Papers by Author: Tomoyuki Maeda

Abstract: This paper reports the significant effects of addition of 30 nm SiC, polytitanocarbosilane and SiC fabric to enhance the mechanical reliability of SiC. The flexural strengths of dense SiC hot-pressed with 800 nm particles (average strength 565 MPa for Y2O3-Al2O3 additives and 640 MPa for Yb2O3-Al2O3 additives) were enhanced to average strength 735-820 MPa by the addition of 30 nm SiC particles (25 vol%). Addition of polytitanocarbosilane (3 vol%, precursor of SiC fiber) to the bimodal SiC powder compact with Y2O3-Al2O3 additives provided more excellent mechanical properties of average strength 910 MPa, fracture toughness 5.2 MPa·m1/2 and Weibull modulus 11.3. SiC fabric and SiC (60 vol%) - Al2O3 (40 vol%) sheet of 60 micrometer thick were alternatively laminated and bonded to the surfaces of dense SiC under the pressure of 5 MPa. The SiC fabric prevented the propagation of the cracks formed by Vickers indentor and showed a significant nonlinear stress-strain curve. As a result, no change in the strength was measured before and after the introduction of cracks.

Abstract: A polytitanocarbosilane (20-30 mass%)-xylene solution was infiltrated into a porous laminated composite with 35-40 vol% Si-Ti-C-O fabric of 11 diameter fiber and 15-25 vol% mullite filler, and decomposed at 1000°C in an Ar atmosphere. This polymer impregnation and pyrolysis method was repeated 8 times to produce the composites of 76-82 % theoretical density. The yarn (662-765 filament / yarn), fabric and composite provided the following average strengths : 1240 MPa for the yarn; 768 MPa for the fabric; 117 MPa for the composite. The fracture probability of the yarn, fabric and composite was well fitted by the normal distribution function. The tensile strength of the composite was interpreted by the product of the effective fiber content, the Young's modulus of the fiber and elongation of the composite.

Abstract: Sm2Fe17Nx compound is a prospective candidate as a material for high performance permanent magnets because of its good intrinsic magnetic properties with a Curie temperature of 747K, a room-temperature anisotropy field of 14T and a room-temperature saturation magnetization of 1.5T. However, Sm2Fe17Nx compound decomposes to
-Fe and Sm nitride above 873K and conventional powder metallurgy processing techniques fail to meet the processing requirements. Shock consolidation is a viable alternative to process this compound. Fully dense Sm2Fe17Nx bulk materials were fabricated by cylindrical explosive consolidation technique using water as a pressure transmitting medium. Explosive consolidation is performed under cold state and fully dense materials can be obtained without any degradation of the characteristics of the powder states. Sound compacts were obtained without any cracks or teas, and the value of (BH)max of Sm2Fe17Nx compact is 23.8 MGOe.