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Environmental fatigue in aluminum-lithium alloys
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Piascik, Robert S. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | Aluminum-lithium alloys exhibit similar environmental fatigue crack growth characteristics compared to conventional 2000 series alloys and are more resistant to environmental fatigue compared to 7000 series alloys. The superior fatigue crack growth behavior of Al-Li alloys 2090, 2091, 8090, and 8091 is due to crack closure caused by tortuous crack path morphology and crack surface corrosion products. At high R and reduced closure, chemical environment effects are pronounced resulting in accelerated near threshold da/dN. The beneficial effects of crack closure are minimized for small cracks resulting in rapid growth rates. Limited data suggest that the 'chemically small crack' effect, observed in other alloy system, is not pronounced in Al-Li alloys. Modeling of environmental fatigue in Al-Li-Cu alloys related accelerated fatigue crack growth in moist air and salt water to hydrogen embrittlement. |
| File Size | 1026926 |
| Page Count | 28 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920023179 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5gb70z05 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Metal Fatigue Aluminum-lithium Alloys Water Vapor Crack Closure Salinity Crack Propagation Corrosion Crack Geometry Copper Alloys Fatigue Materials Morphology Environment Effects Hydrogen Embrittlement Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |