Microstructural changes that drilling and reaming can cause in the bore holes in DTD 5014 (RR58 extrusions)

Abstract

HOLED FATIGUE SPECIMENS, both untested and tested, were received from structures department, RAE for metallurgical examination to determine the causes of certain observed variations in total life and crack initiation time.

Citation

FORSYTH, P.J.E.A. (1972), "Microstructural changes that drilling and reaming can cause in the bore holes in DTD 5014 (RR58 extrusions)", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 44 No. 11, pp. 20-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034960