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A novel braking material, C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC carbon fibre-reinforced hybrid ceramic matrix composite, was prepared by chemical vapour infiltration and polymeric precursor infiltration and pyrolysis. Investigation of the microstructure of C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC composite showed the homogenous dispersion of three-phase ceramic as the matrix. The frictional properties of the hybrid C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC ceramic matrix composite were measured by a disk-on-disk type dynamometer under dry and wet conditions to simulate the normal landing state of aircraft brake disk friction pairs. C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC ceramic matrix composite has a higher and more stable friction coefficient under wet condition than under dry condition, indicating that the composite has better performance compared with C/C or C/C–SiC braking materials.


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Frictional response of a novel C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC composite under simulated braking

Show Author's information Yangbao QIAN*( )Weigang ZHANGMin GEXi WEI
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beiertiao, Beijing 100190, China

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A novel braking material, C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC carbon fibre-reinforced hybrid ceramic matrix composite, was prepared by chemical vapour infiltration and polymeric precursor infiltration and pyrolysis. Investigation of the microstructure of C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC composite showed the homogenous dispersion of three-phase ceramic as the matrix. The frictional properties of the hybrid C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC ceramic matrix composite were measured by a disk-on-disk type dynamometer under dry and wet conditions to simulate the normal landing state of aircraft brake disk friction pairs. C/C–ZrB2–ZrC–SiC ceramic matrix composite has a higher and more stable friction coefficient under wet condition than under dry condition, indicating that the composite has better performance compared with C/C or C/C–SiC braking materials.

Keywords: ceramic matrix composite, brake materials, abrasion, braking testing

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Received: 25 January 2013
Revised: 12 March 2013
Accepted: 14 March 2013
Published: 04 June 2013
Issue date: June 2013

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51102236).

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