Hybrid Composite Systems
Key Features:
A common prepreg system enables co-lamination and curing of PSC-10 and UHT-21 in the preform state. The materials systems are combined and co-processed as one component through our entire fabrication process.
Diagram of an Aeroshell glide body illustrating the areas that would require UHT-21 for thermal performance while the bulk of the glide body remains PSC-10
Benefit to Customer
The refractory-modified pre-preg is only placed in the hot sections where necessary for the component to have greater thermal resistance. The rest of the component is the PSC-10 system which saves both weight and cost relative to a fully refractory-modified component with no appreciable difference to the mechanical properties of the system.
CT Scan of a hybrid composite showing the refractory-modified system as only the inner layers (hot side) of a C/SiC flow-path