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THE COMPRESSIVE CREEP BUCKLING OF METAL COLUMNS. PART VI. EFFECT OF INITIAL IMPERFECTION. Period covered April 1, 1957 to March 1, 1958

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4292519

S>Tests were conducted to determine the effect of the initial imperfection of a column on its creep-buckling characteristics. The material used was 6A1-4V titanium alloy. Columns with initial imperfections ranging from L/1OOO to L/70 (where L is the column length) were tested at temperatures of 750, 850, and 9OO deg F. Initial imperfection was found to influence very strongly the creep--buckling behavior of a colnmn. In general, a significant interrelationship was found to exist between column load, lifetime, temperature, and imperfection, i.e., the effects of any one factor are dependent upon the magnitndes or the other factors. The time-dependent secant- and tangent-modulus methods for estimating column capacity were investigated. It is shown that both estimates can be either conservative or nonconservative, depending upon the temperature and initial imperfection of the column. The Larson-Miller time- temperature parameter technique was applied to the data. The use fulness of this and similar parameters for correlating column-creep data is discussed. (auth)

Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, Ohio
NSA Number:
NSA-13-008990
OSTI ID:
4292519
Report Number(s):
WADC-TR-52-251(Pt. VI); AD-202
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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