PROGRESS ON USAEC/AECL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM. Quarterly Report for Period December 1961-February 1962

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4796619

Porembka, S W

Progress on the USAEC/AECL cooperative program is reported. Investigations were made of bonding methods and creep-rupture properties in areas of interest to the heawywater-moderated and organic-cooled reactor programs. Friction bonding, modified roll forming, and explosive joining of Zircaloy-2 to type 410 stainless steel were studied. Joining as attained by cold rolling flat- plate composites of these materials was evaluated through thermal-cycling and shear tests. Explosive-joining studies emphasized joint modifications intended to enhance a jetting action between the zircaloy and stainless steel components. With the sintered aluminum powder (SAP) alloy materials, further friction-bonding studies at low speeds were conducted, and bonding of up to 90% of the interface was attained. End-cap forming tests on SAP alloy tubes were continued with various lubricants. Creep-rupture tests on SAP materials incorporating design changes necessitated by the notch sensitivity of these materials are being performed. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, Ohio
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-92
• NSA Number: NSA-16-015154
• OSTI ID: 4796619
• Report Number(s): BMI-X-193
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ALUMINUM
BONDING
CLOSURES
COLD WORKING
CREEP
EFFICIENCY
EXPLOSIONS
FAILURES
FRICTION
HEAT TREATMENTS
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
LUBRICATION
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
ORGANIC COOLANT
REACTORS
ROLLING
SAP
SHEAR
SINTERED MATERIALS
STAINLESS STEELS
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TUBES
ZIRCALOY