Jet engine designers have long wanted to take advantage of the compound titanium aluminide, which combines the properties of ceramics and metals. Standing in the way were questions about the brittleness of the material and the ability to make parts with it at a reasonable cost. Henry Canaday explains one team's eight-year effort to solve those problems and meet Airbus' demand for a more fuel-efficient engine.
Breakthrough material
Aerospace America ; 53 , 7
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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