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Norouzi Afshar, F. (author)Aluminium brazing sheet is a sandwich material made out of two aluminium alloys (AA4xxx/AA3xxx) and is widely used in automotive heat exchangers. One of the main performance criteria for heat exchanger units is the lifetime of the product. The lifetime of the heat exchanger units is determined by their corrosion resistance. The most common way...doctoral thesis 2013
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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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Schra, L. (author), van Leeuwen, H.P. (author), Meulman, A.E. (author)The fatigue crack propagation performance of the alloy AZ 74.61 under manoeuvre spectrum loading was studied. The crack propagation behaviour was also compared with that of the American forging alloy AA 7050, not only for simulated manoeuvre loading but also for simulated gust loading and programme loading. It was found that, at comparable...report 1976
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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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van Leeuwen, H.P. (author), Schra, L. (author)Material from forgings rejected after cracking in service was given a variety of heat treatments. Material aged to peak hardness was susceptible to SCC at all ageing temperatures. Overageing at temperatures around 160° C imparted a significant increase in SCC resistance while useful strength was retained. An additional one week ageing at 160° C...report 1973