posted on 2017-06-21, 00:00authored byAlexander MukasyanAlexander Mukasyan, Allen H. Simpson, Charles D. D'Amico, Mark L. La Forest, Roger L. Klinedinst, Slawomir T. Fryska
An apparatus for bonding a first carbon composite to a second carbon composite through a reactant layer includes a housing, and a pair of conductive press plates electrically isolated from the housing. The press plates are adapted to position the two parts to be bonded with a reactant layer therebetween. The press plates are subjected to an electrical potential and a clamping force, sufficient to initiate a combustion reaction that creates a molten ceramic to bond together the carbon-carbon composites.