MAGNESIUM ALLOYS IN US MILITARY APPLICATIONS: PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE SOLUTIONS

Conference · Fri Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1012885

Mathaudhu, Suveen N; Nyberg, Eric A

Since the 1940’s Mg-alloys have been used for military applications, from aircraft components to ground vehicles. The drive for usage was primarily availability and lightweighting of military systems. But the promise of widespread military usage was not met largely based on corrosion and flammability concerns, poor mechanical behavior and inferior ballistic response. This review paper will cover historical, current and potential future applications with a focus on scientific, engineering and social barriers relevant to integration of Mg-alloy. It will also present mechanical and physical property improvements solutions which are currently being developed to address these issues.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1012885
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-68854; VT0505000; TRN: US201110%%401
• Resource Relation: Conference: Magnesium Technology 2010: Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the Magnesium Committee of the Light Metals Division of TMS, February 14-18, 2010, 27-34
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AIRCRAFT
AVAILABILITY
CORROSION
FLAMMABILITY
MAGNESIUM
MAGNESIUM ALLOYS
magnesium military applications uses