Failure of stressed materials : case study. Units 12A-13A, Stress corrosion cracking /
Stress corrosion cracking
[Open University].
- [Milton Keynes] : Open University, 1983.
- 38 p. : ill., forms ; 30 cm.
- Failure of stressed materials ; units 12A-13A Course T353 .
- Open University .
Unit 12A -- Introduction -- Development of the rifle -- Manufacture of cartridge cases -- Grimston's investigation -- Chemical environment -- Grimston's conclusions -- Unit 13A -- Home experiments -- The Woolwich Arsenal investigations -- A model of season-cracking in brass -- Methods of preventing season-cracking -- The last word.