High Temperature Materials Research Facility
1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Focus Areas
Qualification testing of new high temperature materials; Development of constitutive and life prediction models and tools; Joining and repair of high temperature metallic materials; Development, fabrication, and spallation testing of thermal barrier coatings; Development of metal-matrix and ceramic-matrix composite materials; Thermal fatigue durability assessment of additively manufactured parts; Ultra-high cycle fatigue test development and standardization; Fretting fatigue test development and damage modelling; Failure analysis of materials and components; Damage tolerance assessment for life extension and life validation of RCAF gas turbine engine components, including the development of prognostic health management tools ; Technology qualification