Abstract:
The investigation of the fatigue and corrosion-fatigue resistance of special bronzes (Gough and Sopwith, 1937) is extended to include (1) aluminium bronze (D.T.D.I60), (2) beryllium bronze (2.25 per cent. Be), each in two heat-treated conditions. In neither material is the fatigue or corrosion-fatigue resistance appreciably higher in the heat-treated condition than in the condition as received. The fatigue strength in air of the beryllium bronze is almost independent of the ultimate stress, which varied from 32 to 81 ton/in.².
