Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Cracking behavior of cored structures

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6074954
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Center for Welding and Joining Research
  2. General Electric Aircraft Engines, Evendale, OH (United States)

The effects of compositional gradients, are considered based on a thermodynamic analysis, referred to as the Cahn-Hillard analysis, which describes the degree to which a local surface energy is modified by the presence of a composition gradient. The analysis predicts that both ductile and brittle fracture mechanisms are enhanced by the presence of a composition gradient. Data on stress corrosion cracking and fatigue crack growth in selected FCC alloys are used to illustrate the significance of microsegregation on mechanical properties.

Research Organization:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-87ER45308
OSTI ID:
6074954
Report Number(s):
CONF-910909-13; ON: DE92005193
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English