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Design protocols and analytical strategies that incorporate structural reliability modelsIn spite of great improvements in accuracy through the use of computers, design methods, which can be equally critical in establishing the commercial success of a material, have been treated as afterthoughts. Early investment in design and development technologies can easily reduce manufacturing costs later in the product cycle. To avoid lengthy product development times for ceramic composites, funding agencies for materials research must commit resources to support design and development technologies early in the material life cycle. These technologies need not focus on designing the material, rather, the technology must focus on designing with the material, i. e., developing methods to design components fabricated from the new material. Thus a basic tenet that motivated this research effort is that a persistent need exists for improvements in the analysis of components fabricated from CMC material systems. From an aerospace design engineer's perspective the new generation of ceramic composites offers a significant potential for raising the thrust/weight ratio and reducing NOx emissions of gas turbine engines. Continuous ceramic fiber composites exhibit an increase in work of fracture, which allows for 'graceful' rather than catastrophic failure. When loaded in the fiber direction, these composites retain substantial strength capacity beyond the initiation of transverse matrix cracking despite the fact that neither of its constituents would exhibit such behavior if tested alone. As additional load is applied beyond first matrix cracking, the matrix tends to break in a series of cracks bridged by the ceramic fibers. Thus any additional load is born increasingly by the fibers until the ultimate strength of the composite is reached. Establishing design protocols that enable the engineer to analyze and predict this type of behavior in ceramic composites was the general goal of this project.
Document ID
19960007436
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Duffy, Stephen F. (Cleveland State Univ. OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 31, 1995
Subject Category
Structural Mechanics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:199722
NIPS-95-06080
NASA-CR-199722
Accession Number
96N14601
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC3-310
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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