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A fatigue comparison of high strength steel, stainless steel and titanium in a simulated ocean environment

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HY-80, HY-130, 17-4 PH and Ti 6AI 4V compared in large-scale, welded structures

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  1. J. E. Beach
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JEFF BEACH is a Senior Project Engineer in the Structures Department of the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland, where he has been employed since 1969. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland.

NICK MARCHICA is currently employed as a project manager with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. He was formerly employed as a structural engineer at the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland. He received a B.S. CE. from Lafayette College in 1972 and a M.S. C.E. from Lehigh University in 1974.

LARRY ICHTER is currently employed in the Bridge Department at Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern in Roanoke, Virginia. Formerly, he was employed as a structural engineer in the area of fatigue crack growth at the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia.

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Beach, J.E., Marchica, N.V. & Ichter, L.L. A fatigue comparison of high strength steel, stainless steel and titanium in a simulated ocean environment. JOM 30, 15–20 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03354367

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