Identification of Aircraft Tubing by Rockwell Test

Abstract

Seamless steel tubing is to-day the principal material of construction for aircraft. The commercial grade of tubing containing about 0.10 to 0.20% carbon at first used is being superseded by two grades which are approved by the army and navy, and which are also becoming standard for commercial airplanes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1930
Accession Number
ADB204801

Entities

People

  • Horace Knerr

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Carbon Steels
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Construction
  • Conveyors
  • Diameters
  • Hardness
  • Heat Treatment
  • Identification
  • Machines
  • Physical Properties
  • Steel
  • Tensile Strength
  • Yield Strength

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Metallurgy