EVALUATION OF ELECTRON BEAM WELDING FOR FABRICATION OF ULTRA HIGH STRENGTH STEEL ROCKET MOTOR CASES
Abstract
Further determinations were made of the ultimate t nsile strength, yield strength, and bi-axial tensile strength of electron beam and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welds. The magnitude of the strengtheni g effect is expressed as a percentage of the uni-axial ultimate tensile strength. InALL OF THE TIG welded uni-axial tensile specimens, fracture took place within the weld metal or heat-affected zone so that the magnitudes of bi-axial strengthening were characteristic of the weld metal. A comparison of the results obtained with the uni-axial and bi-axial electron beam welded test specimens show a strength increas between 20 and 30%; fracture of electron beam weldments rarely took place in the weld. A comparison of uni-axial and bi-axial strengths indicates that electron beam weld metal is at least as strong as the base material and is somewhat trong r than TIG weld metal. Electron beam weld metal is very responsive to the strengthening effects of bi-axial loading, probably because of the near absence of micro-flaws in a rapidly solidified vacuum deposited structure. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 14, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0272656
Entities
People
- C. M. Adams Jr.
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology