ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
As part of the European project “high and ultrahigh temperature heat exchangers”(HITHEX) the prediction and experimental assessment of the lifetime behaviour, characterisationand qualification of particular CMC materials, including carbon fibre reinforced carbonsiliconcarbides(C/C-SiC), has been executed. Part of the programme of the HITHEX project wasthe measurement of the strain development within the C/C-SiC tubular specimens from room tohigh temperature, the results of which are presented here. Residual strains have been determined inseveral specimens by neutron diffraction at the High Flux Reactor (HFR) of the Joint ResearchCentre in Petten, The Netherlands. At the HFR two facilities are available for residual straininvestigations. Both instruments were utilised in the investigations. The first facility at beam tubeHB5, the combined stress and powder diffractometer, employs a constant neutron wavelength of0.257 nm, and the second facility at HB4, the Large Component Neutron diffraction facility,LCNDF, has a flexible wavelength. The installation of a vacuum furnace has enabled the residualstrain measurement of specimens at high temperature on HB4. The furnace had to fulfil three maincriteria for the investigation of these specimens; high-temperature, good neutron penetration andnegligible oxidation of the specimens. The ceramic specimens, which have outer and innerdiameters of 50 and 40 mm, respectively, and a length of 100 mm have been measured totemperatures of up to 1450°C. Measurements were carried out in two directions on the SiC phase ofseveral specimens, i.e. in the radial and tangential (hoop) directions. The implications of theseresults with respect to the structural integrity assessment of these components at high temperaturesare discussed
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/13/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.524-525.665.pdf
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