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Processing of Composite Gun Tubes with GLEEM and Hammer Forging

William S. de RossetU.S. Army Research Laboratory, Lightweight and Specialty Metals Branch, RDRL-WMM-F, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1168-1173 | Received 08 Dec 2014, Accepted 03 Mar 2014, Published online: 22 May 2015

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