Joining of Sandwich Structure

Joining of Sandwich Structures

Description

Lightweight, high temperature stable structures are highly demanded for aerospace and energy applications.

Sandwich structures are produced by joining two .jpg/strong Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) skins with a porous ceramic foam core.

It is quite challenging to produce strong sandwich structures because of few connecting points between the skin and core, especially with a high porosity (˃ 80%).

By Refractory Metal (RM)-wrap technology, we are able to join ceramic sandwich structures with excellent oxidation (1100 °C) and thermal shock (RT- 1100 °C-RT) resistance [1, 2].

Keywords

SiC foams, Joining, CMC, C/SiC, RM-wrap, sandwich structures

Contact

monica.ferraris@polito.it

Recent reference(s)

[1] P. K. Gianchandani, V. Casalegno, M. Salvo, G. Bianchi, A. Ortona, and M. Ferraris, "SiC foam sandwich structures obtained by Mo-wrap joining," Materials Letters, vol. 221, pp. 240-243, 2018/06/15/ 2018.

[2] P. K. Gianchandani, V. Casalegno, F. Smeacetto, and M. Ferraris, "Pressure-less joining of C/SiC and SiC/SiC by a MoSi2/Si composite," International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, vol. 14, pp. 305-312, 2017.