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SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MULTIFUNCTIONAL HYBRID MULTISCALE COMPOSITES FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

Goals

• Develop a novel multifunctional ceramic/metal/polymer hybrid composite system for high-temperature aerospace applications, which utilizes modern material design concepts including functionally graded materials, interpenetrating phase composites, high-temperature polymer matrix composites, actively cooled polymer matrix composites, multiscale simulations, and multiscale characterization.

• Target operating environment: 250 °C - 1000 °C, with a durability envelope of 1000 hours exposure at 550 °C and 300 thermal cycles.

• A comprehensive research program integrating the above concepts by coupling thermal-acoustic-mechanical flight loads to guide the design of multifunctional Functionally Graded Hybrid Composite (FGHC) systems with integrated sensing capabilities for extreme environments

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TEXAS A&M University

NSF-CMII

NSF-DMR

NFS-EEC

ARO

ONR

NASA

The U.S. CRDF

Texas A&M University - Engineering Faculty - Department of Mechanical Engineering - College Station, TX 77843-3123 - Phone: (979) 862-3923 Fax: (979) 862-2418