Project number
15033
Organization
UA Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Academic year
2015-2016
This project required the team to design and machine the tooling needed to produce a silicon nitride turbine blade in a high-temperature direct current sintering furnace. Following an in-depth study of furnace capabilities, the team designed a turbine blade made of an insulating aerospace material, grade M silicon nitride produced by H.C. Stark. Blade geometry design was based on computational simulation.