TY - JOUR
T1 - Selection, processing, properties and applications of ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites, UHTCMCs – a review
AU - Binner, Jon
AU - Porter, Matthew
AU - Baker, Benjamin
AU - Zou, Ji
AU - Venkatachalam, Vinu
AU - Rubio Diaz, Virtudes
AU - D'Angio', Andrea
AU - Ramanujam, Prabhu
AU - Zhang, Tailin
AU - Tammana, S R C Murthy
PY - 2019/9/16
Y1 - 2019/9/16
N2 - Composites are, in general, a rapidly evolving and growing technical field with a very wide range of applications across the aerospace, defence, energy, medical and transport sectors as a result of their superior mechanical and physical properties. Ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites, UHTCMCs, are a new subfield within the wider grouping of CMCs that offer applications in rocket and hypersonic vehicle components, particularly nozzles, leading edges and engine components. The design and development of structural materials for use
in oxidising and rapid heating environments at temperatures above 1600°C is therefore of both great scientific and engineering importance. UHTC materials are typically considered to be the carbides, nitrides, and borides of the transition metals, but the Group IV compounds (Zr, Hf & Ti) plus TaC are generally onsidered to be the main focus of research due to the superior melting temperatures and stable high-melting temperature oxide that forms in situ. The combination of properties makes these materials potential candidates for a variety of high-temperature structural applications, including engines, hypersonic vehicles, plasma arc electrodes, advanced nuclear fuels, fusion first walls and diverters, cutting tools, furnace elements and high-temperature shielding. This review presents the selection, processing, properties, applications, outlook and future directions of UHTCMCs.
AB - Composites are, in general, a rapidly evolving and growing technical field with a very wide range of applications across the aerospace, defence, energy, medical and transport sectors as a result of their superior mechanical and physical properties. Ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites, UHTCMCs, are a new subfield within the wider grouping of CMCs that offer applications in rocket and hypersonic vehicle components, particularly nozzles, leading edges and engine components. The design and development of structural materials for use
in oxidising and rapid heating environments at temperatures above 1600°C is therefore of both great scientific and engineering importance. UHTC materials are typically considered to be the carbides, nitrides, and borides of the transition metals, but the Group IV compounds (Zr, Hf & Ti) plus TaC are generally onsidered to be the main focus of research due to the superior melting temperatures and stable high-melting temperature oxide that forms in situ. The combination of properties makes these materials potential candidates for a variety of high-temperature structural applications, including engines, hypersonic vehicles, plasma arc electrodes, advanced nuclear fuels, fusion first walls and diverters, cutting tools, furnace elements and high-temperature shielding. This review presents the selection, processing, properties, applications, outlook and future directions of UHTCMCs.
KW - Ultra high-temperature ceramics
KW - composites;
KW - review;
KW - matrix;
KW - fibre;
KW - chemical vapour infiltration
KW - impregnation;
KW - oxidation;
KW - ablation;
KW - microstructure
UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/09506608.2019.1652006
U2 - 10.1080/09506608.2019.1652006
DO - 10.1080/09506608.2019.1652006
M3 - Article
SN - 0950-6608
JO - International Materials Reviews
JF - International Materials Reviews
ER -