Ceramic Matrix Composites – Solidifying it all   In the preceding Blogs on Ceramic Matrix Composites we have provided an outline of an intimately coupled multiphysics problem and how the controlling factors can be formulated to develop a predictive physics-based computational model. But what we really need to do if we are to help this

Residual Stress and Distortion – Ceramic Matrix Composites   Now that we have the analysis formulated to address the issues associated with fluid flow, reaction and thermal history the approach can be extended to predict the development of residual stresses and resulting component distortion in the final component. The residual stress generated during processing was

Thermal-Ceramic Matrix Composites   In addition to fluid flow and chemical reaction, the thermal response during infiltration of liquid is important to include in any analysis of the RMI process. For CMCs of interest for aerospace use the liquid is molten Silicon with a melting temperature of approximately 1687K, and during infiltration this thermal energy

Reaction-Ceramic Matrix Composites   In the last Blog we looked at analyzing fluid flow into a porous medium, in the manufacture of CMCs using the RMI process simultaneously with the fluid infiltration a reaction takes place between the infiltrating molten liquid and the porous preform. Thus the second step in developing a computational analysis of