Today’s CMC materials, robust and resistant to high temperatures, provide their own set of challenges when determining their ...

Ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) comprise a ceramic matrix reinforced by a refractory fiber, such as silicon carbide (SiC) fiber. ... The company tested a CMC turbine blade in GE’s F414 engine in 2010 ...

Analysing the microstructure or the fracture cross-section provides information about material properties and damage mechanisms. Image: 2/3, Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) ... (Ceramic Matrix Composite ...

Firefly Aerospace has secured a contract to develop ceramic matrix composites for engines, boosting efficiency and reducing costs for rocket production. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

Ceramic matrix composites are the emerging material of choice for structures that will see temperatures above ~1,500 °C in hostile environments, as for example in next-generation gas turbines and ...

GE’s jet engine-building business has called ceramic matrix composites “a critical pathway on GE Aviation’s technology roadmap,” principally because of the “ultra lightweight” and heat-resistant ...

GE Aviation committed to invest over $200 million to build two plants in Huntsville, Ala., where it will mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) and ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials, both of which ...

GE Aviation opens factories to mass-produce materials for ceramic matrix composites In a ceremony with Alabama public officials, GE Aviation broke ground on two adjacent factories to mass-produce ...