Unlike any other book, this practical and proven guide will provide you with a foundation for determining causes and remedies for warpage in titanium alloy part fabrication. It discusses methods for straightening titanium alloy and describes criterion for selecting the most appropriate straightening process.
Discusses in detail the causes of warpage of titanium alloy airframe parts.
• Provides proven steps that can be taken to prevent warpage.
• Offers recipes for straightening titanium parts—straightening in a gas furnace, straightening in an electric furnace, straightening in a vacuum furnace, straightening cold, straightening by shot peening, straightening using blacksmithing techniques.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Why This Book?
Objectives -What Do I Expect You To Do With This Information?
My Authority
Additional Thoughts
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Scope and Limitations of Report
Order of Reporting
Chapter 1: Causes and Prevention of Warpage
Purpose
Coverage and Limitations
Three Areas of Stress
Inherited Stresses
Clamped-in Stresses
Machined-in Stresses
Short-Term Solution - Straighten Par
Long-Term Solutions
Solution to Inherited Stresses
Solution to Clamped-in Stresses
Solution to Machined-in Stresses
Thin Pocket Floors
Summary of Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Methods (Recipes) for Straightening
Background and General Definitions
Specific Purpose of this Chapter
Order of Discussion
Limitations
Definitions and General Information
Specific Methods and Processes for Straightening Parts (The Recipes)
Recipe for Straightening in a Gas Furnace
Recipe for Straightening in an Electric Furnace
Recipe for Straightening in a Vacuum Furnace
Recipe for Straightening Cold
Recipe for Straightening by Shot Peening
Receipe for Straightening Using Blacksmithing Techniques
Summary of Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Overall Summary
Index
