ENGINEERING PRACTICE TO AVOID STRESS CORROSION CRACKING
Abstract
Contents: The examination of service failures; The relative influence of stress and environment on titanium; The relative influence of stress and environment on aluminium; Characteristics of environmentally-induced delayed failure in high strength steels; Etude du comportement de l'alliage magnesium -8% D;aluminium en corrosion sous tension; The relation between test results and service experience; Sustained stresses and their effect on stress corrosion cracking; Residual stresses arising from machining and fabrication; Stress corrosion tests on welded cruciforms of 7039-type aluminum alloy; The application of N.D.T. techniques to the problem of stress corrosion cracking; The choice of materials; The environment encountered in aircraft service; The influence of surface and protective treatments on stress corrosion behaviour; Methods of communication about preventive action - the strategy of stress corrosion cracking prevention; Status of research on stress corrosion cracking; Determination of residual stresses by indentation hardness testing; A review of non-destructive methods for evaluation of residual stress and stress corrosion; German experience in x-ray inspection.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0701789
Entities
People
- E. A. Steigerwald
- P. Forsyth
- R. I. Jaffee
- R. J. Brown
Organizations
- AGARD