Simulated Engine Materials Testing

Combined chemo-thermo-mechanical testing of multilayer-EBCs under simulated engine environments provides a means for assessing candidate engine materials and to understand the mechanisms that govern the effectiveness of these candidate materials. The University of Virginia LSL Simulated Engine Materials Testing Facility has been designed to subject coated CMCs and other engine materials to cyclic thermomechanical stress and thermochemical environments similar to those experienced inside the high pressure combustion/ high pressure turbine of modern gas turbine engines.