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Some Comparisons of the Slow Strain-Rate Method with the Constant Strain and the Constant Load Methods of Stress Corrosion Testing

Andrew, JF
Principal scientific officer, senior scientific officer, and senior scientific officer, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Kent,

Heron, JT
Principal scientific officer, senior scientific officer, and senior scientific officer, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Kent,

Stringer, J
Principal scientific officer, senior scientific officer, and senior scientific officer, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Kent,

Pages: 11    Published: Jan 1979

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Abstract

Two practical stress corrosion investigations are outlined in which the results of slow strain-rate tests are compared with the results of other test methods.

The possibility of formulating a specification to cover the slow strain-rate stress corrosion test method is considered.