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Title: Performance testing and strength prediction of ceramic-to-metal joints

Journal Article · · Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2906865· OSTI ID:6955334
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  1. Osram Sylvania Inc., Salem, MA (United States)
  2. Valenite, Troy, MI (United States)

Brazed joints were made between silicon nitride and Ni-based and Fe-based super alloys. Room temperature shear (torsion) strengths ranged from 75--242 MPa for Si[sub 3]N[sub 4]-to-Incoloy 909 joints and from 30--127 MPa for the Si[sub 3]N[sub 4]-to-Inconel 718 joints. At 500 C the joint strength was 120 MPa while at 650 C and 950 C the joint strengths were less than 20 MPa. These low strengths at 650 C and 950 C were attributed to a reduction in the shrink-fit and to low braze strength at these high temperatures. Finite element analysis (FA) and a probabilistic failure theory (CARES) were used to predict the joint strengths in torsional loading at 20 C Torsion tests were also performed at 650 C. Aspects of the material systems, residual stresses, mechanical behavior, and strength predictions are presented. Two new braze alloys based on the Au-Ni-Cr-Fe system were used to overcome the poor high-temperature strength. Joints made with these brazes had good strength (85 MPa and 35 N-m) at 650 C.

OSTI ID:
6955334
Journal Information:
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States), Vol. 116:3; ISSN 0742-4795
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English