STRESS-CORROSION CRACKING CHARACTERIZATION PROCEDURES AND INTERPRETATIONS TO FAILURE-SAFE USE OF TITANIUM ALLOYS.

Abstract

Ratio Analysis Diagram (RAD) interpretive procedures have been evolved recently to provide generalized engineering solutions for fracture toughness assessments of structural titanium alloys. Failure-safe design also requires consideration of possible subcritical crack propagation (slow fracture) due to stress-corrosion cracking (SCC). Procedures for the incorporation of SCC characterizations into the RAD system have now been developed. These procedures serve the dual purpose of providing simplified interpretations of critical flaw size-stress instability conditions by the consideration of the resistance of the material to both fast fracture and SCC. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 1969
Accession Number
AD0687397

Entities

People

  • R. W. Judy Jr.
  • Robert J. Goode

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Corrosion
  • Crack Propagation
  • Cracks
  • Fast Fractures
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Resistance
  • Stress Corrosion
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • Titanium
  • Titanium Alloys

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Systems Analysis and Design