Determination of the Creep Deflection and Lifetime of Aluminum-Alloy Multiweb Box Beams Subjected to Varied Loads at Constant Temperature

Abstract

A method was developed for computing the deflection and lifetime of multiweb box beams subjected to creep under varied loads at constant temperatures. The method of analysis is based on the life-fraction rule and materials creep data obtained from constant-load and constant- temperature tensile creep tests. Calculated deflection and lifetime results are compared with corresponding test data from multiweb box beams fabricated from 2O24-T3 aluminum-alloy sheet and tested at 400 F under cyclic creep loads. An equivalent-stress concept is utilized in a portion of this study to reduce the varied-load creep problem to creep under constant stress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1962
Accession Number
ADA397711

Entities

People

  • Avraham Berkovits

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Bending Moments
  • Boundaries
  • Box Beams
  • Creep
  • Creep Tests
  • Cyclic Loads
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Numerical Integration
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Structural Components

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  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Operations Research