Transportation

Examples

Microturbine Stators

Hypersonic Spacecraft

Transportation

Powder injection molding materials & process design for microturbine stators for UAVs using zirconia-toughened mullite

(M. Vick & M. Pang, NRL; J. Gibbs, NWUAV)

Spark plasma sintering of ultrahigh temperature ceramics such as hafnium diboride for hypersonic re-entry vehicles

(w/ A. Katz & C. Carney, AFRL)

Additional Areas: high temperature silicon nitride engine components, lubricants for automotive P/M