Accession Number:

AD0840718

Title:

STRENGTH OF GLASS.

Descriptive Note:

Progress rept. 1 Oct 67-30 Jun 68,

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS GAITHERSBURG MD

Personal Author(s):

• Capps, Webster
• Moore, John A.

Report Date:

1968-06-30

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

The report discusses the development of improved methods for testing mechanical strength of glass and other brittle materials and results of an attempt to evaluate the influence of various types of defects on the strength of glass and to assist in developing specifications for strengthened glass for use in deep-diving vehicles. Author

Descriptors:

• (*UNDERWATER VEHICLES
• OPTICAL GLASS)
• CERAMIC MATERIALS
• BRITTLENESS
• FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
• FAILURE(MECHANICS)
• LOADS(FORCES)
• STRESSES
• YIELD POINT
• TENSILE PROPERTIES
• COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES
• DEFECTS(MATERIALS)
• DEFLECTION
• NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
• STRAIN GAGES
• PHOTOELASTICITY
• FLEXURAL STRENGTH

Subject Categories:

• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Marine Engineering
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE