Compressive fracture stress of aluminum
Compressive fracture stress of aluminum
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I should definately know the answer of this question. However, what would the compressive fracture strength be of an aluminum alloy with a certain X tensile ultimate stress?
Thanks!
/Karl
Thanks!
/Karl





RE: Compressive fracture stress of aluminum
For somewhat narrow sections that are not buckling then roughly the same as the tensile UTS, but with a whole bunch of provisos.
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Greg Locock
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RE: Compressive fracture stress of aluminum
An interesting aspect is that some aluminium products are straightened by stretching which slightly lowers the compressive YIELD strength (whilst increasing the tensile value).
Gert