Proceedings of the DARPA/NAVSEA Ceramic Gas Turbine Demonstration Engine Program Review Held on 1-4August 1977at Maine Maritime Academy Castine,Maine,

摘要

Contents: The Ceramic Gas Turbine Demonstration Engine Program; Garrett-Airesearch Program Overview; Ceramic Engine General Design Requirements; Ceramic Component Design Objectives, Goals, and Methods; Turbine Rotor System Design; Ceramic Structural Design for the Airesearch Model TSE331C-1; Ceramic Combustor Design; Materials Characterization Program Overview; Properties of Silicon-Nitride Rotor Blade Materials; Strength of Reaction-Bonded Silicon Nitride; Cyclic Fatigue of Silicon Nitride Materials; Environmental Effects on the Strength of Silicon-Nitride Materials; Effect of Silicon Microstructure Upon Nitridation and Strength of Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride; Process Development Program Overview; Rotor Blade Machining Development; Slip-Cast and Injection-Molding Process Development of Reaction-Bonded Silicon Nitride at Airesearch Casting Company; Norton Process Optimizations Studies for Hot Pressed Silicon Nitride Blades and Reaction Sintered Silicon Nitride Stator and Static Components; Molding of Stator Vanes for the Garrett/ARPA/NAVSEA Ceramic Turbine Engine; NDE Approach, Philosophy and Standards for the ARPA/NAVSEA Ceramic Turbine Program; Radiography and Image Enhancement of Ceramics; Ultrasonic NDE of Ceramic Components; Ceramic Turbine Blade Development; Proof Testing of Ceramic Components; Combustion Process Testing for Reduced Wall-Temperature Gradients; Ceramic Component Rig Tests; Program Summary.