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50% Stronger Duralumin Alloy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Japanese New Materials; 8/1/2001; 225 words
; A new duralumin alloy, that is said to be be fifty percent ... Science & Technology. Conventionally, duralumin has a composition of around 90% that ... percent higher than existing high grade duralumin. According to the development team this ...
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Test fatigue with maximum stress.(PRODUCT NEWS)
Laboratory Equipment; 3/1/2007; 105 words
; The USF-2000 ultrasonic fatigue testing system can accommodate various materials, including titanium alloys, duralumin and 1000-MPa grade steel. Through the use of resonance, it achieves maximum stress while using minimal power. Immobilization of ...
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Perspectives.
Industrial Heating; 11/1/2006; Lasday, Stanley B.; 557 words
; ... and minimum weight is most satisfactorily solved by the used of heat-treated alloys. High-strength aluminum alloys of the duralumin type and certain alloy steels are the materials most favored at the present time for the construction of all-metal aircraft ...
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Quasi-Crystal Aluminum Alloy.(Brief Article)
Japanese New Materials; 6/1/2001; 402 words
; ... in commercial terms. The key problem, in improving the strength of ever lighter aluminum alloys, is that of ductility. A duralumin-based aluminum alloy already exists, in which both strength and ductility are simultaneously improved, but at high temperatures ...
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Automatic Rust and Corrosion Inhibition Coating System.(Brief Article)
Japanese New Materials; 12/1/2001; 172 words
; ... fabricated with pipes, and moved about by remote control. The unit's jet traverser is made from high strength, but lightweight duralumin, and mounts 2-4 jet guns. It is capable of climbing vertically for a maximum distance of 1800 mm and has a running speed of ...
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STOUT'S TORPEDO BOMBER
Sea Classics; 6/1/2004; O'Leary, Michael; 437 words
; ... A representative of an aluminum company brought a roll of duralumin to Stout's small plant in Detroit and Stout was intrigued ... the stresses which try to stretch or lengthen it). Reasoning duralumin (an alloy of aluminum, magnesium, manganese, and copper) was ...
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NEW AEROPLANE FACTORY BIRMINGHAM ORDER FOR 1,000 MACHINES SIR KINGSLEY WOOD CUTS THE FIRST TURF July 16.
The Birmingham Post (England); 11/14/1998; 787 words
; ... Aviation Works (Vickers), Ltd., for Service use. They are low-wing mo noplanes, constructed entirely of metal and principally of duralumin. Each has one Rolls-Royce Merlin liquid-cooled engine with a maximum horse power of about 1,050. The measurements are: span ...
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Pastimes.
Advanced Materials & Processes; 7/1/2006; 787 words
; ... stainless steel have not proven to be as efficient as their duralumin counterparts. Stainless steel has not proven to be an efficient ... will buckle at about one-third the stress that will cause duralumin sheet to buckle. Over the forward 30% of an airplane the ... Suggests New Applications for Steel, a story in ...
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A boffin has a bash
The Independent - London; 3/26/1994; JONATHAN GLANCEY; 787 words
; ... forth. It was beautifully engineered stuff, going for a song. I hadn't any training in metalwork, but I made the chassis from duralumin, which is very strong, and the body from aluminium sheet, which is very light and child's play to shape. The car was a two-seat ...
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Propeller basics
Plane and Pilot; 11/1/2002; Cugini, John D; 787 words
; ... mainstay on many models of light aircraft. Many of the earliest metal propellers were manufactured in one piece of forged Duralumin. Compared to wood propellers, they were lighter in weight because of the elimination of blade-clamping devices; they offered ...
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