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The Atmospheric Stress-Corrosion Resistance of some Forged High Strength Aluminium Alloys and an Assessment of the Effects of a Step-Quench into Molten Salt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

W. M. Doyle  and
R. G. Jones
W. M. Doyle
Affiliation:
High Duty Alloys Limited
R. G. Jones
Affiliation:
High Duty Alloys Limited
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Since the introduction of aluminium-zinc-magnesium-copper alloys, investigations into the behaviour of these high strength materials, over a wide range of composition, have indicated the significance of corrosion as a factor affecting the cracking of these alloys after prolonged stressing at loads below the ultimate tensile strength of the material.

Most of the previous work designed to assess the stress-corrosion resistance of aluminium-zinc-magnesium-copper alloys (D.T.D. 683A*) was carried out on sheet and plate material and the present investigation is concerned with the examination of these materials in the form of large hand-forged slabs, tested in the short transverse direction.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , November 1959 , pp. 297 - 318
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1959

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