High modulus composites versus beryllium for achieving stiffness in spacecraft structural applications

1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. SWITZ
Keyword(s):  
High Modulus ◽  
Structural Applications

WIELAND DURO TUNGSTEN

Alloy Digest ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Melting Point ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Modulus Of Elasticity ◽  
Radiation Shielding ◽  
High Melting ◽  
High Modulus ◽  
High Melting Point ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Very High

Abstract Wieland Duro Tungsten is unalloyed tungsten produced from pressed-and-sintered billets. The high melting point of tungsten makes it an obvious choice for structural applications exposed to very high temperatures. Tungsten is used at lower temperatures for applications that can benefit from its high density, high modulus of elasticity, or radiation shielding capability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on machining. Filing Code: W-34. Producer or source: Wieland Duro GmbH.

Cellulose fibre-cellulose acetate hybrid composites with nanosilica

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaowei Pang ◽  
Robert Shanks ◽  
Fugen Daver
Keyword(s):  
Cellulose Acetate ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Cellulose Fibre ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Solution Casting ◽  
High Modulus ◽  
Compression Moulding ◽  
Cellulose Fibres ◽  
Structural Applications

Abstract Biocomposites incorporating cellulose fibres, a renewable resource, have high modulus and strength and flexibility suitable for structural applications. Solution casting, ultrasonication, and compression moulding methods were used to prepare the specimens. Results show that plasticiser indeed improved the flexibility of the composite and adding fillers further enhanced the performance of the composite.

LOCKALLOY

Alloy Digest ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Heat Treating ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Low Density ◽  
High Modulus ◽  
Bearing Strength ◽  
Temperature Performance ◽  
Structural Applications

Abstract LOCKALLOY is a beryllium-aluminum alloy that was developed for aerospace structural applications where high modulus and low density are design criteria. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive, shear, and bearing strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on low and high temperature performance, and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Be-1. Producer or source: Kawecki Berylco Industries Inc..

Lattice Imaging of Grain Boundaries in Ceramics

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
D. R. Clarke ◽  
G. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
High Temperature Strength ◽  
Current Interest ◽  
Lattice Imaging ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Refractory Ceramics

Grain boundaries have long held a special significance to ceramicists. In part, this has been because it has been impossible until now to actually observe the boundaries themselves. Just as important, however, is the fact that the grain boundaries and their environs have a determing influence on both the mechanisms by which powder compaction occurs during fabrication, and on the overall mechanical properties of the material. One area where the grain boundary plays a particularly important role is in the high temperature strength of hot-pressed ceramics. This is a subject of current interest as extensive efforts are being made to develop ceramics, such as silicon nitride alloys, for high temperature structural applications. In this presentation we describe how the techniques of lattice fringe imaging have made it possible to study the grain boundaries in a number of refractory ceramics, and illustrate some of the findings.

Precipitation in Al-Li-Cu Alloys

1981 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
J. E. O'Neal ◽  
K. K. Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Age Hardening ◽  
Precipitation Behavior ◽  
Zone Formation ◽  
Specific Strength ◽  
Hardening Behavior ◽  
Cu Alloys ◽  
High Specific Strength ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Structural Applications

Al-Li-Cu alloys combine high specific strength and high specific modulus and are potential candidates for aircraft structural applications. As part of an effort to optimize Al-Li-Cu alloys for specific applications, precipitation in these alloys was studied for a range of compositions, and the mechanical behavior was correlated with the microstructures.Alloys with nominal compositions of Al-4Cu-2Li-0.2Zr, Al-2.5Cu-2.5Li-0.2Zr, and Al-l.5Cu-2.5Li-0.5Mn were argon-atomized into powder at solidification rates ≈ 103°C/s. Powders were consolidated into bar stock by vacuum pressing and extruding at 400°C. Alloy specimens were solution annealed at 530°C and aged at temperatures up to 250°C, and the resultant precipitation was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).The low-temperature (≲100°C) precipitation behavior of the Al-4Cu-2Li-0.2Zr alloy is a combination of the separate precipitation behaviors of Al-Cu and Al-Li alloys. The age-hardening behavior at these temperatures is characteristic of Guinier-Preston (GP) zone formation, with additional strengthening resulting from the coherent precipitation of δ’ (Al3Li, Ll2 structure), the presence of which is revealed by the selected-area diffraction pattern (SADP) shown in Figure la.

