FUEL-BEARING FIBERGLAS IN ALUMINUM BASE FUEL ELEMENTS. Quarterly Report No. 5 for May 1, 1960 to July 31, 1960

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1960

OSTI ID:4121020

Baskey, R H

The fabrication experiments being performed were designed to attain a uniform deformation in the frame. clad. and core. Fabrication techniques were modified when producing dummy fuel plates from uranium-bearing Fiberglas core material. Cladding this core material with Alclad 6061 resulted in a significant improvement toward eliminating the ripple effect experienced on many of the earlier plates. Alclad 6061 dummy fuel plates containing uraniumbcaring Fiberglas core sections displayed strength retention properties at elevated temperatures. At 600 deg F, commercial 6061 aluminum has a tensile strength of 4500 psi while Alclad 6061 dummy fuel plates have exhibited a tensile strength of 11,400 psi. Experiments were conducted to establish the feasibility of extruding Fiberglas-reiinforced aluminum. The material from extrusions made at 900 and 1100 deg F was not acceptable for funther fabrication. A series of experiments demonstrated that aluminum-coated Fiberglas can be rolled directly into sheet. It had a density of 97.6% of theoretical density. (auth)

• Research Organization: Clevite Corp. Mechanical Research Div., Cleveland
• NSA Number: NSA-15-003051
• OSTI ID: 4121020
• Report Number(s): ORO-316
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ALUMINUM
ALUMINUM ALLOYS
COATING
DEFORMATION
DENSITY
DISPERSIONS
EXTRUSION
FABRICATION
FIBERS
FUEL ELEMENTS
GLASS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
PLATES
ROLLING
SHEETS
TENSILE PROPERTIES
URANIUM