Print Email Facebook Twitter Heat treatment studies of aluminium alloy type 7050 forgings. Interim report no. 3: Corroded-specimen fatigue tests and SCC propagation tests Title Heat treatment studies of aluminium alloy type 7050 forgings. Interim report no. 3: Corroded-specimen fatigue tests and SCC propagation tests Author Schra, L. van Leeuwen, H.P. Institution National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Date 1977-12-08 Abstract The influence of previous corrosion on the fatigue life was investigated. It was foimd that a slight corrosive attack could drastically reduce the fatigue life. The damaging effect of corrosion was greater for the alloy AA 7050 than for AZ 74.61. It could be established that fatigue cracks initiated from various corrosion pits. A second series of stress corrosion crack propagation tests on AA 7050 was performed. Quenching in boiling water was found to lead to high crack growth rates and a low threshold stress intensity value KISCC in spite of the low yield stress obtained. Other heat treatments led to a monotonie increase in KISCC with decreasing strength. Subject forgingaltiminum alloysheat treatmentcorrosionfatigue testsfatigue lifestress intensity factorsstress corrosion crackingcrack propagationcrack initiationgust loadsstress cyclesairframe materialsfractography To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e6d1b878-bd44-4461-9eca-3bba3c2bbd8c Publisher Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium Access restriction Campus only Source NLR-TR 77124 U Part of collection Aerospace Engineering Reports Document type report Rights (c) 1977 National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Files campus only