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THE ESTIMATION OF YIELD STRENGTH FROM HARDNESS

MEASUREMENTS

Richard S. DeFries
Watervliet Arsenal
New York, New York
August ,1975

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o THE ESTIMATION OF YIELD STRENGTH

FROM HARDNESS MEASUREMENTS

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August 1975

L WEAPONS LABORATORY
WATERVLIET ARSENAL
WATERVLIET. N.Y. 12189

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Senet Weapons Laoaoy I. •MAAEANo. 3297.16.7029
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Yield Strength
Rc Hardness
Gun Steel

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Data are presented to show that the yield strength of gun steel and AISI
4340 alloy can be estimated from Rockwell hardness measurements. The
expression, YS = 4 .22 6 Rc, where YS is the 0.1% offset yield strength
in ksi and Rc is the Rockwell C hardness of the material, was developed
statistically to fit the data. It is shown that the yield strength within
a gun tube forging can be estimated from the hardness measurements taken on
a small flat area ground on the OD of the gun tube.

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Acknowledgment

Introduction 1

Procedure 2

Results and Discussion 2

Conclusions 5

FIGURES

F 1. Location of hardness tests and tensile test specimens

in the disc sections 6

2. Yield'strength vs hardness (Rc) 7

TABLES

1. Chemical compositions (Nominal) 8

2. Yield strength - hardness data - 175mm M113 tubes 9

3. Yield strength - hardness data - reheat treated 175mm

,M1113 tubes 11

4. Yield strength - hardness data - 105mm M137 tube 12

5. Yield strength - hardness data - low alloy steel 13

6. Yield strength - hardness data - literature 14