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Effect of Uniaxial Pre-strain on Room Temperature Tensile and Creep Behavior of Aluminum Alloy AA2219-T87 for Propellant Tanks of Satellite Launch Vehicles
In this study, the effect of uniaxial pre-strain in the range of 1-9%, has been studied on room temperature tensile and creep behavior of aluminum alloy AA2219-T87. Tensile properties of pre-strained specimens...
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Effect of Uniaxial Pre-strain on Tensile, Work Hardening, Fracture Toughness, and Fatigue Crack Growth Rate of Titanium Alloy Ti–6Al–4V
In this study, the effect of plastic deformation on strength, work hardening behavior, fracture toughness (FT, JIc), and fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) of Ti–6Al–4V alloy in annealed condition was studied. Ti–6...
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Biaxial Tensile Behavior of Aluminum Alloy AA2219-T852 using Tension and Internal Pressure
Aluminum alloy AA2219-T852 tubular specimens were subjected to biaxial testing. The specimens were tested under tensile as well as internal pressure simultaneously to create biaxial loading conditions with str...
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On the anisotropy in room-temperature mechanical properties of laser powder bed fusion processed Ti6Al4V-ELI alloy for aerospace applications
Extra low interstitial (ELI) grade of titanium alloy Ti6Al4V is used for the fabrication of components operating at cryogenic temperatures in satellite launch vehicles, given its excellent combination of stren...
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Tensile and Fracture Properties of Aluminium Alloy AA2219-T87 Friction Stir Weld Joints for Aerospace Applications
The purpose of the present work is to study the mechanical behaviour of AA2219-T87 friction stir weld (FSW) joints at different temperatures (Room temperature (RT), 77 K and 20 K) and correlate them to the mic...
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Kinetics of Cr2N Precipitation and Its Effect on Pitting Corrosion of Nickel-Free High-Nitrogen Austenitic Stainless Steel
In the present work, hot-rolled nickel-free high-nitrogen austenitic stainless steels (HNSS) were solution annealed and aged at 700, 800 and 900 °C for 14 h. Precipitation behavior of Cr2N at the grain boundaries...
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High Temperature Tensile Behavior of a Nickel-Based Superalloy 55Ni-17Cr-12Fe-9Mo-2Nb-1.5Al Used in Launch Vehicle Applications
55Ni-17Cr-12Fe-9Mo-2Nb-1.5Al alloy is a nickel-based superalloy (Russian designation is XH55MбЮ or KhN55MBYu, XH55) without any equivalent in American/European alloy designation. It is used in cryogenic engine...
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Mechanical milling and synthesis of Mg-SiC composites using underwater shock consolidation
In this work, mechanical milling of magnesium with SiC particles with variation of parameters, such as ball-to-powder ratio, milling speed, milling time, and process controlling agent (PCA), is reported. Milli...
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Underwater shock consolidation of Mg–SiC composites
The shock consolidation of magnesium (Mg)/silicon carbide (SiC) composites using axisymmetric explosive fabrication setup is reported. Pure Mg and SiC powders are consolidated in a three-layered cylindrical as...
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Optimization of process parameters in explosive cladding of mild steel and aluminum
Explosive cladding is best known for its capability to join a wide variety of both similar and dissimilar combinations of metals that cannot be joined by other conventional metal joining techniques. An attempt...