SAE-AMS-2355J-2009.pdf

_ SAE Technical Standards Board Rules provide that: “ This report is published by SAE to advance the state of technical and engineering sciences. The use of this report is entirely voluntary, and its applicability and suitability for any particular use, including any patent infringement arising therefrom, is the sole responsibility of the user.” SAE reviews each technical report at least every five years at which time it may be reaffirmed, revised, or cancelled. SAE invites your written comments and suggestions. Copyright © 2009 SAE International All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SAE. TO PLACE A DOCUMENT ORDER: Tel: 877-606-7323 (inside USA and Canada) Tel: +1 724-776-4970 (outside USA) Fax: 724-776-0790 Email: CustomerServicesae.org SAE WEB ADDRESS: http:/www.sae.org SAE values your input. To provide feedback on this Technical Report, please visit http:/www.sae.org/technical/standards/AMS2355J AEROSPACE MATERIAL SPECIFICATION AMS2355 REV. J Issued 1965-09 Revised 2009-07 Superseding AMS2355H Quality Assurance, Sampling and Testing Aluminum Alloys and Magnesium Alloy Wrought Products (Except Forging Stock), and Rolled, Forged, or Flash Welded Rings RATIONALE AMS2355J revises fatigue testing methodology for 2XXX and 7XXX plate alloys, greater than 4 inches thick, updates referenced standards, and is a Five Year Review and update of this specification. 1. SCOPE This specification covers quality assurance sampling and testing procedures used to determine conformance to applicable specification requirements of wrought aluminum alloy and wrought magnesium alloy mill products (except forging stock), and includes quality assurance and testing procedures for rolled, forged, and flash welded rings (See 8.3). Requirements are specified in inch/pound units. 2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS The issue of the following documents in effect on the date of the purchase order forms a part of this specification to the extent specified herein. The supplier may work to a subsequent revision of a document unless a specific document issue is specified. When the referenced document has been cancelled and no superseding document has been specified, the last published issue of that document shall apply. 2.1 ASTM Publications Available from ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, Tel: 610-832-9585, www.astm.org. ASTM B 557 Tension Testing Wrought and Cast Aluminum- and Magnesium-Alloy Products ASTM B 594 Ultrasonic Inspection of Aluminum-Alloy Products for Aerospace Applications ASTM B 645 Linear-Elastic Plane Strain Fracture Toughness Testing of Aluminum Alloys ASTM B 646 Fracture Toughness Testing of Aluminum Alloys ASTM B 953 Sampling Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys for Spectrochemical Analysis ASTM B 954 Analysis of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys by Atomic Emission Spectrometry ASTM E 9 Compression Testing of Metallic Materials at Room Temperature ASTM E 10 Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials ASTM E 18 Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials ASTM E 34 Chemical Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum-Base Alloys ASTM E 55 Sampling Wrought Nonferrous Metals and Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition ASTM E 227 Optical Emission Spectrometric Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the Point-to-Plane Technique ASTM E 290 Bend Testing of Material for Ductility ASTM E 384 Microindentation Hardness of Materials ASTM E 399 Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials -,-,- SAE AMS2355J Page 2 of 15 (Continued) ASTM E 466 Force Controlled Constant Amplitude Axial Fatigue Tests of Metallic Materials ASTM E 561 K-R Curve Determination ASTM E 607 Atomic Emission Spectrometric Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the Point-to-Plane Technique, Nitrogen Atmosphere ASTM E 716 Sampling Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys for Spectrochemical Analysis ASTM E 1004 Determining Electrical Conductivity Using the Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Method ASTM E 1251 Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Atomic Emission Spectrometry ASTM E 1304 Plane-Strain (Chevron Notch) Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials ASTM G 34 Exfoliation Corrosion Susceptibility in 2XXX and 7XXX Series Aluminum Alloys (EXCO TEST) ASTM G 47 Determining Susceptibility to Stress-Corrosion Cracking of 2XXX and 7XXX Aluminum Alloy Products 2.2 U.S. Government Publications Available from Document Automation and Production Service (DAPS), Building 4/D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Tel: 215-697-6257, http:/assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/. MIL-STD-1537 Electrical Conductivity Test for Measurement of Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys, Eddy Current Method 2.3 Aluminum Association Publications The Aluminum Association, Inc., 900 19th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 or www.aluminum.org. Aluminum Standards and Data 3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 3.1 General 3.1.1 Omission from this specification of confirmatory tests of certain material properties or attributes controlled by the applicable specification for a product does not relieve the vendor of responsibility for furnishing products which conform in all respects to the applicable material specification. 