Life limiting behavior of two gas-turbine grade silicon nitrides at intermediate temperature for stirling convertor applications

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 581-591

  Choi, Sung R ^a,b   Krause, David L ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK GROWTH PARAMETERS; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE; SPACE POWER APPLICATIONS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GAS TURBINES; STIRLING ENGINES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 33846007986     PISSN: 01966219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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