The rheological properties of HTPB mixed with boron (B) or agglomerated boron (TB) were investigated to explore the effect of the impurities of boron on the processing of propellant. The phase structure, morphology, and acidity of each sample were characterized by XRD, SEM and pH, respectively. The results show that rheological property of B/HTPB can be significantly improved by agglomerating boron with binder. Time has little effect on the viscosity of TB/HTPB while that of B/HTPB is a strong function of time. The viscosity of TB/HTPB decreases when the temperature increases from 303K to 343K, while that of B/HTPB decreases from 303K to 323K and then increases sharply after 323K. After agglomerating with binder, theTonsetof boron reduces from 1056K to 954K andTpdrops from 1076K to 998K. Compared with B2, the weight gain and oxidation degree of TB2 increases by 27% and 8.5%, respectively.
TWB and its forming technology play important role in lightweight manufacturing for the automobile parts. The weld-line movement during TWB forming process affects the product quality greatly. In this paper, two main influence factors of the movement, BHF and the blank thickness at the both sides of the weld-line, were studied by both the experiments and finite element simulation. The results showed that BHF has significant impact on the weld-line movement, especially when the thickness difference of the blanks in TWB is beyond a certain range. Besides, suitable BHF and thickness of the blanks can not only control the weld-line movement, but also improve the formability of TWB.
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