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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Manuel Koucouthakis, Granger, IN (US);
Douglas J. Steinke, South Bend, IN (US);
Alexander Mukasyan, Granger, IN (US);
Jeremiah D. E. White, South Bend, IN (US);
Manuel Koucouthakis, Granger, IN (US);
Douglas J. Steinke, South Bend, IN (US);
Alexander Mukasyan, Granger, IN (US);
Jeremiah D. E. White, South Bend, IN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
The University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Abstract
Production of pore-free carbon/carbon-silicon carbide composite materials with mechanical properties making them suitable for use in such applications as the production of aircraft landing system brake components including brake discs. The method includes: providing a porous carbon-carbon composite preform; surrounding the porous carbon-carbon composite preform with silicon powder to form an intermediate construct; applying a uniaxial load to the construct; applying direct electrical current to an assembly containing the loaded construct of porous carbon-carbon preform surrounded by silicon powder, thereby melting the silicon powder and infiltrating the pores of the carbon-carbon preform with liquid silicon; and initiating a combustion-type reaction between the silicon and carbon in the preform, thereby forming silicon carbide in the preform.