A method of preparing a fibrous preform for use in a ceramic matrix composite comprises coiling a serving yarn around a ceramic tow to form a served tow, the serving yarn comprising a polymer material with embedded ceramic particles, incorporating the served tow into a woven fabric, the woven fabric comprising a plurality of served tows, and removing the polymer material of the serving yarn such that the embedded ceramic particles remain in the woven fabric.

A method of preparing a fibrous preform for use in a ceramic matrix composite comprises coiling a serving yarn around a ceramic tow to form a served tow, the serving yarn comprising a polymer material with embedded ceramic particles, incorporating the served tow into a woven fabric, the woven fabric comprising a plurality of served tows, and removing the polymer material of the serving yarn such that the embedded ceramic particles remain in the woven fabric.

A method of preparing a ceramic fabric for use in a ceramic matrix composite includes arranging a plurality of tows to form a ceramic fabric with a first inter-tow spacing, applying a binder material to the ceramic fabric, and applying pressure to the ceramic fabric to form a pressure stabilized ceramic fabric. Each of the plurality of tows of the ceramic fabric has a first thickness, and each of at least a subset of the plurality of tows of the pressure stabilized ceramic fabric has a second thickness less than the first thickness.

A method of preparing a ceramic fabric for use in a ceramic matrix composite includes arranging a plurality of tows to form a ceramic fabric with a first inter-tow spacing, applying a binder material to the ceramic fabric, and applying pressure to the ceramic fabric to form a pressure stabilized ceramic fabric. Each of the plurality of tows of the ceramic fabric has a first thickness, and each of at least a subset of the plurality of tows of the pressure stabilized ceramic fabric has a second thickness less than the first thickness.

Woven fiber preforms are disclosed which have a base section and one or more leg sections positioned the base section, The base section and the leg sections together are a made of a single three-dimensional woven fiber structure comprising warp and weft fiber tows. The woven structure includes connecting weft tow sections that connect the base section to each of the leg sections. The connecting weft tow sections include through-the-thickness tow regions that pass from a leg section through the thickness (height) of the base section.

Woven fiber preforms are disclosed which have a base section and one or more leg sections positioned the base section, The base section and the leg sections together are a made of a single three-dimensional woven fiber structure comprising warp and weft fiber tows. The woven structure includes connecting weft tow sections that connect the base section to each of the leg sections. The connecting weft tow sections include through-the-thickness tow regions that pass from a leg section through the thickness (height) of the base section.

Systems, methods, and devices are directed to providing charge mitigation via a MXene-based conductive pathway on a spacesuit. In one aspect, a system for planetary exploration to provide charge mitigation on an outer surface of the spacesuit comprises a multilayered fabric including a woven layer, wherein the woven layer includes a first side to face a space environment and an opposing side to face a body of a wearer of the spacesuit and a MXene coating layer applied on the opposing side, wherein the MXene coating layer extends through the thickness the woven layer to conductively couple a first location on an exterior surface of the spacesuit with a second location on the exterior surface of the spacesuit.

Systems, methods, and devices are directed to providing charge mitigation via a MXene-based conductive pathway on a spacesuit. In one aspect, a system for planetary exploration to provide charge mitigation on an outer surface of the spacesuit comprises a multilayered fabric including a woven layer, wherein the woven layer includes a first side to face a space environment and an opposing side to face a body of a wearer of the spacesuit and a MXene coating layer applied on the opposing side, wherein the MXene coating layer extends through the thickness the woven layer to conductively couple a first location on an exterior surface of the spacesuit with a second location on the exterior surface of the spacesuit.

A foundry component for an apparatus for casting or handling a metal melt includes a metallic main body which is provided in a melt-contact surface region with an anticorrosion layer structure composed of one or more superposed layers. The anticorrosion layer structure has, as a sole layer or as one of a plurality of layers, a protective woven fabric body prefabricated as flexible woven fabric body from a woven fabric material which is casting temperature resistant or a nonwoven protective layer prefabricated as pliable nonwoven layer from a fiber nonwoven material or fiber paper material which is casting temperature resistant or a protective shaped body prefabricated as rigid shaped body from a material which is casting temperature resistant.

A foundry component for an apparatus for casting or handling a metal melt includes a metallic main body which is provided in a melt-contact surface region with an anticorrosion layer structure composed of one or more superposed layers. The anticorrosion layer structure has, as a sole layer or as one of a plurality of layers, a protective woven fabric body prefabricated as flexible woven fabric body from a woven fabric material which is casting temperature resistant or a nonwoven protective layer prefabricated as pliable nonwoven layer from a fiber nonwoven material or fiber paper material which is casting temperature resistant or a protective shaped body prefabricated as rigid shaped body from a material which is casting temperature resistant.