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Development and Scale-up of the Low Density Core Process for Ti-64

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. S. Schwartz
Affiliation:
The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO 63166-0516
D. S. Shih
Affiliation:
The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO 63166-0516
R. J. Lederich
Affiliation:
The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO 63166-0516
R. L. Martin
Affiliation:
The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO 63166-0516
D. A. Deuser
Affiliation:
The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO 63166-0516
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Abstract

The Low Density Core (LDC) process is a method for making metallic structures with solid surfaces covering a porous core. The development of the LDC process for making Ti-64 sheet based structures is described. Sheets ∼ 2000 × 1200 × 4 mm3 have been made with ∼ 40 vol. % core porosity levels, and several forming techniques have been demonstrated. The LDC billet breakdown and forming behavior was found to be similar to conventional Ti-64 processes, so LDC Ti-64 sheet has the advantage that it can be fabricated into structures using well-established methods.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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