
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
The use of modified three axes forging to strengthen Nb
for superconducting radio frequency cavities
P.N. Kalu
Mechanical Engineering Department, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, USA
N. Bembridge
Formerly at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, now at Medtronic Inc., MN, USA
I. Dagwa
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
ABSTRACT: Severe plastic deformation (SPD) such as equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) and three-
Axis forging are now standard methods ...