Accession Number:

AD0626013

Title:

STRESS-CORROSION SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ULTRAHIGH STRENGTH STEEL EVALUATED IN TERMS OF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS.

Descriptive Note:

Technical research rept.,

Corporate Author:

PITMAN-DUNN RESEARCH LABS FRANKFORD ARSENAL PHILADELPHIA PA

Personal Author(s):

• MULHERIN,Joseph H.
• Hess,Edward H.

Report Date:

1965-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

35.0

Abstract:

The stress-corrosion susceptibility of several ultrahigh strength ferrous alloys is described on the basis of fracture mechanics parameters. Two general conditions were considered first, the susceptibility of a material at various levels of tensile yield strength and fracture toughness and second, susceptibility as a function of applied subcritical stress intensity levels. Experimentally, a notched and fatigue-cracked bendbar specimen configuration was used. Under a subcritical load, fracture of the specimen occurs upon sufficient environmentally influenced crack extension. The susceptibility criterion adopted in this investigation was the time period to catastrophic fracture of the specimen. The results are evaluated in terms of strength level and fracture toughness, and the usefulness of the data generated is examined in terms of material evaluation and application. Author

Descriptors:

• *STRESSES
• STRESS CORROSION
• STEEL
• TOUGHNESS
• MARAGING STEELS
• NICKEL ALLOYS
• MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS
• COBALT ALLOYS
• TENSILE STRENGTH

Subject Categories:

• Properties of Metals and Alloys

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE