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US 5,578,384 AGranted
Beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminates
AssigneeTicomp, Inc.
InventorWilliam R. Kingston
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AssigneeTicomp, Inc.
InventorWilliam R. Kingston
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A beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminate comprising at least one layer of beta titanium alloy and at least one layer of fiber reinforced composite, wherein the layer of beta titanium alloy has a yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio that is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the first layer of fiber reinforced composite. Also, a method of preparing a beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminate comprising the steps of, first, providing a beta titanium alloy having a first yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio; then, heating the beta titanium alloy at a first preselected temperature for a first preselected time to produce a beta titanium alloy having a second yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio; and then, adhering a fiber reinforced composite having a strength to modulus of elasticity ratio to the beta titanium alloy to produce a beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminate; wherein the first preselected temperature and the first preselected time are preselected such that the second yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the beta titanium alloy is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the fiber reinforced composite.
A beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminate produced according to a method comprising the steps of:
A beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminate comprising a first layer of beta titanium alloy having a surface and a first layer of fiber reinforced composite, wherein the first layer of beta titanium alloy has a yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio that is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the first layer of fiber reinforced composite.
A beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminate comprising a plurality of layers of beta titanium alloy, and, interspersed therebetween, at least one layer of fiber reinforced composite, wherein each layer of beta titanium alloy has a yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio that is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the at least one layer of the fiber reinforced composite.
An article of manufacture or a part thereof comprising a beta titanium-fiber reinforced composite laminate having a first layer of beta titanium alloy having a surface and a first layer of fiber reinforced composite, wherein the first layer of beta titanium alloy has a yield strength to modulus of elasticity ratio that is substantially similar to the strength to modulus of elasticity ratio of the first layer fiber reinforced composite.
A metal-fiber reinforced composite laminate produced according to a method comprising the steps of:
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