SEDL / STP / STP518-EB / STP34697S

The Resistance of Wrought High Strength Aluminum Alloys to Stress Corrosion Cracking

Brown, RH
Assistant director of research (retired), head of Stress Corrosion Section, and senior research engineer, Alcoa Technical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Sprowls, DO
Assistant director of research (retired), head of Stress Corrosion Section, and senior research engineer, Alcoa Technical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Shumaker, MB
Assistant director of research (retired), head of Stress Corrosion Section, and senior research engineer, Alcoa Technical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pages: 32    Published: Jan 1972

Download this paper for $25 PDF (840K)          View License Agreement
Abstract

An up to date review of the stress corrosion cracking performance of wrought high strength aluminum alloys is presented. Special emphasis is placed on factors of microstructure and its directionality and the effect of ancillary alloying elements, and environmental factors.

Examples of typical service problems encountered with stress corrosion cracking of high strength aluminum alloys are described along with means of combating them, such as peening, coatings, or the use of special stress corrosion resistant alloys.