Advanced aluminium alloy plate materials for damage tolerant aircraft structures

Engineering properties of the recently developed plate alloy 2324-T39 and the conventional alloy 2024-T351 are compared. Some results for the aluminium-lithium alloy DTD XXXA-T651 (Aluminium Association designation 8090) are also included. The strengths of 2324-T39 and DTD XXXA-T651 were comparable and significantly higher than that of 2024-T351...