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Fiber-Reinforced Tubular Composites by Chemical Vapor Infiltration°

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

D. P. Stinton ,
R. A. Lowden  and
T. M. Besmann
D. P. Stinton
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
R. A. Lowden
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
T. M. Besmann
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
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Abstract

A forced-flow thermal-gradient chemical vapor infiltration process has been developed to fabricate composites of thick-walled tubular geometry common to many components. Fibrous preforms of different fiber architectures (3-dimensionally braided and filament wound) have been investigated to accommodate components with different mechanical property requirements. This paper will discuss the fabrication of tubular, fiber-reinforced SiC matrix composites and their mechanical properties.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 250: Symposium R – Chemical Vapor Deposition of Refractory Metals and Ceramics II , 1991 , 233
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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