United Technologies Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies Research Center experiences with Ceramics and CMCs in turbine engines

Ceramic Gas Turbine Design and Test Expericence

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 237-260

  Holowczak, John ^a   Jarmon, David C ^a   Mendelson, Mel I ^b   Linsey, Gary D ^a  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ELECTRIC INSULATION TESTING; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC MACHINE INSULATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TURBINES;

CERAMIC COMPONENTS; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0141481902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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