A Critical Survey of Strengthening Mechanisms of Ceramics Materials Used for Insulation of Combustion Chamber of Automotive Engine Block

作者：Bamidele Mogaji Pius^*; Tamba Jamiru; Dawood Desai; Rotimi Sadiku

来源：Refractories and Industrial Ceramics, 2015, 55(5): 473-479.

DOI：10.1007/s11148-015-9747-y

• ceramic materials
• strengthening mechanism
• automotive
• insulation
• engine block
• survey
• strengths and weaknesses

The good properties exhibited by ceramic materials, such as corrosion resistance, resistance to oxidation at high temperatures, resistance to wear, and low relative density have made them an especially attractive material for insulation of the combustion chamber of an automotive engine block. The limitations of ceramic materials in the area of low fracture toughness can be assuaged by using various methods of grain and boundary size strengthening. This paper presents a critical survey of some of the existing materials used for insulation of the combustion chamber of an automotive engine block, some existing ceramic coating techniques, and some existing strengthening mechanisms of ceramic materials used for insulation of automotive engine blocks with emphasis on methodologies, strengths, and weaknesses.

• 出版日期2015-1