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Titanium Structures for Army Systems
W. M. MullinsUS Army Research Office
PO Box 12211Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
mullinsw@aro-emh1.army.mil
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Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98) Prescribed by ANSI Std Z39-18
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MechanizedMechanizedForcesForces
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Cap
abili
tyC
apab
ility
TimeTime
LightForces
Follow-OnHeavy Forces
Enemy Force Build Up
FCS• Multi-mission• Rapidly deployed• Light logistically• Variable lethality
Allows U.S. to set conditionson the battlefield
TODAY
THE GOAL
Red overmatch sets theconditions of battle
SOF
Cap
abili
tyC
apab
ility
TimeTimeSOF
MechanizedMechanizedForcesForces
FCS / Medium Forces
Follow-OnHeavy Forces(if Necessary)
Enem
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• Robotics• Mobile C3
• Networked Fires• Organic 3D
Targeting
The Challenge: Lethal, EffectiveEarly Entry Forces
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Current System54-64 Tonnes18.5 m3 Internal Volume
Future Concept - FCS & FSCS18 +/- Tonnes8.5-11.5 m3 Internal Volume
C130C17/C5
Up to:70% Lighter50% Smaller
Technology Challenges• Survivability • Lethality• C4I• Supportability
• HumanFactors
• Mobility• Training
Lighten the force, notjust lighten the platform
Science&
Technology
Operational Challenge - Moving the Full Spectrum Force
Objective Force Drivers
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Notes for Slide 3
A key parameter that we will have to look at in arming theFull Spectrum Brigade is the available space within ourairborne transportation assets. The best projections fromour Army Staff studies on Strategic Maneuver indicate thatwe will probably not have a new transportation aircraftavailable for inter or intra-theatre lift in the 2010-2020timeframe. Therefore, we will have to use existing airtransportation assets to move the Full Spectrum Brigade -which drives us in size to a 20 ton/400 cubic foot vehiclethat will fit in both a C130 and in commercial 747-classcargo aircraft. I echo the VCSA’s comment that aiming forC-130 transportability is an excellent way to keep the FCVsize and weight manageable.
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Technology Driver: Lethality
• Impulse of ammunition isincreasing for lethality overmatch.
•Problem:• Trunnion Force = Impulse2 / 2 M X• Lighting and reducing size to
increase mobility.•Techniques under development tomitigate recoil:• High strength trunnion and carriage
materials.• Benign muzzle brakes.• Fire-out-of-Battery• Sonic Rarefaction Wave GunWave front of the sonic
rarefaction wave
The back of the gun may be uncorkedwhen the projectile has traveled aboutone third the way down the gun with NONEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE PROJECTILEPROPULSION. Can reduce recoil up to75%.
• Gun Pre-Acceleratedforward from RearPosition to one half ofthe normal recoilspeed.
• Firing reverses forwardvelocity.
• Gun Decelerated to restat out of batteryposition.
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XM777
•Active procurementprogramme.
•No “revolutionary” changes inbasic howitzer design.• Novel transport configuration• Carriage constructed from Ti-
alloy weldments.
Auto-Primer FeedPrimer Mechanism
9,000lbsWeight
2 HowitzersC-130 Capacity**Investigating C130 Capability toTransport Both the M1083 and XM777
2 MinDisplacement Time3 MinEmplacement Time
5 Rds/minMax Rate of Fire
XM777
Manual Single Round
16,000lbs
1 Howitzer
11 Min8 Min
4 Rds/min
M198
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LWT 81mm Mortar System
•Man-portable design:– ~32 kg weight, 30% lighter than
the M252 mortar system.– replace the M252 81-mm or
even the M224 60-mm mortar.•Features
• Redesigned graphite-compositeand titanium bipod.
• A new baseplate featureingintegrated aluminum and fiber-reinforced composite.
• Bi-metallic steel and titanium tube.– will undergo firings to validate its
structural integrity androbustness.
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Survive first round engagement … don’t be hit
Achieving the paradigm requires innovative thinking
Signaturereduction
Jammers DecoysActive Protection
Passive armorReactive armorEM armorSmart armor
ObscurantsJammers
Don’t Be ...
CompartmentingSpall reductionFire suppression
Killed
DetectedAcquired
Hit
Penetrated
New Battle ConceptsNew Battle ConceptsTechnology BreakthroughsTechnology Breakthroughs
Novel System Design(s)Novel System Design(s)
Requires:
Momentumtransfer issue
Technology Driver: Survivability
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Composite Armoured Vehicle
• S2-Glass Epoxy Structure• High Alumina Ceramic
Armour plates• Entire Structure Integrally
Resin-Transfer Moulded
FCSNeed
ARMORReqt’s
200 mm RHA Equivalent Protection
Arm
or W
eigh
t (to
ns)
0
2.5
5
7.5
Mass Efficiency1 102 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
100 ft2
(9.3 m2)
50 ft2
(4.65 m2)
III
III
IV
3.3 6.6
Composite Armoured Vehicle
•Completed ATD Programme•Best “off-the-shelf” armour systemavailable now.
•System of choice for Crusader andcandidate for FCS vehicles.
•Problems:• Expensive, long lead-times and etc.• Still heavy!
