A method of treating a carbon structure is provided. The method may include infiltrating the carbon structure with a silicon compound preparation, heat treating the carbon structure to form a plurality of silicon carbide whiskers in the carbon structure, and/or densifying the carbon structure.

A method for producing a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material includes impregnating a set of ceramic fibers with a non-fibrous ceramic material, resulting in a precursor matrix, stabilizing the precursor matrix, resulting in a stabilized matrix, and densifying the stabilized matrix using a frequency assisted sintering technology (FAST) process, resulting in a densified CMC material. The resulting densified CMC exhibits superior strength and toughness, relative to prior CMCs.

A method of preparing a fiber for use in forming a ceramic matrix composite material comprises the steps of removing a polymer coating from an outer surface of glass or ceramic fibers by providing heated and humidified gas across the glass or ceramic fibers for a period of time.

A method of chemical vapor infiltration or deposition includes forming silicon carbide in pores of a porous substrate or on a surface of a substrate, the substrate being placed in a reaction enclosure, the silicon carbide being formed from a gas phase introduced into the reaction enclosure, the gas phase including a reagent compound that is a precursor of silicon carbide and that has the following formula ##STR00001##
in which n is an integer equal to 0 or 1; m is an integer lying in the range 1 to 3; p is an integer lying in the range 0 to 2 with m+p=3; and R designates —H or —CH.sub.3; a ratio C/Si between the number of carbon atoms and the number of silicon atoms in the introduced gas phase lying in the range 2 to 3.

The present disclosure discloses a hybrid woven fiber preform-reinforced composite material, including a fiber preform, a composite material interface and a matrix, where the fiber preform is a three-dimensional fabric hybrid woven by 2-5 high-performance inorganic fibers, and the matrix is selected from the group consisting of resin, light alloy, carbon and ceramic. A preparation method of the composite material includes: preparing ceramic slurry, fiber bundle impregnation treatment, fiber weaving, molding of three-dimensional overall structure preform, preform heat treatment, preparing interface and preparing matrix. The present disclosure improves the weaving performance of inorganic rigid fibers, and the prepared hybrid woven fiber preform-reinforced composite material has desirable integrity, high interlayer bonding strength, and is not easy to layer. Meanwhile, the present disclosure realizes the functions of wave transmission, wave-absorbing, high-temperature structural material, thermal insulation and thermal prevention through the combination of hybrid woven fibers.

A ceramic matrix composite manufacturing method includes: forming a zirconia-sol containing layer that contains zirconia sol, on fabric having an interface layer formed on a periphery of each of a plurality of ceramic-made fibers; impregnating the fabric having the zirconia-sol containing layer formed, with a polymer as a precursor, to form a body; supplying oxygen to the polymer included in the body; heating the body in an inert gas atmosphere to cause a reaction of the polymer to form a matrix; and heating the body in an oxygen atmosphere to remove the interface layer, after supplying the oxygen and heating the body in the inert gas atmosphere, to generate a ceramic matrix composite in which the matrix is interposed between the fibers.

A method is provided for growing a fiber structure, where the method includes: obtaining a substrate, growing an array of pedestal fibers on the substrate, growing fibers on the pedestal fibers, and depositing a coating surrounding each of the fibers. In another aspect, a method of fabricating a fiber structure includes obtaining a substrate and growing a plurality of fibers on the substrate according to 1½D printing. In another aspect, a multilayer functional fiber is provided produced by, for instance, the above-noted methods.

A method of fabricating a CMC part, includes coating a plurality of tows with an interphase by transporting the tows through a treatment chamber in which a gas phase is injected, the tows being tensioned during their transport and the interphase being formed by vapor deposition from the injected gas phase; forming a fiber preform by performing three-dimensional weaving using the tows coated with the interphase; and forming a consolidated fiber preform by treating the fiber preform by chemical vapor infiltration to form a consolidation phase on the interphase, the consolidation phase comprising silicon carbide and having a Young's modulus greater than or equal to 350 GPa.

A ceramic matrix composite includes a plurality of ceramic fibers and an interface coating disposed on the plurality of ceramic fibers. The interface coating includes a carbon-based layer disposed on each ceramic fiber of the plurality of ceramic fibers and a boron-nitride based layer disposed on the first carbon-based layer. The ceramic matrix composite also includes a ceramic matrix surrounding the plurality of ceramic fibers. A ceramic matrix composite and a method of forming a ceramic matrix composite component are also disclosed.

A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite component according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes laying up plies of ceramic reinforcement material with sacrificial plies to form a preform, infiltrating the preform with a ceramic matrix material, and machining away the sacrificial plies to reveal a surface profile of the ceramic matrix composite component. A preform for a ceramic matrix composite component is also disclosed.