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Types of corrosion normally found on aircraft include
Uniform surface attack. This is the most common type and is caused simply by exposing the metal to oxygen in the…
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Aircraft Corrosion
DVI’s Aircraft Corrosion Experts are capable of evaluating corrosion failures involving steels, stainless steels, copper alloys and aluminum alloys. Many cases require…
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WHAT IS A COMPOSITE MATERIAL?
A composite material is a combination of two materials with different physical and chemical properties. When they are combined they…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 2 min read
Bauschinger effect
The Bauschinger effect refers to a property of materials where the material’s stress/strain characteristics change as a result of the microscopic stress distribution of…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 3 min read
Strain Hardening
After a material yields, it begins to experience a high rate of plastic deformation. Once the material yields, it begins…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 3 min read
What is Yield Strength?
Whether an object is stubborn or malleable is decided by the yield strength. It is the point at which an…
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Difference between linear and nonlinear elastic material
A few years ago I wrote an article about various nonlinear material models. Since I’m a civil engineer to me the…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 3 min read
Imperfections of crystal structure
The simplest point defects are as follows: § Vacancy – missing atom at a certain crystal lattice position; § Interstitial impurity atom – extra impurity atom in…
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X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
The nondestructive nature of the X-ray Diffraction technique has made residual stress and austenite characterization a primary tool for process…
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Space Lattice
Bravais shows that only 14 types of space lattice are possible. Igure shows the 14 Bravais lattices. The 14 lattices…