Affiliation:
1. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO
2. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Abstract
Titanium alloys are used for high-pressure gas bottles / propellant tanks and structural applications owing to their high specific strength, good fabricability / weldability and compatibility with various working fluids. For these applications at ambient temperature, the workhorse Ti6Al4V alloy is extensively used. For the applications at low temperatures, two ELI grades of titanium alloys namely Ti6Al4V and Ti5Al2.5Sn are used as these retain toughness down to 77K and 4K respectively. Due to this inherent advantage, Ti5Al2.5Sn-ELI alloy has been selected as high pressure helium gas bottle submerged in liquid hydrogen (20K temperature). The gas bottle is spherical in shape and is made by electron beam welding of two machined hemispherical shells of 500 mm nominal diameter. The hemispherical shells for the difficult-to-forge Ti5Al2.5Sn-ELI alloy are developed through controlled closed-die forging operations. Shells are subsequently characterized for microstructures and mechanical properties at ambient temperature. Substantial increase in tensile strength with reasonably good ductility with respect to ambient temperature is achieved at 20K temperature. Multi point necking is observed at 20K. The present paper briefly outlines the process control devised for development of these domes and discusses the various characterization results obtained on forged hemispherical shells.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
Reference2 articles.
1. Mathew J. Donachie, Jr., Titanium A Technical Guide, 2nd edition, ASM International, Metal Park Ohio, (2000).
2. George E Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, Third edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1986).
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