3.1.2 In event of conflict between requirements specified herein and requirements of a particular material specification, the following rules shall apply: 3.1.2.1 When requirements of the material specification are more stringent, they shall take precedence. 3.1.2.2 When requirements of this AMS are more stringent, they shall take precedence except as noted in 3.1.2.3. 3.1.2.3 If any tests mentioned in 3.3.2 are not required by the material specification, they shall not be considered a requirement. 3.1.2.4 When instructions are issued by purchaser regarding quality assurance sampling procedures, such instructions shall take precedence over requirements of either this specification or the particular specification in which this specification is invoked. 3.1.3 Properties of the delivered product shall meet those of the specified (ordered) product. 3.2 Responsibility for Tests The vendor of the product shall supply all samples for vendor's tests and shall be responsible for the performance of all specified tests. -,-,- SAE AMS2355J Page 3 of 15 3.3 Detail Requirements 3.3.1 Inspection Lot 3.3.1.1 Wrought Alloy Products Including Forged or Rolled Rings, but Excluding Die and Hand Forgings and Flash Welded Rings 3.3.1.1.1 Heat Treated Tempers An inspection lot shall be an identifiable quantity of product of the same mill form, alloy, temper, section, and size traceable to a heat treat lot (See 8.3.3), and submitted for vendor's inspection at one time. All sheet and plate of the same thickness is considered to be of the same size. 3.3.1.1.2 Non-Heat-Treated Tempers An inspection lot shall be an identifiable quantity of material of the same mill form, alloy, temper, section, and size submitted for vendor's inspection at one time. 3.3.1.2 Die, Hand, and Ring Forgings An inspection lot shall be all forgings of the same alloy and nominal cross-section and configuration heat treated in the same batch furnace or quenched from a continuous furnace consecutively during an 8-hour period. Maximum lot size for forgings heat treated in a continuous furnace and charged consecutively during continuous furnace operation shall be 2000 pounds for forgings weighing 5 pounds and under, and shall be 6000 pounds for forgings weighing over 5 pounds. 3.3.1.3 Flash Welded Rings An inspection lot shall consist of all rings of the same alloy, cross-sectional configuration, size, and heat treated in the same batch furnace load or in a continuous furnace during a period of 8 consecutive hours, and presented for vendor's inspection at one time. 3.3.2 Sampling and Testing 3.3.2.1 Chemical Analysis Sampling shall be in accordance with ASTM B 953, ASTM E 55 or ASTM E 716, as applicable. 3.3.2.1.1 Cast Unit Producer shall take at least one control sample before and at least one additional sample during the casting of each cast unit (units, if cast simultaneously from the same molten metal source). Complete analysis records shall be available for review at producer's plant (See 8.2). Analysis is required for those elements having specified limits. 3.3.2.1.2 Finished Product (Excluding Forgings and Flash Welded Rings) When compliance with 3.3.2.1.1 cannot be established, sampling shall be as follows: one sample shall be taken for each 2000 pounds, or fraction thereof, of each cast unit in an inspection lot; however, not more than one sample is required from a piece. 3.3.2.1.3 Forgings and Rolled Rings When compliance with 3.3.2.1.1 cannot be established, sampling shall be as follows: one sample shall be taken for each 2000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot of forgings having a nominal weight of 5 pounds and under; one sample shall be taken for each 6000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot of forgings having a nominal weight greater than 5 pounds. -,-,- SAE AMS2355J Page 4 of 15 3.3.2.1.4 Flash Welded Rings Unless a report showing conformance of chemical composition to the applicable material specification is available on stock used for flash welded rings, one sample shall be taken for each 6000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot; however, not more than one sample is required from a piece. 