Method for arresting a crack within a ceramic matrix composite body

• Main Author: CARPER, DOUGLAS M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.08.2016
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; BLASTING; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; LIGHTING; LIME, MAGNESIA; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METALLURGY; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; OTHER WORKING OF METAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; STEAM ENGINES; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS; WEAPONS

An inseparable assembly includes a body (80) having a first surface (82) and a second surface (88). The body (80) includes an oxide-based ceramic matrix composite material having a first predetermined ductility. The assembly further includes a crack (128) extending through the body (80) between the first surface (82) and the second surface (88), and a patch (150) bonded to at least one of the first surface (82) and the second surface (88) overlapping at least a portion of an edge of the crack (128). The patch (150) includes a second material having a second predetermined ductility that is greater than the first ductility.