Navy aluminum-to-steel superstructure transition
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1980s David Taylor work on waffle-steel cellular superstructure to escape aluminum-fire problem. Steel-aluminum transition joint mentioned but not developed.
I was around at David Taylor in the 1980s when they were trying to go from aluminum superstructures to waffle steel construction — cellular superstructure that would be lightweight. The problem with steel is it's heavy, and it corrodes. The Navy uses a steel-aluminum transition joint. All this stuff is part of why we get to study welding metallurgy.