TY  - JOUR
AB  - THE necessity for the development of high strength structural alloys was accentuated by the rapid development of the jet engine, a power unit which brought the speed of flight to within reach of the speed of sound. This major step in engine potentiality put a new urgency on the need for high strength structural alloys to be placed at the disposal of the designer. This deficiency was diminished to a large extent by the production of the aluminium‐zinc‐magnesium‐copper alloys. Once the potentialities were realized of this type of alloy having tensile strengths equal to the low carbon steels and a strength/weight ratio substantially superior to the aluminium‐copper alloys, it found widespread application for primary aircraft structures. The approximate chemical composition of the (Al‐Zn‐Mg‐Cu) alloys is given in table i and compared with that of the Al‐Cu or duralumin type alloys.
VL  - 24
IS  - 9
SN  - 0002-2667
DO  - 10.1108/eb032203
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032203
AU  - Giles P.G.
AU  - Kiddle P.F.
PY  - 1952
Y1  - 1952/01/01
TI  - High Strength Light Alloys: A Note on Certain Problems Arising from the Adoption of New Alloys
T2  - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 265
EP  - 265
Y2  - 2024/05/09
ER  -