Description / Abstract:
This Aerospace Information Report (AIR) establishes flexure test
procedure to determine and classify the fatigue strengths of
reconnectable or permanent hydraulic tube joints.
The procedure is intended for conducting flexure tests of
fittings and joints for hydraulic tubing materials such as AMS 5561
steel, AMS 4944 titanium and MIL-T-7081 aluminum alloy, mounted as
free-free resonant beams.
Of particular advantage are the inherent simplicity of test
setup, minimum restraint from a test fixture, low power
requirements, short test duration, and ease of varying stress
level.
Classification:
Type:
Type I Tests to be conducted with full bending stress reversal
without simultaneous application of internal pressure
Type II Tests to be conducted with full cyclic bending stress
reversal with a constant mean stress applied by imposing system
pressure during cycling