Comparison of Microwave and Conventional Sintering of LHA Ceramics and Functionally Graded Alumina-LHA Ceramics

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 332-339
Author(s):  
Zahra Negahdari ◽  
Monika Willert-Porada

The low thermal conductivity of Lanthanum hexaaluminate, abbreviated as LHA, combined with high structural reliability of alumina matrix ceramics attracted our attention to develop a new functionally graded layered LHA-Al2O3-composite, with a LHA and a porosity gradient along the thickness of a bulk oxide ceramic. LHA is formed by in–situ reaction during sintering of the alumina/LHA composite. The high sintering temperature required for completion of LHA formation in LHA-rich layers causes grain growth and a degradation of mechanical strength in alumina-rich layers. Therefore, microwave hybrid heating was investigated as a method to enhance the reaction rate without excessive grain growth. Comparison of conventionally and microwave assisted sintered homogenous composite ceramics with 20–80 volume percent LHA showed that utilization of microwave heating could enhance the solid–state reaction and densification in samples containing more than 20 volume percent LHA. Enhanced microwave absorption in LHA rich layers assisted the sintering of a functionally graded composite at lower temperatures, enabling LHA formation without any abnormal grain growth in alumina rich layers.

2008 ◽  
Vol 368-372 ◽  
pp. 1835-1837
Author(s):  
Jian Hua Nie ◽  
Ya Wei Li ◽  
Hao Yan ◽  
Yong He Liang ◽  
Yuan Bing Li

TiN/Al2O3 functionally graded composite was fabricated by in-situ aluminothermic reduction of TiO2 in coke bed from mixtures of TiO2 powder and metal Al powder. The reaction process, phase composition, and microstructure of sample treated at 1500°C for 3h were analyzed by XRD, SEM and EPMA. The results indicated that the thermite reduction of TiO2 involves several transitional stages and its initial reaction temperature is lowered by prior reaction between Al and TiO2. EPMA analysis showed that the TiN/Al2O3 ratio in TiN/Al2O3 functionally graded material products changes gradually across the samples without distinct interface between the different layers. The microstructure of the composite changes gradually, and the size of TiN grains increases from the verge region of samples to the centre of samples. These results above were in agreement with thermodynamic analysis.


2009 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Negahdari ◽  
Monika Willert-Porada ◽  
Florian Scherm

Lanthanum hexaaluminate (LHA) has superior thermo-chemical stability at temperatures higher than 1000 °C and is a promising competitor to Y-ZrO2-based thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). The yet unresolved problem is control of microstructure of high LHA content ceramics and adjustment of porosity upon, to arrive at a material exhibiting low thermal conductivity at high temperature combined with structural reliability. Therefore, a functionally graded alumina/lanthanum hexaaluminate (FGLHA) with a gradient in composition was developed. The thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity of FGLHA were compared with the one of the monolithic composite ceramics. The alumina-rich composites showed excellent mechanical properties whereas the LHA-rich composites presented lower thermal conductivity.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruixue Zhang ◽  
Wanying Zhao ◽  
Zhenzhen Liu ◽  
Shanghai Wei ◽  
Yigang Yan ◽  
...  

In situ formed amorphous LiBH4·1/2NH3 on the surface of Al2O3 nanoparticles results in an enhanced ion conductivity of 1.1 × 10−3 S cm−1 at room temperature.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (S1) ◽  
pp. 2640-2643
Author(s):  
Chris McRobie ◽  
Ryan Schoell ◽  
Tiffany Kaspar ◽  
Daniel Schreiber ◽  
Djamel Kaoumi

Author(s):  
Jorge Mendoza ◽  
Jacopo Paglia ◽  
Jo Eidsvik ◽  
Jochen Köhler

Mooring systems that are used to secure position keeping of floating offshore oil and gas facilities are subject to deterioration processes, such as pitting corrosion and fatigue crack growth. Past investigations show that pitting corrosion has a significant effect on reducing the fatigue resistance of mooring chain links. In situ inspections are essential to monitor the development of the corrosion condition of the components of mooring systems and ensure sufficient structural safety. Unfortunately, offshore inspection campaigns require large financial commitments. As a consequence, inspecting all structural components is unfeasible. This article proposes to use value of information analysis to rank identified inspection alternatives. A Bayesian Network is proposed to model the statistical dependence of the corrosion deterioration among chain links at different locations of the mooring system. This is used to efficiently update the estimation of the corrosion condition of the complete mooring system given evidence from local observations and to reassess the structural reliability of the system. A case study is presented to illustrate the application of the framework.


2010 ◽  
Vol 123-125 ◽  
pp. 280-283
Author(s):  
Chang Yull Lee ◽  
Ji Hwan Kim

The post-buckling of the functionally graded composite plate under thermal environment with aerodynamic loading is studied. The structural model has three layers with ceramic, FGM and metal, respectively. The outer layers of the sandwich plate are different homogeneous and isotropic material properties for ceramic and metal. Whereas the core is FGM layer, material properties vary continuously from one interface to the other in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions. Governing equations are derived by using the principle of virtual work and numerical solutions are solved through a finite element method. The first-order shear deformation theory and von-Karman strain-displacement relations are based to derive governing equations of the plate. Aerodynamic effects are dealt by adopting nonlinear third-order piston theory for structural and aerodynamic nonlinearity. The Newton-Raphson iterative method applied for solving the nonlinear equations of the thermal post-buckling analysis


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