Abstract: The interstage annealing of sheet-metal laminates is studied. A method of predicting the stretch-formability, as measured by the maximum possible uniform strain in simple tension, is proposed. ...

Abstract: A modified method of producing composite-holed, safety-rupture diaphragms is suggested. The influence of the proposed manufactring approach on predoming, bursting pressure, and venting action is examined.

Abstract: Equations are developed which predict the maximum hydrostatic pressure that an initially dished, and subsequently annealed, circular safety rupture diaphragm can withstand. Diagrams based on the ...

Abstract: The strain-hardening characteristics of a metal have often been described by a power function which employs a work-hardening exponent, “n.” Usually the material is assumed to be rigid to the ...

Abstract: Sheet metal laminates are becoming more widely used because of advantageous combinations of the properties of their component parts. Theoretical equations have been developed to predict the tensile ...

Abstract: Equations are developed which predict the maximum hydrostatic pressures and the corresponding bulge heights of circular safety diaphragms comprising two thin disks of dissimilar materials. Diagrams ...