3.3.2.2 Tensile Properties The location from which the sample is taken shall be as specified in 3.3.3 for the type of test and type of product being tested. The orientation with respect to direction of predominant grain flow shall be as specified in the applicable material specification or shall be taken from randomly selected pieces of the product. A minimum of one tensile specimen shall be taken in any one direction from any one piece when more than one piece is available. The number of samples shall be as specified herein for the type of product being tested. 3.3.2.2.1 Sheet One sample shall be taken from each end of each parent coil but not more than one sample for each 2000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot shall be required. 3.3.2.2.2 Plate One sample shall be taken from each end of each parent plate but not more than one sample for each 4000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot shall be required. 3.3.2.2.3 Wire, Rod, Bar, Shapes, Tube, and Pipe For products having a nominal weight under 1 pound per linear foot, one sample shall be taken for each 1000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot. For products having a nominal weight of 1 pound or greater per linear foot, one sample shall be taken for each 1000 feet, or fraction thereof, in a lot. 3.3.2.2.4 Die Forgings For die forgings having a nominal weight of 5 pounds and under, one sample shall be taken in each specimen orientation specified for each 2000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot. For die forgings having a nominal weight over 5 pounds, one sample shall be taken similarly for each 6000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot. 3.3.2.2.5 Hand Forgings One sample shall be taken for each 6000 pounds, or fraction thereof, in a lot in each grain direction for which properties are specified. 3.3.2.2.6 Flash Welded Rings One sample shall be taken from parent metal, not including the heat-affected zone of the weld, of a flash welded ring representing the lot. 3.3.2.2.7 Forged or Rolled Rings One sample shall be taken from one ring or prolongation ring representing the lot. For multi-lot production of large rings, one ring from the run may be cut into segments and one such segment, if heat treated with the production lot, shall be considered to be the sample for that lot. 3.3.2.2.7.1 For multiple lot production of large rings, when mechanical stress relief is not required, one ring from the forged or rolled run may be cut into segments and one such segment, if heat treated with the production lot, shall be considered to be the sample from that lot. -,-,- SAE AMS2355J Page 5 of 15 3.3.2.2.7.2 For multiple lot production of large rings, when mechanical stress relief is required after solution treatment, a sample shall be removed from one ring representing the lot after final heat treatment. 3.3.2.2.8 Response to Heat Treatment When demonstration of response to heat treatment is specified, material produced in the as-fabricated (-F), annealed (-O) or high temperature annealed (-O1) tempers, shall have additional samples, equal in number to those specified for the product herein. The additional samples shall be heat treated and their tensile properties determined. For 2xxx and 7xxx alloy products, samples and specimen orientation and location in samples shall conform to the following: 3.3.2.2.8.1 Bar, Rod Extrusion, Tube, Hand/Ring Forgings, 1/2 Inch and Over in Thickness At the time of solution heat treatment, the sample material cross-section shall be that of the product and the length shall be at least 3 times the thickness of the product. Sample material may be cut from tube or hand/ring forgings, providing the “ width” and length at the time of solution heat treatment are at least 3 times the thickness of the product. 3.3.2.2.8.2 Plate, 1/2 Inch and Over in Thickness At the time of solution heat treatment, the sample material thickness shall be that of the product and the length and width shall be at least 3 times the thickness of the product. 3.3.2.2.8.3 If 3.3.2.2.8.1 or 3.3.2.2.8.2 requires a sample heavier than 7.2 pounds, it is permissible to excise a smaller sample from the center of the product s thickness, providing that its thickness and length are at least 2 inches and 6 inches, respectively, and its width is either that of the product or 6 inches, whichever is less. 3.3.2.2.8.4 Product Under 1/2 Inch in Thickness At the time of solution heat treatment, the sample thickness shall be that of the product and the minimum width shall be, insofar as possible, 3 times the thickness of the product plus 1/2 inch. 3.3.2.2.8.5 Tensile specimen orientation shall be long transverse for sheet and plate and longitudinal for other forms. 3.3.2.2.8.6 Tensile Specimen Location With respect to width and length, the tensile specimen shall be excised from the center of the sample. Tensile specimen location with respect to sample thickness shall be full thickness under 0.500 inch and at the center for thicker material. 3.3.2.3 Examination 3.3.2.3.1 Dimensional and Workmanship Inspection Each piece shall be inspected to determine conformance to the applicable material specification with respect to workmanship, dimensi