Abstract
Investigations of fatigue-crack growth rates for beta-annealed Ti-6Al-4V-0.1Ru were conducted under different simulated ocean environments and loading conditions with the focus on uncovering whether certain combinations of conditions produced unexpectedly high crack growths. A two-level design-of-experiments (DOE) approach was used to ascertain which environmental conditions and testing variables warranted further study. Crack growth rates were found to be slightly higher in seawater than in air. The examination of da/dN vs δK curves was also done.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2297-2314 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Metals and Alloys