Probabilistic Analysis of a SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composite Turbine Vane
- Author:
- Brewer, David N.
- Published:
- November 2004.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Murthy, Pappu L. N.
Mital, Subodh
Nemeth, Noel N. - Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- To demonstrate the advanced composite materials technology under development within the Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology (UEET) Program, it was planned to fabricate, test, and analyze a turbine vane made entirely of silicon carbide-fiber-reinforced silicon carbide matrix composite (SiC/SiC CMC) material. The objective was to utilize a five-harness satin weave melt-infiltrated (MI) SiC/SiC composite material developed under this program to design and fabricate a stator vane that can endure 1000 hours of engine service conditions. The vane was designed such that the expected maximum stresses were kept within the proportional limit strength of the material. Any violation of this design requirement was considered as the failure. This report presents results of a probabilistic analysis and reliability assessment of the vane. Probability of failure to meet the design requirements was computed. In the analysis, material properties, strength, and pressure loading were considered as random variables. The pressure loads were considered normally distributed with a nominal variation. A temperature profile on the vane was obtained by performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and was assumed to be deterministic. The results suggest that for the current vane design, the chance of not meeting design requirements is about 1.6 percent.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 20050019233.
NASA/TM-2004-213331.
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