Peculiarities and future development of space welding
Abstract
The paper deals with the peculiar features of space as a medium in which welding operations are performed. Studies of different methods of welding carried out both in the plane-laboratory and in space are briefly described, and the comparative characteristics of the most promising methods of welding for space conditions are given. The selection of electron beam as a basic method for space is supported. The paper considers the main welding processes performed in space with the help of an electron beam, such as heating, brazing, welding, cutting and coating.
- Publication:
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Welding in Space and the Construction of Space Vehicles by Welding
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991wscs.proc...12S
- Keywords:
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- Aerospace Environments;
- Brazing;
- Electron Beam Welding;
- Space Manufacturing;
- Technological Forecasting;
- Performance Prediction;
- Ultrahigh Vacuum;
- Vapor Deposition;
- Weightlessness;
- Mechanical Engineering