Effect of Grain Orientation on Susceptibility of Two Titanium Plate Alloys to Stress Corrosion in Aqueous Chloride Environments

Abstract

The susceptibility to stress corrosion cracking in 3.5 percent sodium chloride solution of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-6V-2Sn alloy plates in the annealed and solution treated and aged conditions was determined by tests of notched C- ring specimens with longitudinal, long transverse, and short transverse orientations. Test results indicated that the annealed material of both alloys was more susceptible to cracking in the long transverse direction than in the longitudinal and short transverse directions. In the solution treated and aged material of both alloys the short transverse direction showed slightly less susceptibility to cracking than did the longitudinal and long transverse directions, but the differences were not considered significant. Based on these results a recommendation was made that for plate of yield strength in all directions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1972
Accession Number
AD0745293

Entities

People

  • Charles E. Neu

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Alloys
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Chlorides
  • Corrosion
  • Directional
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Sodium
  • Sodium Compounds
  • Stress Corrosion
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • Titanium
  • Titanium Alloys
  • Transverse
  • Yield Strength

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics