Patent classifications
C04B2237/84
Joined body including ceramic member and metallic member and method for manufacturing joined body
A joined body 10 is manufactured by joining a Mo- or Ti-made terminal 14 having a Ni coating, a Au coating, a NiAu coating (with Ni Serving as a base) to a recess 12a formed in a plate-shaped ceramic member 12 made of alumina or aluminum nitride through a joint layer 16. The joint layer 16 contains Au, Sn, Ag, Cu, and Ti and is in contact with a bottom surface of the recess 12a and with at least part of a side surface of the recess 12a (the entire side surface in this case). In the joint layer 16, its joint interface with the ceramic member 12 is Ti-rich. When the joined body 10 is cut in its thickness direction, the ratio of the total cross sectional area of pores to the cross-sectional area of the joint layer 16 (porosity) is 0.1 to 15%.
Low Thermal Stress Engineered Metal Structures
A structured multi-phase composite which include a metal phase, and a low stiffness, high thermal conductivity phase or encapsulated phase change material, that are arranged to create a composite having high thermal conductivity, having reduced/controlled stiffness, and a low CTE to reduce thermal stresses in the composite when exposed to cyclic thermal loads. The structured multi-phase composite is useful for use in structures such as, but not limited to, high speed engine ducts, exhaust-impinged structures, heat exchangers, electrical boxes, heat sinks, and heat spreaders.
Method for making ceramic turbine engine article
A method of fabricating a ceramic turbine engine article includes building a wall of the article from preceramic layers, wherein the building includes arranging the preceramic layers around one or more sacrificial core elements, converting the preceramic layers to ceramic, and removing the one or more sacrificial core elements to leave one or more cavities in the wall.
Nuclear reactor fuel rod and fuel assembly having bundled same
A nuclear reactor fuel rod is a fuel rod for a light-water reactor. The nuclear reactor fuel rod includes a fuel cladding tube and an end plug, both of which are formed of a silicon carbide material. A bonding portion between the fuel cladding tube and the end plug is formed by brazing with a predetermined metal bonding material interposed, and/or by diffusion bonding. The predetermined metal bonding material has a solidus temperature of 1200 C. or higher. An outer surface of the bonding portion, and a portion of an outer surface of the fuel cladding tube and the end plug, which is adjacent to the outer surface of the bonding portion are covered by bonding-portion coating formed of a predetermined coating metal. The predetermined metal bonding material and the predetermined coating metal have an average linear expansion coefficient which is less than 10 ppm/K.
Turbine wheel assembly with ceramic matrix composite components
The present disclosure is related to turbine wheel assemblies for gas turbine engines. Such turbine wheel assemblies may include ceramic matrix composite airfoil components mounted with different types of coupling to a central disc.
CMC BLADE OUTER AIR SEAL
A blade outer air seal includes a base portion that extends between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side and from a first axial side to a second axial side. A first wall is axially spaced from a second wall. The first and second walls extend from the base portion. An outer wall joins the first and second walls. The outer wall has a first edge and a second edge. Each of the edges have a first portion and a second portion arranged at a first angle relative to the first portion.
CMC BOAS WITH INTERNAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE
A blade outer air seal includes a base portion that extends between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side and from a first axial side to a second axial side. A first wall is axially spaced from a second wall. The first and second walls extend from the base portion to an outer wall. A rib extends from the base portion to the outer wall and spaced axially between the first and second walls.
Turbine disk with pinned platforms
A blade assembly for use in a gas turbine engine. The blade assembly includes a blade, a platform distinct from the blade and configured to extend around the blade, and a pin that couples the platform with the blade.
Flow path assemblies for gas turbine engines and assembly methods therefore
Flow path assemblies and methods for forming such flow path assemblies for gas turbine engines are provided. For example, a method for assembling an airfoil with a boundary structure to form a flow path assembly is provided. The method includes machining an opening into the boundary structure. The opening is sized to receive an airfoil or other component. The method also includes machining a cutout into the boundary structure proximate the opening. A locking feature is inserted into the cutout. When the airfoil is inserted into the opening, the locking feature interlocks the airfoil with the boundary structure. To seal the airfoil with the boundary structure, the airfoil is pressed against or into the boundary structure. When the airfoil is pressed, the locking feature is compressed such that a seal is formed between the airfoil and the boundary structure to seal the flow path assembly.
INTERNAL COOLING CIRCUITS FOR CMC AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
A method for forming a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component with an internal cooling channel includes partially densifying a first fiber preform to form a portion of a final ceramic matrix volume, machining a first channel into a surface of the partially densified first fiber preform, covering the first channel with a fibrous member to form a near net shape fiber preform with an internal passage formed by the first channel and the fibrous member, and densifying the near net shape fiber preform.