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NASA NTRS1967

Materials engineering

Thermal diffusivity measurement, thermoelectric properties of graphite alloys and compounds, superconductivity in tungsten films, and gas pump based on thermal transpiration

Altman, M.↗
NASA NTRS1968

Materials engineering

Thermal diffusivity, energy storage devices, thermoelectricity in graphite alloys, superconductivity in tungsten films, and thermionic converter

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NASA NTRS1981

Advanced aircraft engine materials trends

Recent activities of the Lewis Research Center are reviewed which are directed toward developing materials for rotating hot section components for aircraft gas turbines. Turbine blade materials activities are directed at increasing metal temperatures approximately 100 C compared to current directionally solidified alloys by use of oxide dispersion strengthening or tungsten alloy wire reinforcement of nickel or iron base superalloys. The application of thermal barrier coatings offers a promise of increasing gas temperatures an additional 100 C with current cooling technology. For turbine disk alloys, activities are directed toward reducing the cost of turbine disks by 50 percent through near net shape fabrication of prealloyed powders as well as towards improved performance. In addition, advanced alloy concepts and fabrication methods for dual alloy disks are being studied as having potential for improving the life of future high performance disks and reducing the amount of strategic materials required in these components.

Dreshfield, R. L.↗
NASA NTRS1983

Random Life Curves for Common Engineering Materials

Program incorporates non-Rayleigh effects in evaluating structure life. RMS2 computer program converts constant amplitude fatigue allowables to random-loading allowables, with influence of peak distribution and mean stress considered. RMS2 written in FORTRAN IV.

Hu, T.↗
NASA NTRS1982

Turbine engine materials durability research

High temperature environmental attack of dollar intensive turbine components reduces turbine efficiency and can limit life. The mechanisms of alloy and coating attack and the effects of interaction with the environment on mechanical behavior. This base of understanding provides the foundation for developing life prediction methods and identifying strategies for controlling attack. Subjects discussed in detail include oxidation and new developments in thermal barrier coating research.

S. R. Levine↗
NASA NTRS1986

The effects of biaxial loading on the fracture characteristics of several engineering materials

Using the George Washington University biaxial test system, a static fracture toughness study of two polymers (PMMA and PVC) and three aluminum alloys was performed for several variations in specimen geometry. Photoelastic experiments indicate that the applied load biaxiality has a very strong influence on the size and shape of the crack-tip stress field, and fracture toughness values for both polymers were seen to decrease with increasing load biaxiality. The load biaxiality was also found to have a strong influence on the crack growth direction in PMMA and a negligible influence on the PVC. The 7075-T6 aluminum toughness values increased with biaxiality, while intermediate peak toughness values were noted at a 0.5 biaxiality ratio for the more ductile 2024-T3 and 6061-T4 alloys. Fracture toughnesses at the highest biaxiality ratios were found to be equal to the uniaxial results.

Jones, D. L.↗
NASA NTRS1986

Activities of the Center for the Space Processing of Engineering Materials

Topics addressed include: containerless processing and purification; directional and rapid solidification; high temperature alloys; oxidation resistant niobium alloys; metallic bonding; effects of solidification mode on structure-property relationships; and dispersion strengthened metal alloys. Each of the projects is reported by company association and follow according to alphabetical order of the company names.

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NASA NTRS1989

Fluorinated graphite fibers as a new engineering material: Promises and challenges

Pitch based graphitized carbon fibers with electrical resistivity of 300 micro-Ohm/cm were brominated and partially debrominated to 18 percent bromine at room temperature, and then fluorinated at 300 to 450 C, either continuously or intermittently for several cycles. In addition, on fluorine and titanium fluoride intercalated fiber sample was fluorinated at 270 C from the same fiber source. The mass and conductivity of the brominated-debrominated then fluorinated fibers (with fluorine-to-carbon atom ratio of 0.54 or higher) stabilized at room temperature air in a few days. However, at 200 C, these values decreased rapidly and then more slowly, throughout a 2-week test period. The electrically insulative or semiconductive fibers were found to be compatible with epoxy and have the fluorine-to-carbon atom ratio of 0.65 to 0.68, thermal conductivity of 5 to 24 W/m-K, electrical resistivity of 10(exp 4) to 10(exp 11) Ohm/cm, tensile strength of 70 to 150 ksi, Young's modulus of 20 to 30 msi, and CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion) values of 7 ppm/deg C. Data of these physical property values are preliminary. However, it is concluded that these physical properties can be tailor-made. They depend largely on the fluorine content of the final products and the intercalant in the fibers before fluorination, and, to a smaller extent, on the fluorination temperature histogram.

Hung, Ching-Cheh↗