Methods for joining silicon carbide composites for high-temperature structural applications

摘要

Reliable and practical joining techniques are required to enable the use of silicon carbide composites in numerous high-temperature applications. The variety of demanding criteria for the properties of joints will be described, including those pertaining to fusion energy systems. Issues concerning practical fabrication of joints will also be discussed. Preliminary results on the thermal stability of joints formed by a reaction based joining approach will be presented.