Prototypic Lightweight Alloy Design for Stellar‐Radiation Environments

MA Tunes, L Stemper, G Greaves… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The existing literature data shows that conventional aluminium alloys may not be suitable for
use in stellar‐radiation environments as their hardening phases are prone to dissolve upon …

Alloy design for aircraft engines

TM Pollock - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Metallic materials are fundamental to advanced aircraft engines. While perceived as mature,
emerging computational, experimental and processing innovations are expanding the scope …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating space radiation using magnesium (-lithium) and boron carbide composites

A O'Connor, C Park, JE Baciak, MV Manuel - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
The health effects of galactic cosmic radiation are a serious impediment to crewed
exploration of the solar system. OLTARIS, an interface for the 3DHZETRN deterministic …

Approach and issues relating to shield material design to protect astronauts from space radiation

JW Wilson, FA Cucinotta, J Miller, JL Shinn… - Materials & …, 2001 - Elsevier
One major obstacle to human space exploration is the possible limitations imposed by the
adverse effects of long-term exposure to the space environment. Even before human …

[HTML][HTML] Advancement of extreme environment additively manufactured alloys for next generation space propulsion applications

P Gradl, OR Mireles, C Katsarelis, TM Smith, J Sowards… - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been involved in
the development and maturation of metal additive manufacturing (AM) for space applications …

Mechanical properties and microstructure of AlMg3 irradiated in SINQ Target-3

Y Dai, D Hamaguchi - Journal of nuclear materials, 2005 - Elsevier
An aluminum alloy AlMg3 has been used as the material for safety-hulls of SINQ targets. In
the present work, the mechanical properties and microstructure of the material from the …

Sustainability through alloy design: Challenges and opportunities

JL Cann, A De Luca, DC Dunand, D Dye… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exciting metallurgical breakthroughs of the last decades alongside the development and
wide-ranging availability of new and more capable experimental and theoretical tools for …

Microstructure and tensile properties of heavily irradiated 5052-0 aluminum alloy

K Farrell - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1981 - Elsevier
During neutron irradiation of an Al-2.2% Mg solid solution alloy in the High Flux Isotope
Reactor to fast and thermal fluences μ10 27 neutrons (n)/m 2 at 328 K (0.35 T m) about …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of medium energy (600-800 MeV) proton irradiated commercial aluminium alloys

W Lohmann, A Ribbens, WF Sommer, BN Singh - Radiation effects, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Commercial AlMg-and AlMgSi-alloys were irradiated with medium energy (600-800
MeV) protons to a nominal fluence of 3.2× 1024 p/m2 which yields by calculation a …

Materials issues in the space environment

JC Yang, KK de Groh - MRS bulletin, 2010 - cambridge.org
To explore higher, farther, and faster, scientists and engineers have developed advanced
materials for manned spacecraft and satellites for a range of sophisticated applications in …