Metallurgical analysis of a failed maraging steel shear screw used in the band separation system of a satellite launch vehicle

Autor: S.V.S. Narayana Murty, Sushant K. Manwatkar, P. Ramesh Narayanan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Defence Technology, Vol 12, Iss 5, Pp 380-387 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-9147
DOI: 10.1016/j.dt.2016.05.001
Popis: Maraging steels have excellent combination of strength and toughness and are extensively used for a variety of aerospace applications. In one such critical application, this steel was used to fabricate shear screws of a stage separation system in a satellite launch vehicle. During assembly preparations, one of the shear screws which connected the separation band and band end block has failed at the first thread. Microstructural analysis revealed that the crack originated from the root of the thread and propagated in an intergranular mode. The failure is attributed to combined effect of stress and corrosion leading to stress corrosion cracking.
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