RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TITANIUM ROCKET MOTOR CASE

Abstract

This report includes: Manufacturing Labs., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. PREFERRED ORIENTATION IN FLOW-TURNED B120VCA TITANIUM ALLOY SHEET, by S. V. radcliffe and E. S. Meieran. Dec 60, 19p. incl. illus. (Subcontract to Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, Conn., Contract DA 19-020-ORD-5230) The results of work on the development of a high strength, lightweight, Ti alloy rocket case, are reported. These results include (1) tensile tests, chemical analysis, and microexamination of a press-forged pancake forging; (2) techniques for hydrogenation of B-120VCA sheet stock; (3) fracture toughness and modified Charpy impact tests on flow-turned material, (4) x-ray diffraction studies of cold-rolled and flow-turned material; (5) tensile, bend, and fracture toughness tests of TIG and electron-beam welds; and (6) tensile tests of pancakes forged at high and low strain rates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1961
Accession Number
AD0260042

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Crosby Jr.
  • R. P. Brody

Organizations

  • Pratt & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electron Beams
  • Grain Size
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Working
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Rocket Engines
  • Strain Rate
  • Surface Plasmons
  • Tensile Properties
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Titanium
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
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