Advances in fabricating superplastically formed and diffusion bonded components for aerospace structures

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 678-682

  Hefti, Larry D ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion bonding; Finite element modeling; Induction heating; Metal tooling; Stop off; Superplastic forming; Titanium

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION BONDING; METAL TOOLING; STOP-OFF; SUPERPLASTIC FORMING;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DIFFUSION; FABRICATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; METAL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

SUPERPLASTICITY;

EID: 11244274986     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1361/10599490421286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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