Infiltration of A6063 aluminium alloy into SiC–B4C hybrid preforms using vacuum assisted block mould investment casting technique

Recent progress in B4C–SiC composite ceramics: processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties

“…B 4 C–SiC binary ceramics exhibit better sinterability and mechanical properties than pure B 4 C and SiC ceramics. Recently, the performance of ternary or quaternary systems based on B 4 C–SiC binary ceramics has attracted much attention, such as B 4 C–SiC–TiB 2 , 193–205 B 4 C–SiC–CrB 2 , 206 B 4 C–SiC–NbB 2 , 207 B 4 C–SiC–MoB 2 , 208 B 4 C–SiC–HfB 2 , 209,210 B 4 C–SiC–ZrB 2 , 211,212 B 4 C–SiC–WC, 213 B 4 C–SiC–Al 2 O 3 , 214 B 4 C–SiC–rGO, 215 B 4 C–SiC–carbon nanotubes, 216 B 4 C–SiC–carbon fiber, 217 B 4 C–SiC–Si, 218,219 B 4 C–SiC–Mo, 220 B 4 C–SiC–Al, 221–223 B 4 C–SiC–Al 2 O 3 –MgB 2 , 224 and B 4 C–SiC–Si–TiB 2 . 225 The demand for B 4 C–SiC with good performance promotes further exploration of new materials of ternary or quaternary systems with improved properties based on B 4 C–SiC binary ceramics.…”

A pore-scale, two-phase numerical model for describing the infiltration behaviour of SiC p /Al composites

“…The infiltration of SAE 30 oil through the porous SiC p preforms was investigated using an apparatus designed for vacuum infusion moulding processing [38,[44][45][46], which is an important manufacturing technique for large-scale composite structures, especially for fibre-reinforced resin matrix composites. The design of the apparatus is schematically illustrated in Fig.…”

Physical and mechanical properties of graphene and h‐Boron nitride reinforced hybrid aerospace grade epoxy nanocomposites

“…Polymer nanocomposites are hybrid organic – inorganic compositions where at least one dimension of the reinforcement phase is smaller than 100 nm 1 while hybrid composites are structures which use a combination of two or more fillers 2,3 . Resulting properties of hybrid composites are a weighed sum of characteristics of the components 4–6 . In recent years, multiple types of nanoparticles, nanopowders and nanosheets have been added to matrix phases to produce hybrid nanocomposites 7–10 .…”