Assessment of nacre-like ceramics in replacement to Ni superalloys in aircraft's engines

• Main Authors: Le Ferrand, Hortense, Chan, Jie Sheng
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Manufacturing; Engineering::Materials; Superalloys; Bioinspiration; Alumina; Sustainability; Life Cycle; Hot Engines
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153338
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Aviation’s fossil fuel emissions contribute to global warming. The production and disposal of the materials used in aircrafts too. The current metallic alloys present in the hot section of engines pose constraints in terms of temperature, pressure and weight that restrain the performance of the airc...