Superplastic Titanium Tanks for Propulsion System of Satellites |
| Journal |
Materials Science Forum (Volumes 551 - 552) |
| Volume |
Superplasticity in Advanced Materials - ICSAM 2006 |
| Edited by |
K.F. Zhang |
| Pages |
43-48 |
| DOI |
10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.551-552.43 |
| Online since |
July, 2007 |
| Authors |
Eiichi Sato,
S. Sawai,
K. Uesugi,
T. Takami,
K. Furukawa,
M. Kamada,
M. Kondo
|
| Keywords |
Aerospace, Fuel Tank, Superplastic Blow Forming, Titanium (Ti) |
| Abstract |
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA) in collaboration with
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed fuel and gas tanks for reaction control system and
orbital control system of satellites; A tank is fabricated through welding of two thin, hemi-spherical or
conical parts, which are fabricated by superplastic blow forming. Mass-productivity is not an
important factor but the forming precision and flexibiliry in the process are important for this
application. ISAS and MHI, therefore, developed a new blow-forming technique, which has high
flexibility in terms of tank size because it requires a furnace but not a hot-press machine. Some typical
propulsion tanks fabricated through this process are presented. |
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