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An Example: Cu-Cu Joint
Rx Foil
Copper
Thin Braze
SiC Plate
Ti-6-4 Plate
100µm Reacting Foil
Tin Coating (6µm)
Tin WettingLayer (2µm)
Tin Coating (6µm)
T. Weihs, E. Chin, S. Schoenfeld (ARL-WMRD)
Joining Armor Materials withReactive Multilayer Foils
• Goal: join armor materials usingreactive multilayer foils as local heatsources as shown schematically
• A Cu to Cu joint with a thick reactivefoil (~150µm) and thin braze layers.The outer Cu layers are approximately40µm thick, and the joints have shearstrengths greater than 30 MPa
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Ti - Al Composites
Ti - Al - Ceramic Particulate CompositesK. Vecchio (UC San Diego)
Ti-Al Metallic-IntermetallicComposites
•Fabrication• Alternating stack of Ti and Al foils• Reaction to form intermetallic layer
structure• Final structure set by stacking
– Ti + TiAl– Al + Al3Ti
• Automated processing for reducedprocessing time and reactioncontrol
• Additional particle reinforcementpossible
•Structure-property correlation forstrength and toughnessoptimization
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Laminated Armor Plates
•Hard intermetallic layers break upand erode projectile.
•Metallic layers provideinterlamellar failure mode, stillbinding the hard phase.
•Properties must be balanced foroptimal ballistic performance
Ballistic test showinginterlamellar failure mode incomposite.
Simulation showing defeat mechanism ofhard/soft layers. Note lamella failurebeneath projectile. Metallic layers bindhard phase to prevent ejection. Too softof a metallic binder provides a“lubrication” effect though.
K. Vecchio (UC San Diego)
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Transformation Plasticity
•OBJECTIVE: Increaseplasticity Ti and Ti-matrixcomposite materials.
•APPROACH: Induce anallotropic transformation(∆V) in one phase.• Cycle about the transition
while under external stress.• Transformation stresses
induce local plasticity andallow accelerateddeformation.
• Results in enhanced “creepforming” of alloys.
α→β transformation via ∆T or ∆[H]
D.C. Dunand (NWU/MIT)
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Tota
l Stra
in, %
TIME [sec]
Titanium
Transformation Plasticity
•ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Demonstrated TP in Ti/TiC
MMC (matrix ∆T)• Demonstrated TP in Titanium
(chemically driven ∆[H])• Theory of Transformation
Plasticity extended from lowstress linear regime to high-stress levels near the yieldstrength
• IMPACT• Enhanced creep formability for
TiMC• Enhanced superplastic forming
of Ti D.C. Dunand (NWU/MIT)
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20µm
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
0.1 1 10 100Time (hrs)
Tem
pera
ture
(C) β
β
α+β
20µmβ-quench microstructure
β-annealed microstructure
TTT Curve, Ti-64 (30 at.% H)
Thermohydrogen Processing
•APPROACH• Cast & HIP’d (890°C) Ti-6Al-4V plate• Hydrogenated 780°C 24 hrs to 30 at.% Hydrogen
•RESULTS• Reduction in grain size from 30-60mm to 1-3mm• Temperature decrease of 100°C to 200°C for hot
working• Improved processability and machinability• Improved final mechanical properties.F.H. Froes et al. (U. Idaho)
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Pressureless sinteredat 900ºC for 4 hrs.Final density ~89%
Effect of Hydrogen on PowderSinterability
•OBJECTIVE: Hydrogen effect asTemporary Alloying Element on theSinterability of Ti Powders.
•RESULTS• Preliminary Results to date.• Higher hardness for hydrogen-charged
sample.• Higher sintered density for hydrogen
charged sample.•APPLICATIONS
• Sinter-forged Ti-6Al-4V commander’shatch on M1 Abrams (SBIR projectfrom ARL-WMRD)
• Jet engine compressor rotors(possible)
CP-Ti Powder, Cold-Compacted to ~74%density.
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0.5cm
100µm
50µm
Scrap Conversion
•Commercial turnings and scrap readilyavailable for low cost.
•Clean and hydrogenate to brittle solid.•Grind to form powder.•Powder process with or withoutdehydrogenation to form components.
•Good microstructures and propertiesobserved.
Microstructureafter HIPing.
TiH powder after grinding
Scrap Ti turnings fromaerospace fabricator.
Ti
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0
70
60
50
40
30
20
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0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700Specific Ultimate Strength (MPa/g/cm3)
Spec
ific
Stiff
ness
(GPa
/g/cm
3 )
Al, Mg, Ni, Steel,α/β-Ti
β-Ti
Gr/epoxy X-ply
DRADRTi
Amorphous AlAmorphous Ti
Specific Properties
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Ti-based Amorphous Alloys
G
X→
β1β2
amor.
CoherentSystem
•Amorphous powders formed bystrong mechanical alloying.
•Amorphous bulk formed byspontaneous “melting” ofcrystalline phases.• Immiscible system, ie. Ti-Cr• Melt solidified to form single
crystalline phase.• Once cooled deep into miscibility
gap, two-phases spontaneouslyemerge.
• Coherency strains of two phasesincrease free energy of system, tohigher than amorphous phase.
• System metastability maintained bydiffusion-limited kinetics.
G. Schiflet (UVa)DCS measured Free-Energydifference between β phaseand glass
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Conclusions
•Long history of Ti R&D in the U.S. Army.•Cost has been a major barrier to Ti usage.•Ti-alloys are finding application in developmental gunsystems.• Light weight overrides cost issues.• Significant design challenges posed in gun applications.
•Current Ti research looks at reducing processing costs.•New Ti alloys (and metallic glasses) promise to revolutionizeTi applications.
•Future looks good for including structural Ti in U.S. Armyground systems.
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