Papers by Keyword: Monolithic Ceramics

Abstract: The aim of the paper is theoretical modelling and experimental verification of the nonsymmetric thermal shock crack propagation in compound ceramic Al2O3 and ZrO2. The theoretical problem formulation concerns the thermal shock problem in a strip or bar made of nonhomogeneous material, which can exhibit local fluctuation of its mechanical and thermal properties. Such approach allows for: analysis of the real non-homogeneous ceramic materials and solution of the composition optimisation problem for composite material with respect to thermal shock sensitivity. In particular the presented approach enables estimation of the stress intensity factors during thermal shock for any continuous composition of the ceramic material.

Abstract: The present work describes the fabrication of monolithic ceramics of different geometries through direct extrusion of ceramic pastes. Using this technique, ceramic rods with triangular, hexagonal, honey-like and tubular cross sections have been produced. The shape of some of these monolithic materials allows piling them up for building big catalytic reactors. After extruding and sintering, all processed ceramics have appropriate characteristics such as homogeneous texture, and controlled density and porosity. These results suggest the feasibility of using the extruded ceramics for different catalysis and filtering applications. Some features of the monolithic ceramics and the fabrication process will be analyzed.