Date of Award

12-1992

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

First Advisor

Shankar Mall, PhD

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the initiation and progression of damage which develops in notched (0/90)2S SCS-6/Ti-15-3 at elevated temperature. Testing consisted of a monotonic tensile test at 427°C followed by fatigue testing performed under load control with a stress ratio of 0.1 at a frequency of 10 Hz. A crack was defined to have initiated when it had attained a length greater than or equal to 0.124 mm. Crack initiation and progression was monitored by strain and modulus observations and visual inspection via telemicroscope. The cracks were recorded with edge and face replicas. Metallographic and fractographic analysis was performed after specimen failure. Fatigue cracks initiated in the matrix at four locations on the front and back faces of each specimen. Two of these cracks became through-cracks and eventually developed into major cracks which caused the fracture. The applied stress (S) and fatigue lives (N) curves for both initiation and fatigue life were established. Also, crack growth curves as the function of fatigue cycles were established. A detailed metallographic analysis was performed to understand the damage mechanisms and its implication on the observed notched fatigue behavior.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GAE-ENY-92D-03

DTIC Accession Number

ADA258922

Comments

The author's Vita page is omitted.

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