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Intern: Kortney Pinkney, North Carolina A & T University
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Glen Beltz
Department: Mechanical Engineering |
USE OF FINITE ELEMENT METHOD TO MODEL BENDING OF CERAMIC COMPOSITES
Ceramic composites are a relatively new form of material that is being tested and improved upon to soon be used in place of typical building materials. Ceramic composites are composed of ceramic particles and ceramic fibers. These materials are combined and the resulting composite possesses the characteristics of an ordinary ceramic (resistant to heat, erosion, and chemical activity) but does not present the brittle characteristic, therefore making it an ideal substance. I worked on the simulation side of a project that involves using these composites to test their strength when applying certain stresses to a center point. I primarily worked with the computer program FEMLAB to conduct my simulations. FEMLAB uses a series of differential equations to determine the amount of displacement that certain places in the model have with respect to the amount of stress applied. This research will be used in the overall research of developing a ceramic composite to replace metal that currently is used to line combustion chambers and tip shrouds in gas turbine engines.
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