An apparatus and method of manufacturing a porous ceramic segmented honeycomb body (340,340) comprising axial channels (216) extending from a first end face (220) to a second end face (224). A plurality of porous ceramic honeycomb segments (204) is moved axially past respective apertures (110) of an adhesive applying device (100). Adhesive (118) is applied through openings (126) in the adhesive applying device (100) onto peripheral axial surfaces of each porous ceramic honeycomb segment (204). The plurality of porous ceramic honeycomb segments (204) enters a wide opening (318) of a tapered chamber (314) and exits a narrow opening (322) of the tapered chamber (314); a tapered wall (326) from the wide opening (318) to the narrow opening (322) presses the plurality of porous ceramic honeycomb segments (204) together forming the porous ceramic segmented honeycomb body (340,340). The adhesive (118) on the peripheral axial surfaces between respective porous ceramic honeycomb segments (204) is distributed by the pressing.

A method for making a turbine engine blade includes three-dimensionally weaving elongate fibers of a material selected from the group consisting of carbon, glass, silica, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, aluminum, aramid, aromatic polyamide, and combinations thereof to create a woven preform including a single piece of woven material. The woven preform includes continuous warp fibers extending along a first direction, continuous weft fibers extending along a second direction substantially normal to the first direction, and continuous fibers extending in a third direction substantially normal to the first and the second directions. The woven preform includes an airfoil region extending along the first direction and an arrangement of flaps extending along the second direction. The flaps are folded into a plane substantially normal to a plane of the airfoil region to form a shaped woven preform. The shaped woven preform is densified with a ceramic matrix.

A method of fabricating a composite part, includes forming a fiber preform for the part that is to be obtained by depositing a plurality of fiber structures impregnated with a thermoplastic polymer onto a surface, with deposition being performed by automated fiber placement; eliminating the thermoplastic polymer present in the preform by dissolution with a solvent; and injecting a liquid impregnation composition into the pores of the fiber preform after eliminating the thermoplastic polymer in order to form a matrix in the pores of the fiber preform.

Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with substrate assemblies for computer devices are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a core for a substrate assembly includes a first metal region, a second metal region, and a dielectric region located between the first metal region and the second metal region. The dielectric region includes one or more fibers, wherein each of the one or more fibers includes aluminum, boron, silicon, or oxide. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

A ceramic matrix composite includes, as a matrix, boron carbide, silicon carbide, and metal silicon or a silicon alloy. The boron carbide is contained as a main component of the matrix.

Disclosed are a silicon nitride ceramic sintered body and preparation method thereof. The silicon nitride ceramic sintered body includes a sintered bulk and a hard surface layer having a thickness of 10-1000 m, formed on a surface of the sintered bulk, wherein the sintered bulk comprises a first silicon nitride crystalline phase and a first grain boundary phase; the hard surface layer comprises a second silicon nitride crystalline phase and a second grain boundary phase; the first grain boundary phase comprises a metal tungsten phase being tungsten elementary substance and/or a tungsten alloy; the second grain boundary phase comprises tungsten carbide particles; tungsten element in the metal tungsten phase accounts for 80-100 wt % of total tungsten element in the first grain boundary phase; and tungsten element in the tungsten carbide particles accounts for 60-100 wt % of total tungsten element in the second grain boundary phase.

Disclosed are a silicon nitride ceramic sintered body and a-preparation method thereof. The silicon nitride ceramic sintered body includes a sintered bulk and a hard surface layer having a thickness of 10-1000 m, formed on a surface of the sintered bulk, wherein the sintered bulk comprises a first silicon nitride crystalline phase and a first grain boundary phase; the hard surface layer comprises a second silicon nitride crystalline phase and a second grain boundary phase; the first grain boundary phase comprises a metal tungsten phase being tungsten elementary substance and/or a tungsten alloy; the second grain boundary phase comprises tungsten carbide particles; tungsten element in the metal tungsten phase accounts for 80-100 wt % of total tungsten element in the first grain boundary phase; and tungsten element in the tungsten carbide particles accounts for 60-100 wt % of total tungsten element in the second grain boundary phase.

A method of making a ceramic matrix composite component includes arranging a plurality of ceramic-based reinforcements in an array, applying an interface coating to the ceramic-based reinforcements, applying a layer of ceramic-based matrix over the interface coating, and applying a secondary interface coating such that the secondary interface coating is separate and distinct from the layer of ceramic-based matrix. A ceramic matrix composite component is also disclosed.

A method for the manufacture of a carbon composite comprises compressing a combination comprising carbon and a binder at a temperature of about 350 C. to about 1200 C. and a pressure of about 500 psi to about 30,000 psi to form the carbon composite; wherein the binder comprises a nonmetal, metal, alloy of the metal, or a combination thereof wherein the nonmetal is selected from the group consisting of SiO.sub.2, Si, B, B.sub.2O.sub.3, and a combination thereof; and the metal is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, copper, titanium, nickel, tungsten, chromium, iron, manganese, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, molybdenum, tin, bismuth, antimony, lead, cadmium, selenium, and a combination thereof.

A composite material comprising 50 to 95 mass % grains of primary material selected from the group consisting of talc, mica, graphite and hexagonal boron nitride, and 0.01 to 40 mass % fibers having a length of 0.05 to 20 mm, and a ratio of length to diameter of at least 5. The grains of the primary material have a mean size of 3 to 50 microns.