The infrared conformal window is one of the most critical components in aircraft.Conformal windows with high performance bring low aberrations,high aerodynamic performance,reliability in extreme working environments,a...The infrared conformal window is one of the most critical components in aircraft.Conformal windows with high performance bring low aberrations,high aerodynamic performance,reliability in extreme working environments,and added value for aircraft.Through the past decades,remarkable advances have been achieved in manufacturing technologies for conformal windows,where the machining accuracy approaches the nanometer level,and the surface form becomes more complex.These advances are critical to aircraft development,and these manufacturing technologies also have significant reference values for other directions of the ultra-precision machining field.In this review,the infrared materials suitable for manufacturing conformal windows are introduced and compared with insights into their performances.The remarkable advances and concrete work accomplished by researchers are reviewed.The challenges in manufacturing conformal windows that should be faced in the future are discussed.展开更多
The germanate glass ceramics is a potential candidate material for infrared （IR） dome and window applications. The crystallization mechanism of 20BaO-10Ga2O3-70GeO2 glass was investigated by differential thermal ana...The germanate glass ceramics is a potential candidate material for infrared （IR） dome and window applications. The crystallization mechanism of 20BaO-10Ga2O3-70GeO2 glass was investigated by differential thermal analysis （DTA）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. Two different types of phase evolution were found in the early stage of crystallization： （1） the further growth of the microcrystal formed during the slow cooling of glass melt and （2） the glass-in-glass phase separation. The controlled crystatlization was obtained by two-step heat treatment. obtained, with expected thermal and mechanical The middle infrared （MIR）-transparent glass ceramics were improvements.展开更多
基金the support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China[2018YFA0703400].
文摘The infrared conformal window is one of the most critical components in aircraft.Conformal windows with high performance bring low aberrations,high aerodynamic performance,reliability in extreme working environments,and added value for aircraft.Through the past decades,remarkable advances have been achieved in manufacturing technologies for conformal windows,where the machining accuracy approaches the nanometer level,and the surface form becomes more complex.These advances are critical to aircraft development,and these manufacturing technologies also have significant reference values for other directions of the ultra-precision machining field.In this review,the infrared materials suitable for manufacturing conformal windows are introduced and compared with insights into their performances.The remarkable advances and concrete work accomplished by researchers are reviewed.The challenges in manufacturing conformal windows that should be faced in the future are discussed.
基金supports from Shanghai Pujiang Program and the Hundred of Talents Pragram of Chinese Academy of Sciences are gratefully acknowledged
文摘The germanate glass ceramics is a potential candidate material for infrared （IR） dome and window applications. The crystallization mechanism of 20BaO-10Ga2O3-70GeO2 glass was investigated by differential thermal analysis （DTA）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. Two different types of phase evolution were found in the early stage of crystallization： （1） the further growth of the microcrystal formed during the slow cooling of glass melt and （2） the glass-in-glass phase separation. The controlled crystatlization was obtained by two-step heat treatment. obtained, with expected thermal and mechanical The middle infrared （MIR）-transparent glass ceramics were improvements.