A Tem Study of Slip Systems in MoSi2/WSi2 Alloys

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 942-943
Author(s):  
Stuart A. Maloy
Keyword(s):  
Solid Solution ◽  
Solid Solution Hardening ◽  
Slip Systems ◽  
High Melting ◽  
Group 14 ◽  
Solution Hardening ◽  
Brittle To Ductile Transition ◽  
High Melting Temperature ◽  
Tetragonal Unit Cell ◽  
Structural Applications

MoSi2 has recently been investigated as a potential material for high temperature structural applications. It has excellent oxidation resistance up to 1700°C, a high melting temperature, 2030°C, and a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature at 900-1000°C. WSi2 is isomorphous with MoSi2 and has a body-centered tetragonal unit cell of the space group 14/mmm. The lattice parameters are a=3.20 Å and c=7.84 Å for MoSi2 and a=3.21 Å and c=7.88 Å for WSi2. Therefore, WSi2 was added to MoSi2 to improve its strength via solid solution hardening. The purpose of this study was to investigate the slip systems in polycrystalline MoSi2/WSi2 alloys.

Crystallization sequence of an A1N-Y2O3-SiO2 glass-ceramic

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 446-447
Author(s):  
T.R. Dinger ◽  
G. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Glass Ceramic ◽  
Crystallization Behavior ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Crystallization Sequence ◽  
Sio2 Glass ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Ceramic Precursors

The use of Si3N4, alloys for high temperature, high stress structural applications has prompted numerous studies of the oxynitride glasses which exist as intergranular phases in their microstructures. Oxynitride glasses have been investigated recently in their bulk form in order to understand their crystallization behavior for subsequent Si3N4 applications and to investigate their worth as glass-ceramic precursors. This research investigates the crystallization sequence of a glass having a normalized composition of Y26Si30Al11 ON11 and lying in the A1N-Y2O3-SiO2 section of the Y-Si-Al-O-N system. Such glasses exist as intergranular phases in the technologically important Y2O3/Al2O3-fluxed Si3N4 alloys.

Analytical and High-Resolution EM Study of Crystalline Phases formed at Metal-Ceramic Interface

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-427
Author(s):  
N. Merk ◽  
A. P. Tomsia ◽  
G. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Dissimilar Materials ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Electron Micrograph ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrograph ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Metal Ceramic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ceramic Compounds ◽  
Scanning Electron

A recent development of new ceramic materials for structural applications involves the joining of ceramic compounds to metals. Due to the wetting problem, an interlayer material (brazing alloy) is generally used to achieve the bonding. The nature of the interfaces between such dissimilar materials is the subject of intensive studies and is of utmost importance to obtain a controlled microstructure at the discontinuities to satisfy the demanding properties for engineering applications . The brazing alloy is generally ductile and hence, does not readily fracture. It must also wett the ceramic with similar thermal expansion coefficient to avoid large stresses at joints. In the present work we study mullite-molybdenum composites using a brazing alloy for the weldment.A scanning electron micrograph from the cross section of the joining sequence studied here is presented in Fig. 1.

EXELFS Studies of Carbon Fibers

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-73
Author(s):  
V. Serin ◽  
K. Hssein ◽  
G. Zanchi ◽  
J. Sévely
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
Energy Analysis ◽  
Electron Excitation ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
High Modulus ◽  
Promising Technique ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Fine Structures ◽  
X Ray Absorption

The present developments of electron energy analysis in the microscopes by E.E.L.S. allow an accurate recording of the spectra and of their different complex structures associated with the inner shell electron excitation by the incident electrons (1). Among these structures, the Extended Energy Loss Fine Structures (EXELFS) are of particular interest. They are equivalent to the well known EXAFS oscillations in X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Due to the EELS characteristic, the Fourier analysis of EXELFS oscillations appears as a promising technique for the characterization of composite materials, the major constituents of which are low Z elements. Using EXELFS, we have developed a microstructural study of carbon fibers. This analysis concerns the carbon K edge, which appears in the spectra at 285 eV. The purpose of the paper is to compare the local short range order, determined by this way in the case of Courtauld HTS and P100 ex-polyacrylonitrile carbon fibers, which are high tensile strength (HTS) and high modulus (HM) fibers respectively.

In situ observation of the martensitic transformation in (Mg,Y)-PSZ

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 500-501
Author(s):  
R-R. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Martensitic Transformation ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Nucleation And Growth ◽  
In Situ Observation ◽  
Considerable Potential ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Applied Stresses ◽  
Kinetics Of

Partially-stabilized ZrO2 (PSZ) ceramics have considerable potential for advanced structural applications because of their high strength and toughness. These properties derive from small tetragonal ZrO2 (t-ZrO2) precipitates in a cubic (c) ZrO2 matrix, which transform martensitically to monoclinic (m) symmetry under applied stresses. The kinetics of the martensitic transformation is believed to be nucleation controlled and the nucleation is always stress induced. In situ observation of the martensitic transformation using transmission electron microscopy provides considerable information about the nucleation and growth aspects of the transformation.

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