Reducing Damage to Alumina Fibers in Metal-Matrix Composites
TBMG-30023
11/01/1999
- Content
Coating alumina fibers with sputtered metal has been proposed as a means to enable the fibers to retain more strength when the fibers are incorporated into metal-matrix composites. If the alumina fibers could be made to retain more strength, then it would be possible to manufacture such composites with high volume fractions (20 to 40 volume) percent of fibers to obtain high-temperature properties suitable for such demanding applications as nozzles in engines of supersonic airplanes.
- Citation
- "Reducing Damage to Alumina Fibers in Metal-Matrix Composites," Mobility Engineering, November 1, 1999.