Explosive forming of aerospace components
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Results are presented of the development of explosive forming technology for metal sheets and plates. Explosive forming is labor intensive, but requires only single-sided tooling it can be used economically for small series of hard to deform metals, like nickel, titanium and aluminum alloys, that are generally used in aerospace applications. As the alloys can be formed in their hardened (tempered) condition, the formed components do not need a heat-treatment afterwards (at which deformations generally occur). Plate velocity calculations and measurements can be used for engineering calculations. Examples are given of aerospace parts of aluminum and nickel alloys for process development and the fabrication of demonstrators. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.
TNO Identifier
183043
ISSN
0094-243X
ISBN
073540341
0735403414
9780735403413
0735403414
9780735403413
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Source title
Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2005. Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Baltimore, MD, USA, July 31-August 5, 2005
Editor(s)
Furnish, M.D.
Elert, M.
Russell, T.P.
White, C.T.
Elert, M.
Russell, T.P.
White, C.T.
Pages
1249-1252
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