Stress corrosion resistance of damage tolerant aluminium-lithium sheet materials

The SCC resistances of three damage tolerant aluminium sheet materials were determined by means of the ASCOR (Automated Stress Corrosion Ring) test. The conventional damage tolerant sheet material 2024-T3 was used as reference. The sec resistance of 8090-T81 turned out to be only slightly lower than the sec resistance of 2024-T3. In contrast,...

Stress corrosion resistance of damage tolerant aluminium-lithium sheet materials

The SCC resistances of three damage tolerant aluminium sheet materials were determined by means of the ASCOR (Automated Stress COrrosion Ring) test. The conventional damage tolerant sheet material 2024-T3 was used as reference. The SCC resistance of 8090-T81 turned out to be only slightly lower than the SCC resistance of 2024-T3. In contrast,...

Additional investigation on the AL-Li plate alloy DTD XXXA-T651 (AA 8090-T651)

One of the first commercially available Al-Li plate alloys, DTD XXXA-T651, produced by ALCAN International Ltd., was tested in the framework of a European cooperative programme (GARTEUR). The engineering properties were determined in a previous investigation. The present report describes the results of an additional investigation with respect to...

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...

Effect of cooling rate on corrosion properties and microstructure of high strength aluminium alloys

The Jominy end-quench test was applied to rods of the alximinium alloys T010 and X TO9I to obtain a decreasing cooling rate over the length of the rods. After heat treating to a high strength T6 and an overaged TT condition the corrosion properties and the microstructure were determined related to the cooling rate. No influence of cooling rate...

The Jominy end-quench test for investigation of corrosion properties and microstructure of high strength aluminium alloys

The Jominy end-quench test was applied to extruded rods of the aluminium alloys 2024 and 7075 to obtain a decreasing quench rate over the length of the rods. Subsequently the alloys were heat treated to the conditions: 2024-T4, 2024-T6, 7075-T73. A corrosion investigation and a transmission electron microscopy investigation were performed to...