Materials and Processes Flashcards
Tensile Strength
Resists being pulled apart end to end and is rated in thousands of PSI. The resulting force is called tension.
Yield Strength
The metal’s ability to resist being deformed.
Shear Strength
Metals ability to resist opposing forces.
Bearing Strength
Metals ability to resist being crushed.
Hardness
A metal’s ability to resist cutting, penetration, or abrasion.
Can be changed by heat treating or annealing.
Malleability
Metal’s ability to be bent, formed or shaped without cracking.
Hardness and malleability are considered to be opposite characteristics.
Annealed metals are malleable.
Ductility
Metal’s ability to be drawn out or stretched without cracking.
Ex. Wire stock, extrusions, and rods
Ductile metals are used for aircraft because of the ease of forming and shock resistance.
Brittleness
Metals tendency to crack or break under stress
Opposite of ductility and malleability
Conductivity
Metal’s ability to transfer temperature or electricity.
When metal conducts heat, it is being thermally conductive.
Elasticity
Metal’s ability to return to its original shape after stretching or bending
Toughness
Metal’s ability to resist breaking or tearing when bent or stretched.
Fusibility
Metal’s ability to be joined by heating.
Density
Metal’s mass.
The denser a metals is, the heavier it is.
Thermal Expansion
Metal’s ability to expand when heated and contract when cooled.
Ferrous Metals
An iron alloy that contains a controlled amount of carbon
Magnetic
Nonferrous
An alloy containing no iron.
Aluminum, copper, titanium, and magnesium.
Wrought Forming
Physically working metal into a shape.
Both hot working and cold working are considered wrought forming.
Hot Working
Working metals while it is heated to near it’s critical temperature
Rolling
Forging
Cold Working
Shaping, rolling, or drawing metal below it’s critical temperature.
Cold rolling
Bending
Cold drawing
Strain Hardening
Mechanically working a metal below it’s critical temperature, altering the grain structure and hardening the metal.
Indicated by the letter “H” after the allow number if done by design. Example: 5052-H
Cold working or work hardening.
Magnetic particle inspection is used primarily to detect what?
Flaws on or near the surface.
Liquid penetrant inspection methods may be used on which of the following?
Ferrous and nonferrous metals and nonporous plastics.
Which of these nondestructive testing methods is suitable for the inspection of most metals, plastics, and ceramics for surface and subsurface defects?
Ultrasonic Inspection.
Which of the following defects are not acceptable for metal lines?
Dents in straight section that are 20% of tube diameter.
What nondestructive testing method requires little or no part preparation, is used to detect surface or near-surface defects in most metals, and may also be used to separate metals or alloys and their heat-treated conditions?
Eddy Current Inspection
What method of magnetic particle inspection is used most often to inspect aircraft parts for invisible cracks and other defects?
The continuous method of magnetic particle inspection.
Which of the following factors are considered essential knowledge for X.ray exposure?
Material thickness and density and the type of defect to be detected.
Material thickness and density
Shape and size of the object
Type of defect to be detected
Characteristics of X-ray machine used
Exposure distance
Exposure angle
Film characteristics
Type of intensifying screen, if used
The type of defect to be detected
The testing medium that is generally used in magnetic particle inspection utilizes a ferromagnetic material that has what?
High permeability and low retentivity.
Which statement relating to the residual magnetizing inspection method is true?
It may be used with steels which have been heat treated for stressed applications.
A mechanic has completed a bonded honeycomb repair using the potted compound repair technique. What nondestructive testing method is used to determine the soundness of the repair after the repair has cured?
Metallic ring test.
What two types of indicating mediums are available for magnetic particle inspection?
Wet and dry process materials.
Which of the following materials may be inspected using the magnetic particle inspection method?
Iron alloys.
One way a part may be demagnetized after magnetic particle inspection is by what?
Slowly moving the part out of an AC magnetic field of sufficient strength.
Which type crack can be detected by magnetic particle inspection using either circular or longitudinal magnetization?
45 degrees.
Which of the following methods may be suitable to use to detect cracks open to the surface in aluminum forgings and castings?
Dye penetrant inspection and eddy current inspection.
To detect a minute crack using dye penetrant inspection usually requires what?
A longer than normal penetrating time.
Which of the following is a main determinant of the dwell time to use when conducting a dye or fluorescent penetrant inspection?
The size and shape of the discontinuities being looked for.
When checking an item with the magnetic particle inspection method, circular and longitudinal magnetization should be used to what?
Reveal all possible defects.
In magnetic particle inspection, a flaw that is perpendicular to the magnetic field flux lines generally causes what?
A large disruption in the magnetic field.
If dye penetrant inspection indications are not sharp and clear, the most probable cause is that the part what?
Was not thoroughly washed before the developer was applied.
(1) An aircraft part may be demagnetized by subjecting it to a magnetizing force from alternating current that is gradually reduced in strength
(2) An aircraft part may be demagnetized by subjecting it to a magnetizing force from a direct current that is alternately reversed in direction and gradually reduced in strength
(1) True
(2) True
The pattern for an inclusion is magnetic particle buildup forming what?
Parallel lines.
A part which is being prepared for dye penetrant inspection should be cleaned with what?
A volatile petroleum-base solvent.
Under magnetic particle inspection, a part will be identified as having fatigue crack under which condition?
The discontinuity is found in a highly stressed area of the part.
In performing a dye penetrant inspection, the developer what?
Acts as a blotter to produce a visible indication.