ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA) in collaboration withMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed fuel and gas tanks for reaction control system andorbital control system of satellites; A tank is fabricated through welding of two thin, hemi-spherical orconical parts, which are fabricated by superplastic blow forming. Mass-productivity is not animportant factor but the forming precision and flexibiliry in the process are important for thisapplication. ISAS and MHI, therefore, developed a new blow-forming technique, which has highflexibility in terms of tank size because it requires a furnace but not a hot-press machine. Some typicalpropulsion tanks fabricated through this process are presented
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/16/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.551-552.43.pdf
