Optimizing Crack--Growth Resistance in Engineering Alloys.

Abstract

Designers often cannot prevent cracking in machinery components or structural members. Uncontrollable factors such as undetected manufacturing defects and unforeseen service conditions can initiate cracking that affects safety, reliability, and maintenance. One way designers can compensate for these is in selection of alloys for optimum crack-growth resistance. Enhancement of crack-growth resistance is now an active area of material research. This report summarizes recent information that can help design engineers with problems involving stress-corrosion cracking and fatigue crack growth. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 18, 1977
Accession Number
ADA039579

Entities

People

  • Thomas W. Crooker

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemistry
  • Crack Propagation
  • Cracks
  • Engineering
  • Ferrium
  • Fracture (Mechanics)
  • Heat Treatment
  • High Strength Alloys
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Resistance
  • Stress Corrosion
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • Yield Strength

Readers

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