SIMULATED PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR SHIP STRUCTURE COMPONENTS5
Abstract
The results obtained from wide-plate tension tests undertaken for the purpose of simulating the full-scale performance of steel used in ships' hulls are presented. Information as to initiation and propagation of fast fracture in wide steel plates was first obtained through a series of nineteen tests performed on a newly developed wide-plate testing machine. Test temperatures ranged from -1001F to a room temperature ambient of +751F. A fatigue crack or a brittle bead was used as a crack initiator and large residual stresses were introduced. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0705398
Entities
People
- Robert Sherman.
Organizations
- Southwest Research Institute