The application of CMCs in high integrity gas turbine engines

摘要

Rolls-Royce is a world class manufacturer of high integrity power systems which are used extensively in the generation of power for land, sea and air. To ensure future competitiveness, rolls- Royce is active in the pursuit of improved technologies which are applicable to its products. In Particular, the quest for higher temperature materials has been in progress during the fifty year life of Gas turbine engines. For the last eight years, work on non-metallic high temperature materials has Focused on continuous fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CMCs).