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Kinetics of cyclic oxidation and cracking and finite element analysis of MA956 and sapphire/MA956 composite system

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Sapphire fiber-reinforced MA956 composites hold promise for significant weight savings and increased high-temperature structural capability, as compared to unreinforced MA956. As part of an overall assessment of the high-temperature characteristics of this material system, cyclic oxidation behavior was studied at 1093 °C and 1204 °C. Initially, both sets of coupons exhibited parabolic oxidation kinetics. Later, monolithic MA956 exhibited spallation and a linear weight loss, whereas the composite showed a linear weight gain without spallation. Weight loss of the monolithic MA956 resulted from the linking of a multiplicity of randomly oriented and closely spaced surface cracks that facilitated ready spallation. By contrast, cracking of the composite’s oxide layer was nonintersecting and aligned nominally parallel with the orientation of the subsurface reinforcing fibers. Oxidative lifetime of monolithic MA956 was projected from the observed oxidation kinetics. Linear elastic, finite element continuum, and micromechanics analyses were performed on coupons of the monolithic and composite materials. Results of the analyses qualitatively agreed well with the observed oxide cracking and spallation behavior of both the MA956 and the Sapphire/MA956 composite coupons.

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  1. NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland State University, 44115, Cleveland, OH

    Kang N. Lee (Resident Research Associate)

  2. NASA-Lewis Research Center, University of Akron, 44325, Akron, OH

    Vinod K. Arya (Resident Research Associate)

  3. NASA-Lewis Research Center, 44135, OH, Cleveland

    Gary R. Halford (Senior Scientist) & Charles A. Barrett (Staff Engineer)

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Lee, K.N., Arya, V.K., Halford, G.R. et al. Kinetics of cyclic oxidation and cracking and finite element analysis of MA956 and sapphire/MA956 composite system. Metall Mater Trans A 27, 3279–3291 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02663878

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