To provide a method of manufacturing a hollow body made from a fiber-reinforced composite which is converted to a fiber-reinforced carbide ceramics by being infiltrated with and reacted with a liquid metal.
A mixture of carbon fiber and/or carbon filament with a thermosetting binder capable of being carbonized is charged into a metal die core for molding a hollow body shape and heated at 120-280°C under pressure to form a green body. Next, the green body is heated at about 750-2,400°C under a non-oxidizing atmosphere to be carbonized and/or graphitized to manufacture a C/C body. The heating for hardening, carbonizing and/or graphitizing is carried out by at least partially passing electric current through the composition mixture, the green body or the metal die core.
HEINE MICHAEL
KIENZLE ANDREAS
HUENER RONALD
RAHN ANDREAS
ZIMMERMANN-CHOPIN RAINER