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Wanhill, R.J.H. (author)
The opportunities for sustained load fracture control in spacecraft are indicated. Emphasis is given to verification by small-scale laboratory testing.
report 1989
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Schra, L. (author), Wanhill, R.J.H. (author)
Flight simulation fatigue growth tests were done on 1.6 mm thick sheets of the damage tolerant aluminium-lithium (Al-Li) alloys 2091-T84 and 8090-T81 in comparison with the industry standard conventional damage tolerant alloy 2024-T3. The flight simulation load spectrum, the gust spectrum MINITWIST, was used in four versions: untruncated,...
report 1991
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Schra, L. (author), van Leeuwen, H.P. (author)
The effect of variety of heat treatments on various engineering properties was studied with the aim to derive an optimum heat treatment. The engineering properties comprised Vickers hardness, short-time tensile strength, fatigue crack propagation resistance, fracture toughness and stress corrosion resistance. The test results were compared with...
report 1976
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Schijve, J. (author), Jacobs, F.A. (author)
Fatigue tests were carried out on Redux and FM 123/5 bonded specimens at various stress levels, temperatures (RT to 65 C) and low and high test frequencies. Observations were made on the type of failure (bond line failure or sheet failure) and the significance of the adhesive squeezeout for crack nucleation. An analysis of the data and a...
report 1984
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Wanhill, R.J.H. (author)
Flight simulation fatigu-e crack propagation tests were carried out on 2024-T3, 7475-T761 and mill annealed Ti-6A1-4V sheet in thicknesses up to 3 miri and representative for transport aircraft lower wing skin stiffened panels of end load capacities 1.5 and 3 MN/m. The performance of 2024-T3 was much superior, owing mainly to greater retardation...
report 1977
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van der Linden, H.H. (author)
The GARTEUR Group of Responsables for Structures and Materials identified the need for an evaluation of fatigue crack propagation models. This resulted in a collaborative GARTEUR activity in which 13 variations of the F-27 transport spectrum were evaluated by 7 institutes and companies using in total 13 crack propagation prediction methods and...
report 1983
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Schra, L. (author), van Leeuwen, H.P. (author)
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...
report 1977
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Wanhill, R.J.H. (author), Schra, L. (author)
The effects of flat to slant fracture transitions on flight simulation fatigue crack propagation in specimens of 7O5O aluminium alloy forgings are discussed. For specimens containing flat, shearlipped, or full slant fractures at similar crack lengths the crack resistance (R curve) approach appears to provide an explanation for differences in the...
report 1976
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't Hart, W.G.J. (author), Frijns, R.H.W.M. (author)
Constant amplitude tension-compression fatigue tests were performed on notched (± 45, 02, 90, 02)s coupon specimens of the composite systems T300/F593, T400H/6376, T800H//5245C and IM6/APC-2. Delamination damage growth as a function of the number of fatigue cycles was determined using the ultrasonic C-scan technique. Considering the resistance...
report 1989
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Schra, L. (author), 't Hart, W.G.J. (author)
Engineering property comparisons have been made for plate material of the newly developed aluminium alloy 2324-T39 and the widely used alloy 2024-T351. The properties considered were: tensile strength, fracture toughness, notched fatigue strength, and the resistance to fatigue crack propagation under both constant amplitude and flight simulation...
report 1984
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't Hart, W.G.J. (author), Nederveen, A. (author), Stoffels, E. (author), Tromp, J. (author)
Residual strength tests have been performed on 610 mm wide centre cracked panels. During the tests, stable crack growth was filmed and crack opening displacements were measured. Fracture toughness was determined using the method of Feddersen. Flight simulation fatigue tests were carried out to investigate the crack propagation properties. A...
report 1975
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Schijve, J. (author), Jacobs, F.A. (author)
Several simple crack stopping methods were evaluated In fatigue crack propagation tests on 2024-T3 Alclad sheet specimens. After precracklng until a crack of 40 mm was obtained crack stoppers were Installed and the fatigue test was continued. Crack stoppers Installed In stop holes were: a blind rivet, a hard driven rivet, a heavily tightened...
report 1984
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Wanhill, R.J.H. (author)
2024-T3, 2048-T851, 7075-T6 and 7475-T761 aluminium alloy sheets were compared for fatigue crack propagation resistance under manoeuvre spectrum and constant amplitude loading. For manoeuvre spectrum loading 7475-T761 was superior overall, and this superiority is most probably due to superior toughness of this alloy. In more detail, 2024-T3 was...
report 1978
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van Leeuwen, H.P. (author), Schra, L. (author)
The literature is reviewed with respect to: - tests conducted to investigate crack re-initiation under dynamic load and arrest of a running crack - metallurgical sources of rate effects - available data for aerospace engineering materials - mechanical sources of rate effects, i.e. dynamic crack tip stresses and kinetic energy effects Conclusions...
report 1975
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't Hart, W.G.J. (author)
Residual strength tests have heen performed, on 300 mm wide centrecracked panels of various thicknesses, at room temperature and at -50 C. During the tests, stable crack growth was filmed and recorded with the electric potential method. Fracture toughness was determined using the method of Feddersen.
report 1976
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't Hart, W.G.J. (author)
report 1977
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de Koning, A.U. (author)
As an introduction the practical significance of fatigue crack growth life prediction is related to the service life, the inspection period and the fracture control requirements. Then different aspects of fatigue crack growth in metallic materials are discussed in more detail. Important effects such as chemical environment, short cracks, crack...
report 1987
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Oldersma, A. (author), Wanhill, R.J.H. (author)
Discussions between D-BAA and the NLR have shown that significant variability in fatigue crack growth properties is possible for the industry standard damage tolerant aluminium alloy, 2024-T3 sheet. This is important for two reasons: (1) design assumptions and (2) comparisons of different candidate materials, such as 6013-T6, with 2024-T3....
report 1996
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Schijve, J. (author), Jacobs, F.A. (author), Tromp, P.J. (author)
Flight-simulation tests based on a standardized gust load spectrum were carried out in normal air, very dry air and salt water. Specimen thicknesses were t = 2 mm and t = 10 mm, mean stress in flight was 70 or 55 MN/m². In all cases a significant effect of the environment was found. Fatigue lives for t = 10 ram were much shorter than for t = 2...
report 1976
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Wanhill, R.J.H. (author)
An example test plan for sustained load fracture control verification is presented. Two sustained load fracture problems have been chosen: stress corrosion cracking of titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V, and gaseous hydrogen embrittlement of the nickel-base superalloy Inconel 718. The plan is worked out in detail, including materials and heat treatments,...
report 1989
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