Titanium armor is being incorporated into the design of existing and future U.S Army combat vehicles because it offers the best method of reducing vehicle weight and this improving performance. Titanium's excellent specific mechanical and ballistic properties, as well as ease of fabrication, will likely make it a part of the U.S Army's future combat system. How large a part it will be will depend on an overall cost/performance optimization. Possibilities to reduce cost are discussed: electron-beam cold-hearth single-melt, reduced thermomechanical processing and new welding and weld-repair processes. Recent work has also concentrated on titanium-encapsulated ceramics, which offer high mass efficiencies, but are expensive to produce. Current research is directed at improving this type of armor by elucidating the projectile-defeat mechanisms and decreasing costs.


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    Title :

    Titanium armor applications in combat vehicles


    Additional title:

    Anwendungen von Titanverstärkungen in Panzerwagen


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 11 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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