2023 Boeing IRAD Testing

Point of Contact: Moises Ocasio

Description: A spike overload test was conducted on 7075-T6 to improve the understanding of crack growth rate constraint-loss behavior as a function of thickness and finite width effects.

Data that is made available: “individualP11 - forERSI.xlsx” = digitized markers along with the numerical solutions for specimen marked PE-1-1 “individualP12 - forERSI.xlsx” = digitized markers along with the numerical solutions for specimen marked PE-1-2 “individualP31 - forERSI.xlsx” = digitized markers along with the numerical solutions for specimen marked PE-3-1 “individualP22 - forERSI.xlsx” = digitized markers along with the numerical solutions for specimen marked PE-2-2

Reference Adrian Loghin, James Harter, Validation of Fatigue Crack Growth Modeling Solutions using Measurements Collected on API X65 Piping Specimens, PVP2023-101256, ASME PVP Proceedings, 2023. Reference for the experimental measurements used in the validation: Li, Z, Jiang, X., Hopman, H, Liu, Z., An investigation on the circumferential surface crack growth in steel pipes subjected to fatigue bending, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, pp. 205, 2020.