A set T212 25 3 1 IE - Authority bi m's 3 lE iim STRUCTURAL MATERIALS AIRCRAFT SPACECRAFT AND MISSILES USSR U Authors R F Frontoni C E Butler - F G Jococks - erm- -- if DIA TASK NO T68 01w02 15 AUGUST 1969 This study supersedes Task Numbers T65-0i-78 7735-07-79 and T65-Oi-8i WARNING This document contains information affecting the notionoi defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Law Titie 18 U S C Sections 793 and 794 its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by low 11 1 11 qu hi I ngfguifD tilt 3 3 ff This is a Department of Deiense lnteiligei ice Product prepared and published by the USAF Forgi gn Techriglogy Division I with a Contribution from the Missile Intel- iigence Direc iorote Tifi been reviewed and approved by the Director iDeie n so nte ligence Agency LL wi i d 22 2- arc-E5 5 N0 FOREIGN DISSEMINATION A 0 ti tyENj big i j SECRET 15 August 1989 FEB FACE S This study has been written in respons to DIA Task No dated 28 March 1968 purpose of this f oduct lis to provide an evaluation of the Soviet capability in material technology as related to present and future aircr t spacecraft and missile structural and propulsion applications Sig nificant Soviet developments are described for both metallic and nonmetallic material areas A 15 year forecast is included where appropriate is -- - C Although the majority of data was obtained from Open literature sources appropriate intelligence reports and material exploitation reports were also ana lyzed Specifically the following material areas are covered aluminum tita nium magnesium beryllium low alloy steels stainless steels niaragina steels superalloys refractory metal alloys ceramics and composite materials In addition related coating systems and processing deveIOpments such as thermal mechanical treatment are evaluated In order to be consistent with Soviet pub lications chromium base alloys are included as refractory metal alloys in the study 8 In the perfOrmance of this task assistance was requested and received from the Army Missile Intelligence Directorate in the form of a contribution covering SOViet material application U The cutoff date for the inforn'iation contained in this study is 15 Jan uary 1989 15 Augus l 1963- TABLE OF CONTENTS xi Section lLightMetals Aluminum Titanium Alloys 2- Magnesium Alloys A 6 0 033333- A 9 B 10 C StainlessSteels 1 1 2 Martensitic Stainless Steels 3 3 Precipitation I Iardenable Stainless Steels D Section A Baokgrounczh Ti l B Alloy Development and Application 1 1 a 3 13 SheetAlloys 18 Defie1eno1es 1118011181 Alloy 19 0 3153 C Processing of Superalloy Engine Components 3 19 1 2 Dating 111111111 I a 2 Section IV Refractory Metal Alloys 33 Niobium and Niobium Base Alloys3 23 Molybdenum and Molybdenum Base Alloys 94 Tantalum and TantalumuBase Alloys Tungsten and Tungsten Base Alloys Chromium and ChromiumuBase Alloys 3 Varmdium and Vanadiumu-Base Alloys 2311133031 Section Thermal Mechanical Treatment of Metals and Alloys 31-3 l mPT 3 133 UNQZEASSEFHED UNCLASSIFIED TABLE OF CONTENTS Cont Aqu1des E Coat1ngs F SectionVII C Dispersion Strengthened Alloys Bibliography LIST OF TABLES Table I Probable Soviet Liquid Tankage Materials - Table II Nominal Compositions of Selected Soviet Aluminum Alloys Table Properties of Selected Soviet Aluminum Alloys Table IV Proposed Aluminum Alloy Designation for Selected Alloy-Table Nominal Chemical Compositions of Selected Soviet Titanium Alloys Table Mechanical and Physical Properties of Selected Titanium AlloysTable VII Mechanical and Physical Properties of Selected Titanium Alloys at Table Composition and Properties of Soviet Cast Magnesium Alloys Table IX Composition and Properties of Soviet Wrought Magnesium Alloys Table Nominal Composition of Low Alloy Steels for Solid Prepellant Rocket Table XI Typical Mechanical Properties of Steels for Solid Propellant Rocket i vi UNCLASSIFIED kahuna Page No13' 66 68                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu