and a gas turbine engine component where one outer coating includes a first constituent and the other outer coating includes a second constituent; forming a component assembly with the ceramic matrix composite component coupled to the gas turbine engine component with contact between the outer coatings; adding an energy to facilitate an equilibrium reaction between the first constituent of the first outer coating and the second constituent of the second outer coating; and as a result of adding the energy, forming a bond structure in the component assembly with a product of the equilibrium reaction where the bond structure affixes the ceramic matrix composite component to the gas turbine engine component between the first constituent and the second constituent.

A ramming mass for the block lining of at least some of the refractory elements of a refractory lining of a metallurgical vessel such as a blast furnace, said ramming mass being composed of a mixture of a granular phase and a binder phase, wherein the granular phase and/or binder comprises at least one component having a microporous structure or capable of forming a microporous structure by firing during the blast furnace campaign. The ramming mass is in particular intended for forming the joint between two concentric annular assemblies forming a side wall of the vessel or between a lower part of an inner annular assembly and the periphery of one or more refractory layers forming the floor of the vessel.

The invention relates to the use of Dispersion Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated (DCM) nuclear fuel as a meltdown-proof, accident-tolerant fuel to replace uranium dioxide fuel in existing light water reactors (LWRs). The safety qualities of the DCM fuel are obtained by the combination of three strong barriers to fission product release (ceramic coatings around the fuel kernels), highly dense inert ceramic matrix around the coated fuel particles and metallic or ceramic cladding around the fuel pellets.

A method for attaching an insert to a substrate includes: rubbing the insert against the substrate; forming a heat-affected zone in the substrate; forming plasticized substrate material from friction resulting from the rubbing; moving the insert to a first depth in the heat-affected zone in the substrate; moving the insert to a second depth in the heat-affected zone in the substrate where the first depth is deeper than the second depth; flowing the plasticized material against the insert; and releasing the insert.

The invention relates to a multilayer tubular part (1) comprising a metal layer forming a metal tubular body (3) and two layers in ceramic matrix composite material covering the metal tubular body, wherein one of the two layers in ceramic matrix composite material covers the inner surface of the metal tubular body to form an inner tubular body (4), whilst the other of the two layers in ceramic matrix composite material covers the outer surface of the metal tubular body to form an outer tubular body (2), the metal tubular body therefore being sandwiched between the inner and outer tubular bodies. The metal tubular body is in metal or metal alloy. Finally, the metal tubular body has a mean thickness smaller than the mean thicknesses of the inner and outer tubular bodies. A said part is useful in particular for producing nuclear fuel claddings.

There are provided a continuous fiber-reinforced silicon carbide member and the like which allow sufficient improvement in a mechanical property and environmental resistance. The continuous fiber-reinforced silicon carbide member of an embodiment is a tubular shape and has a first composite material layer and a second composite material layer. In the first composite material layer, continuous fibers of silicon carbide are combined with a matrix of silicon carbide. In the second composite material layer, continuous fibers of carbon are combined with a matrix of silicon carbide. Then, the first composite material layer and the second composite material layer are stacked.

A super hard polycrystalline construction has a first region comprising a body of thermally stable polycrystalline super hard material having an exposed surface forming a working surface, and a peripheral side edge, said polycrystalline super hard material comprising a plurality of intergrown grains of super hard material; a second region forming a substrate to the first region; and a third region interposed between the first and second regions. The third region extends across a surface of the second region along an interface, the interface comprising at least a portion having an uneven topology, the third region comprising a composite material having a first phase comprising a plurality of non-intergrown grains of super hard material, and a matrix material, the third region having a wear resistance at least three times less than sintered polycrystalline diamond material having the same average grain size of diamond grains as the super hard grains in the third region.

This copper/ceramic assembly includes: a copper member consisting of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member, wherein the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other. At a bonded interface between the ceramic member and the copper member, an active metal compound layer is formed on a side of the ceramic member. In a region extending by 10 m from the active metal compound layer toward a side of the copper member, an area rate of an active metal carbide is 8% or less.

A method for forming a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component includes applying a CMC fiber preform to a ceramic core where the CMC fiber preform is formed from a plurality of CMC fiber tows. An interface coating is formed on at least a portion of the plurality of CMC fiber tows before or after the CMC fiber preform is formed from the plurality of CMC fiber tows. A ceramic matrix is formed on the CMC fiber preform with the CMC fiber preform applied to the ceramic core. The CMC fiber preform and the ceramic matrix form a CMC facesheet. A reaction material is located at or adjacent an interface of the CMC facesheet and the ceramic core. The CMC facesheet and the ceramic core are thermally processed to react the interface coating with the reaction material to form a bonding layer at the interface.