TY - JOUR
AU - Sacks, Michael
AB - ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 39 (2 004) 5885 This issue of the Journal of Materials Science contains a special section on Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs) with particular emphasis on summarizing recent progress in the field while highlighting the emerging research sponsored by Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The Air Force basic research program in ceramics provides fundamental knowledge for improving the perfor- mance, cost and reliability of structural ceramics. Structural materials research studies a broad range of material properties such as strength, toughness, fatigue resistance, and corrosion resistance of airframe, turbine engine, and spacecraft materials. The development of new classes of materials for sustained use in the extreme environments experienced by a maneuverable hypersonic vehicle is a renewed emphasis area. Many have viewed the search for structural materials that can withstand the hypersonic operating environment as the quest for “unobtainium.” Indeed, a hypersonic flight vehicle poses many daunting physical and mechanical requirements that are further complicated if the system is to be affordable, reusable and sustainable. Key challenges facing the structure or skin of the vehicle include an operating environment that has temperatures in excess of 1500 Cin combination with corrosive gases (both oxidizing and 
TI - Guest Editorial: Ultra-high temperature ceramics
JF - Journal of Materials Science
DO - 10.1023/B:JMSC.0000041685.85043.34
DA - 2004-12-23
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/guest-editorial-ultra-high-temperature-ceramics-JUqe0ECPeR
SP - 5885
EP - 5885
VL - 39
IS - 19
DP - DeepDyve
ER -